Thursday, 22 January 2009

INDO

TONIGHT, WHILE, AS OFTEN, BURNING THE CANDLE AT ITS ALTERNATE END, I DISCOVERED SOME FOREIGN CURRENCY IN A DARK CORNER OF MY LOFT/ OFFICE. TO BE SPECIFIC, I FOUND A 500 RUPIAH NOTE.

AT THIS TIME I DIDN'T KNOW EVEN WHICH NATION THIS BELONGED TO, LET ALONE ITS VALUE, BUT NEVER-THE-LESS I BEGAN TO FANCY THAT I'D STUMBLED ACROSS A SMALL FORTUNE, ENOUGH AT LEAST TO JUSTIFY EXCHANGING IT.
SO I GOOGLED IT, FOUND THAT IT WAS INDONESIAN, AND WENT OVER TO XE.COM TO FIND ITS WORTH.
THIS IS WHAT I FOUND:

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME AND EXCITEMENT! THREE FUCKING PENCE! WHAT IS THE POINT IN A THREE PENCE NOTE? AND PRESUMABLY THERE ARE LOWER DENOMINATIONS THAT WOULD GET DOWN TO FRACTIONS OF STIRLING PENNIES, A NONSENSE IF YOU ASK ME.
ANYWAY, TO END ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, HERE IS A PRODUCT OF INDONESIA THAT ALSO INSTIGATES A LOT OF PAPER HANDLING, BUT THIS TIME, NOT TO A FATE OF FRUSTRATION OR DISAPPOINTMENT ON MY PART.

8 DAYS UNTIL AMSTERDAM! I CANNOT WAIT.

ONE.