Countdown begins...

Its the strangest thing... The last few weeks I feel like Im finally settled and comfortable here and its time to leave lol. Im ready, but its just funny its taken me this long to feel like Ive made a life here. I feel comfortable walking round the streets here, taking buses and taxis and talking to people. My language has come so far, Im starting to feel really settled, into a routine with classes, yoga and travelling. But Im definitely ready to move on (I just cant think of how many days left cos it will just make the time drag!)The other day I went to Amplaz, the big shopping mall here, just to have a wander around and enjoy the air con. I discovered the most beautiful display of... stillettos... in a department store and was transfixed. It was really nice- i spent ages in there admiring the pretty things and listening to the christmas carols. Hard to believe its almost christmas- theres just not the excitement here :(When I was walking to uni the other day, these people came out of their kos on a motorbike. A guy wearing a tshirt, thongs and shortish-shorts (mid-thigh) and a girl, wearing a long-sleeved top, jeans, a jilbab, even socks under her sandals so you couldnt see the feet on her skin. Such double standards... poor girls. I feel so sorry for them at yoga, all covered up, or at the pool, some of them have full-body wetsuit-type bathers (including jilbab)... cant be comfortable!