It's almost Thursday???
I have never been so confused in my life about what day it is. I came home and looked at two calendars just to make sure that I just made it through Wednesday. I think I lived the entire day thinking it was Tuesday.I had great conversations last night with Cindy and Wiseman. I really just needed to talk to someone and they both made it so much easier to sleep. I have incredible people in my life!
I was also told today I was not a very good Chinese student. A little frustrating, but expected.
I'm going to start posting some of my spending habits... just so you can get a good idea about the buying power of the U.S. dollar in China. I'm starting with my meals for the day. Today was a fairly average day for cost, but I usually eat a little more...
| Item | Cost in RMB | Cost in US $ |
| -- BREAKFAST -- | ||
| Apple | 1 RMB | $0.12 |
| Sprite | 3 RMB | $0.37 |
| -- LUNCH -- | ||
| Noodles | 2.5 RMB | $0.31 |
| Muffin | 1 RMB | $0.12 |
| -- DINNER -- | ||
| Noodles (again) | 2.5 RMB | 0.31 |
| Small pack of Oreos | 5 RMB | $0.62 |
| Pinapple Juice | 3.3 RMB | $0.40 |
| Total | 18.3 RMB | $2.25 |
I didn't buy anything else, so today I spent $2.25. No money spent on gas, because I use my two legs and a bike to go places; no 12 cent newspapers; no 75 cent choclate bar... just food today.
Now $2.25 sounds like nothing, and it isn't, but do remember I still have to pay for health insurance and make credit card payments at U.S. prices, and I get nothing out of either one of them here. I've also had to pay for two bikes now, since my first one was stolen, as well as pay for an entire business dress wardrobe that I didn't bring with me. Everything that I could not fit into a suitcase, I've bought. Everything is incredibly cheap here, but moving here with one suitcase is not cheap by anyone's standards.
posted by Matt Dull @ 9:01 PM
5 Comments:
glad u could talk with them
Life i snot a journey to hte grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!!"
I think you need to lay off the oreos fatty. You looked like a freakin whale in that last picture. If you're not careful, you'll be buying two plane tickets for the flight home. I hate to be so harsh, but I'm just looking out for you. I think it would do you some good to watch the ending of Dodgeball again. It's powerful stuff.
I miss the price of everything in China. Next time I would recommend bringing two suitcases. It's allowed, you know... Hope all is well at Fudan. If you send me a $1000 I'll come visit.
aaron... i don't like you.
judd... the $1000 is in the mail.
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