Day 12 - The Swap

We get up early in the morning to pack our freakin bags YET AGAIN to move hotels. Luckily it was literally across the street. We managed to scoff breakfast down before dragging our bags across the road. Then SOMEONE had a bright idea that we should go have a second breakfast! Unfortunetly, we had no idea where the breakfast room was, so we decided to go for a wander whilst avoiding detection by the hotel staff. We bolt down the stairs only for Moishii to run smack bang into a waiter who was cleaning up the breakfast room. The guy asked us where were we going, and what did Moishii reply? "We're trying to get upstairs". Mind you we just came crashiong DOWN the stairs! I mean what type of excuse was that?

Having our second breakfast plans foiled, the only logical thing was to go shop. Grand Bazaar here we come! MAuahaUAah I walked into the place and within 5 minutes, managed to score myself a bracelet. Actually, I didn't even like the bracelet that much. I asked the guy how much was the bracelet and he said 35 million. I offered him 20million whilst he was complaining that the bracelet costs him more than 20million. So I turned and walked off. 50m down the aisle later, I hear this screaming behind me. I turn around and the guy is practically standing on the table waving at me telling me to come back. So we slowly walk back to the guy who was waving like a lunatic. I got the bracelet for 20million. MauHauahaUA The funny thing is......I didn't even want the bracelet. I just wanted to bargain for the sake of bargaining. But then he offered it to me for 20million and I couldn't pass the chance to snatch up such a bargain. How do I know? Because when I went to buy my second bracelet, where I also bargained it down from 30million to 15million whilst waving my new bracelet in his face, the guy told me that 20million is around cost price and I should count myself lucky for scoring that bargain *^_^*

We walk around and some how end up at this jewellery store where someone ends up buying half the store! The guy had to pull out hia reserved supplies for us to raid! I can't remember how much we spent at that store, nor can I remember what the hell we bought. I just remember I almost had to fight a 13y.o girl for a pair of earrings. Oh.....I also made the guy rip off these dangly things from the earrings I want and replaced it with other nicer dangly things from another pair of earrings. :D

Next stop? BELTS! The guy recognised me immediately but he was busy with another customer. So this other guy tried to serve me whilst telling me how much of a "bargain" he was going to give me. He could tell I wasn't interested in the prices he gave me and the word "sucker" wasn't permanetly tattooed into my forehead for a change. The big boss was watching the whole incident when he decided to step in and tell the guy to give it to me at wholesale price. When I heard that, there was a mad rush to grab as many belts as I could hold. I managed to get almost one of every style of belt they had and sat down whilst the guy ordered me a tea for the bargaining process. Despite him offering me the belts at wholesale price, nonetheless, being asian, I had to bargain. I think the guy thought I punched him in the face when I gave him my offering price. Meanwhile, someone was sitting there trying not to laugh whilst I was bargaining with this guy. We finally settled on a price and quickly ran outta there with my goods. Once we turned around the corner, we burst out laughing and practically peed our pants! What the hell was that all about!? God! I wonder how much they rip off other people who don't bargain!

*Insert another incident that we should not mention ever again*

Moishii decided that he would go to his barbar's one more time to get a shave and a haircut, because according to him, it costs him 1million and he's too lazy to shave. So I get ditched at the Grand Bazaar to shop by myself. Bad idea. I did my last minute shopping and buying everything I could get a discount on. Meanwhile I had shop keepers trying to get my attention in buying their crap. If I won't respond to "Hey miss", they'll start yelling "Hey baby!", "Beautiful lady!" or they will try and guess my nationality. "Japanese! Korean! Vietnamese!" I'll have all these people screaming countries at me whilst I'm walking. Can't you see I'm not interested!? Gees!

In between all of this happening, I saw a guy trying to sell a turkish tea set by taking a glass and bashing it against the edge of a table with all his might, an 80y.o guy chasing another guy whlist waving his walking stick over his head and screaming his head off. By this time, I had had enough. Well......not really. The real reason I had to leave was cos they were closing and I got kicked out of the Grand Bazaar.....

Making my way back to the hotel, I managed to buy about another 6 pairs of earrings, get stalked by a freak, have the most disgusting kebab ever made that contained slivers of chicken, carrots, pickles and no sauce in a bread roll. After 2 bites, I chucked the damn thing and bought a few puddings to take back to the hotel. I walked into a restaurant that had fresh made gozleme (turkish pancake of a sort) only for them to tell me that the woman has gone home for the day. I walk out and bump into the next door shop keeper who was screaming at me saying that I should have gone in earlier if I wanted Gozleme. WTF? Go mind your own farkin store! Biatch. With all the freaks on the street, I headed back to the hotel room to hide and pack.

This was when I stick my head out of the hotel room and see Moishii get out of a taxi. I scream at him from my window only for him to think he is hearing voices. When he finally spots the lunatic screaming out of the window, he realises that all this fuss was because I wanted a bottle of water and I couldnt be fucked walking down the street. He bursts into the room throwing the water in my face whilst screaming that he had a near death experience where he was having an asthma attack at the barbar as they were renovating. All renovation had to stop because some inconsiderate prick decided that the will have an attack right then and there.

We also find out, that according to someone's someone, that we had to leave for the airport at 9am even though our flight isnt until 1:30pm. Meaning we had to get to the airport 4hours early! WTF? Are there no normal people in this country!?