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!
# posted by bastard : 12:22 AM
