My ten favourite things about living in Dili, at the end of my third month here:

1. Dancing so hard I split my jeans
2. Home-delivered vegetables
3. Tetun idioms
4. Cooking dates
5. Finding things less hard the second time
6. Booking flights to Bali
7. Booking flights to Bali in Tetun (!)
8. Lunch invitations from the cool girls
9. A friend to go to when things feel uncomfortable
10. Finishing Live Below the Line

My ten least favourite things about living in Dili, at the end of my third month here:

1. Split jeans
2. Things feeling uncomfortable
3. Missing out on a baby’s birth
4. Aggressive snacking habits
5. Saying goodbye to friends who get it
6. Feeling tired
7. Feeling lazy
8. Making another excuse to skip boot camp
9. Not writing fiction
10. Finishing Live Below the Line