Thursday, October 26, 2006
A month of curry, cup o'noodles, and ghetto spaghetti meat sauce, IT'S THE TOKYO SURVIVOR EDITION!!!
Yep, although I vowed "never to go hungry again!!!" ala Scarlett from Gone with the Wind, I ended up going hungry...again...
Well, I guess this would happen if:
A. I quit my job, took some time off, and joined a new company.
B. Went to Hokkaido and paid for food and lodging.
C. Paid for round-trip air tickets for both me and my bride-to-be.
D. All of the above.
The answer? D! I really felt the pinch this time around. Remember how I had to survive on 100 dollars for 2 weeks? This time I had to survive on 300 dollars for a month. Factor in that I had to pay the electric bill (which the nice people at Tepco turned back on) and I'm staring at 250 dollars for the rest of the month. So, how did I survive this time?
Luckily, I live right next to a 99yen food market. That's right, everything was for 99 yen. This included curry sauce packets, instant noodles, eggs, fruit, veggies, everything. Though half of the stuff was pretty ghetto (dried up old veggies) the rest was actually pretty good. I ended up spending about 300 - 400 yen per day on food and my routine was pretty much, wake up/work/home - repeat. Surprisingly, I didn't actually starve this time around. In fact, I kind of got used to it and I'm going to keep this up since I was able to save so much.
So let this be a lesson learned: Don't diss the 100 yen shops! They'll save your ass in your time of need, believe me!
Well, I guess this would happen if:
A. I quit my job, took some time off, and joined a new company.
B. Went to Hokkaido and paid for food and lodging.
C. Paid for round-trip air tickets for both me and my bride-to-be.
D. All of the above.
The answer? D! I really felt the pinch this time around. Remember how I had to survive on 100 dollars for 2 weeks? This time I had to survive on 300 dollars for a month. Factor in that I had to pay the electric bill (which the nice people at Tepco turned back on) and I'm staring at 250 dollars for the rest of the month. So, how did I survive this time?
Luckily, I live right next to a 99yen food market. That's right, everything was for 99 yen. This included curry sauce packets, instant noodles, eggs, fruit, veggies, everything. Though half of the stuff was pretty ghetto (dried up old veggies) the rest was actually pretty good. I ended up spending about 300 - 400 yen per day on food and my routine was pretty much, wake up/work/home - repeat. Surprisingly, I didn't actually starve this time around. In fact, I kind of got used to it and I'm going to keep this up since I was able to save so much.
So let this be a lesson learned: Don't diss the 100 yen shops! They'll save your ass in your time of need, believe me!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
I'm baaaaack!!!
Ok, it's been a long, LONG time again since I've last posted, but now I actually feel recharged and hopefully this will lead to more entertaining posts, and less griping, unless you actually enjoy my griping...
Anyway, the big news...I'm getting hitched! That's right, I'm marrying my girlfriend, Akane, in Boston this coming December. Originally we planned on having a small celebration (30 people tops). Once my mom started to run with this idea however, the headcount's at least at a hundred people and will most likely top that figure. To all of you who aren't going to be in the banquet, believe me, it wasn't personal. It's just that my entire clan is showing up, and my family (close + distant) totals to at least a hundred people. Which means that I had to limit my friends, A LOT! Although if it were entirely up to me, my 9th great-grand-uncle from the 6th dimension of the 4th galaxy would never make the cut. Ok, I exaggerated with the dimensions and galaxies, but seriously, I'll be saying things like "Hello 9th grand-uncle" and "Hello 4th 8th aunt" in Chinese a lot! By the way, "4th 8th aunt" in Cantonese sounds a lot like f-cking b-tch if the tones aren't right. Let's hope that my drunken stupor won't cause that debacle...So, to my friends who didn't make the cut, I'll owe you a beer at a bar and we'll drink to that! That includes Adam and Herman "Top" Gunn.
Without giving away too much and spoiling the surprise, I will say that it's going to be a great show and I'll post pictures after.
Another post coming soon...Over and out!
Anyway, the big news...I'm getting hitched! That's right, I'm marrying my girlfriend, Akane, in Boston this coming December. Originally we planned on having a small celebration (30 people tops). Once my mom started to run with this idea however, the headcount's at least at a hundred people and will most likely top that figure. To all of you who aren't going to be in the banquet, believe me, it wasn't personal. It's just that my entire clan is showing up, and my family (close + distant) totals to at least a hundred people. Which means that I had to limit my friends, A LOT! Although if it were entirely up to me, my 9th great-grand-uncle from the 6th dimension of the 4th galaxy would never make the cut. Ok, I exaggerated with the dimensions and galaxies, but seriously, I'll be saying things like "Hello 9th grand-uncle" and "Hello 4th 8th aunt" in Chinese a lot! By the way, "4th 8th aunt" in Cantonese sounds a lot like f-cking b-tch if the tones aren't right. Let's hope that my drunken stupor won't cause that debacle...So, to my friends who didn't make the cut, I'll owe you a beer at a bar and we'll drink to that! That includes Adam and Herman "Top" Gunn.
Without giving away too much and spoiling the surprise, I will say that it's going to be a great show and I'll post pictures after.
Another post coming soon...Over and out!
