Below is the breakdown of my budget:
rent ￥1,500.00
transport ￥300.00
food ￥900.00
internet ￥190.00
utilities ￥200.00
household ￥154.92 (will increase if i buy more household stuff)
water ￥30.00
telephone ￥300.00
daily necessities ￥50.00
total ￥3,624.92
30 dollars a day includes breakfast, lunch, dinner. ok maybe lunch usually provided by my boss, according to my future colleague. but it's still so pathetic. ok maybe there is cheap food like around 10 to 15 bucks which can be quite filling. but am i gg to just eat all these everyday? well ya, i still have pocket money from my parents, but i try not to use, cuz i wan to sort of try to stay independent.
ok lah, cuz we 3 pple staying in an apartment, paying 1500 rmb is considered cheap i guess =X but there are many hidden costs, cuz we need to buy this and that for daily use, eg plates, cutlery, mops, thrash bags, iron board, bedsheets, blankets, etc etc.
hope i can sort of keep to my budget. hope so lah :) at least give myself some sort of "training". even before a month is gone, i have realised that the standard of living in Shanghai is super high, considering the amount of salary the people get here. ok, shall endure, shall adapt :) this is the whole point of noc, that is to learn to be independent, explore, network, look for opportunities. the latter two parts would be fulfilled by my work in Alphatron Asia starting next week, i guess :)
ok some photos, which i have taken while i went around walking and exploring :)
云南路美食街
Metro @ 徐家汇
人民公园
@ 南京东路步行街
View from 外滩
