A "Jet-Setter's" Dilemma

I just got back from my trip to Macau last Sunday. Except for a couple of times when we got off at the wrong bus stop, or that one bus which we thought would bring us to where we wanted to go, only to discover that it took us back to where we came from - the whole trip came and went without a hitch. Such are the perils of foreign travel, but I'm not complaining.

A week from today, I'll find myself in Hong Kong. I've barely finished unpacking my suitcase and I haven't fully recovered from my last trip, yet here I go again. What better way to cure a Macanese hangover than with a Hong Kong chill pill. I consider myself lucky that this next trip comes free of charge (courtesy of the parental units), otherwise I wouldn't know how and where to fork up the money to pay for a definite wallet-burning trip. There's one little caveat though: the term "free of charge" only extends to certain items - airfare and food money. Compulsive shopping was one of the items I was made aware to be clearly not included in the clause. Therefore, I foresee a month's salary plus bonuses burning a hole right through my backpocket in the coming week. I think i'm going to make the Hong Kong government a little bit richer next week.