'I was once a Millionaire!'

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Honestly speaking I never had so much of cash to the tune of millions at any one time but just last week I had so much of cash in my bag when I boarded a plane for a vacation in a neighboring country Indonesia. A day before I departed for Lake Toba in Indonesia I changed my Malaysian currency to the Indonesian Rupiah. I was grinning from end to end all the way to Indonesia as I was undeniably an instant millionaire! Even before the plane landed on the Indonesian soil I was already dreaming of what to buy and where to go with my 5 days of vacation on the Island of Somesir and lake Toba. Two of my girlfriends who tagged along with me were also 'loaded' with cash and as my friends are seasoned travelers to countries where currencies are weaker than ours, they knew well how the locals transact their businesses using big denominations to price their goods. Just imagine a cup of coffee cost about twenty five thousand rupiah! My friends were laughing when they saw me taking out cash and scrutinizing the zeros on the printed notes when paying for goods I purchased. I was unfamiliar with the notes and sometimes I've to display the notes for the cashier to pick the right amount. Probably without realizing I might have even overpaid some of the sellers who took advantage of my naiveness. It didn't take long for the millions I had when I first arrived to dwindle away since most of the prices are priced in thousands and on the last day of my stay there I was almost reduced to a pauper with no cash in hand but I tipped the airport scale with my treasured hunts in the craft shops where they are famous for their fine artistic crafting talents. The only regret was I did not do my homework before I travel to that place. No amount of money can compensate for a well taken holidays. Most people say they can do a year's work in eleven months, but probably could not do it in twelve. The bow that is always bent loses its strength.