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The Silver Spoon to enlightenment

I had everything as a child and as a young adult I still have everything. Things of value are bought for me. I travel first class everywhere, I drive the best cars and I carry an Amex centurion to cap it I enjoy a fantastic luxury life. I have no financial worries at all. So don’t try to preach poverty to me because I won’t understand you.

One day I got up and left, I travelled to Thailand then the Philippines to try and discover myself, a kind of enlightenment perhaps, but just something I needed to do. My girlfriend busted up with me, my friends, well I’m not sure if I have any real ones, were nowhere to be seen. So off I went, first Thailand then the Philippines. As my ex explained to me, I lack that adventurous spirit, I lack character and I lack gumption, all I have is mummy’s money nothing more and nothing less.

Escape

My roommate at school was sleeping heavily that morning so it was easy for me to slip out unnoticed.  I climbed over the wall to avoid the screws, with passport and a little luggage; I travelled to the airport and took the first flight out to Thailand. When I got to Bangkok I got in a taxi and asked the driver to take me to a hotel, any hotel would do but was willing to pay a reasonable price.  Dusit Thani Bangkok seemed like a reasonable hotel, but it seemed like all the other five star hotels I had stayed in many other different countries. Its marble flooring, gold fittings- the Majesty Suite seemed too perfect for someone as imperfect as me.  And I wondered how I would find enlightenment here amongst this wealth of luxury and extravagance. I spent a week in Bangkok, saw the sites, did some shopping, ate some great food and missed my ex-girlfriend so I tried to call her. When she didn’t answer, it made me feel worse than ever so I got drunk that night. Determined to seek some form of discovery I took another flight, this time to Manila in the Philippines, as I didn’t know my way around I checked into Dusit Thani Manila, again a slightly newer version of the Bangkok Dusit but beautiful just the same, unlike Bangkok the Philippines lacked a certain spiritual element that I had found at some of the temples there. However, some of the ornate Catholic churches were beautiful and interesting and I allowed myself time to pray and take stock of my life.

The road to enlightenment

After staying a week in Manila I received a call from the front desk asking if I’d like to extend my stay for another week. The hotel food was excellent, I had everything I needed- a fitness club and wonderful international cuisine. So I decided to extend my stay here since I was beginning to feel more and more enlightened. That is until, the front desk informed me that my credit card had been cancelled and did I have another one?  “Unfortunately no” I replied –still thinking over optimistically that I’d be allowed to stay after making a few phone calls. Of course Dusit Thani Manila is not a charity and they advised me that I could stay the night but would have to find alternative hotel accommodation as soon as could be arranged. I thought about calling mummy but changed my mind since she was probably one of the reasons I was there in the first place.  I was in rather a mess unfortunately, I lay awake that night wondering where my next hotel fee would come from, whether I could find a place to stay or even a meal to eat. The thought frightened me and I felt a surge of desperation creep over me. The next morning the helpful hotel staff advised me that I should contact my embassy, which seemed to be a good idea at the time. I did so and was informed that my Mother had been searching for me and after learning that the card had been used in the Philippines; she cancelled it in order to call me in. She’d worried about me and so had everyone else, my school included. She offered to come over and bring me back home but I insisted that if she’d reinstate my card I would come back on the earliest flight.  Of course I did finally return home but it took at least 3 more months. More enlightenment was necessary or is called luxury nowadays?

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