Ever wonder what is cheap? I've learnt to clarify my meaning of cheapness in Shanghai. People keep telling me that things in Shanghai are cheap. However, I tried to compare with my daily life in Singapore. I have been spending more than I should. Here is the story:
1 day in Singapore:
Breakfast: home bread
Lunch: This is the most tricky part
I try to find the cheapest food in food court, or just live with S$2 nasi lemak set or S$2 chicken rice.
Dinner: I try to eat at home or 'home'.
Therfore daily expenses a day is probably around S$4+take transport so probably around S$7. Damn sad right? Lol
Now I'm in shanghai. Assuming I have no income now, I spend around 25 yuan on a meal + 8 yuan on transport that will make up to 33 yuan.
Look at the currency exchange rate on www.xe.com it's around 1SGD = 4.40725 yuan now (pathetic rate to draw from cirrus and plus)
The maths gives SGD7.48766237
The difference is S$0.48766237
So we take the difference times dunno how many days.... you'll lose a lot of money. Then I'll be spending more than when I'm in singapore. And evenworse, my income is low.
So what is cheap. Most people whom I know define cheap as cheaper than Singapore. Average person spend around $5 per meal (including drinks). So therefore if they see a shop with approx 20yuan, they define it as cheap.
As for me, cheap means fit within a budget. As for me, cheap is below 15yuan. So please do not compare. If those of you who are richer thinks that 1 or 2 yuan is no issue, then just give it to me. Cos 1 or 2 yuan multiply by the number of times you think it is no issue can save me some meals.
Today I went to this small shop and I think it is the most fulfilling. I spend 6yuan on 辊吞粗米粉 and I feel it's just right for a meal. The reason why I'm doing this is because I want to save just a few dollars so that I can go out with friends and eat better food tomorrow. Hopefully I can last till end of march.
