9.30-11 Get up. Do various small tasks on my laptop.

11-12 Tutor English to a private student in a local cafe ($20)

12-1.10 Work on an essay for another student later on today

1-1.30 Travel by metro

1.30-2.30 Have a second English student at an ice-rink ($15)

2.30-3 Metro again

3-4 Tutor English to a third student in an Iranian restaurant ($20)

4-4.30 Metro again – back to the ice rink

4.30-5 Meet up with the girl I’m to give the essay to. I barely have it finished ($80)

5-6 Stay at the ice rink on my laptop. Chat with Girlfriend.

6-6.30 Metro

6.30-7.30 At home, I work on another essay for someone else. Eat dinner.

7-7.30 My back is sore from carrying my laptop around all day, so I take the metro to the local swimming pool.

7.30-8.30 Swim

8.30-9.00 Metro

9-9.20 Buy groceries in the local supermarket.

9.20-10 Return home again. No response from this second essay person. I assume she's ditched me. I put the groceries away and start writing a blog post about my ex-girlfriends. This makes me nostalgic and happy.

10-12 I get lonely and go to a Starbucks, where I continue to write the blog post.

12-1 Return home. Second essay person needs her essay urgently. Fuck. Another busy day tomorrow.