A lot has happened since my last update, but the biggest change would be that I quit my job at NST to become a full-time Master's student at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK ( Read more... )

Ahhh, things are getting busier and busier as we close in on the 13th General Election! On Day 4, I bought a nice, balanced meal with chicken, egg tofu and veggies for RM5 (see Mom, I am totally not neglecting my vegetable intake ... xP ( Read more... )

Posting Day 2 & 3 today 'cause I've been kinda busy ... So for Day 2, had nasi ayam (RM4) and ate half of my plate of chicken ... Then I asked them to pack the other half along with another serving of rice (RM1). Budget for the day, settled!


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Okay, for the 2nd week of the challenge, I proposed trying to live on RM5 a day to buy food. I wanted to see how far you can stretch RM5 and I can tell you right now that there is not much you can buy with it, not in terms of proper food. On average, eating out costs RM5 per meal; it can even be more than that when you live in cities ( Read more... )

Sorry, didn't have time to post anything yesterday, but yes, week 1 has come to an end! Within the first week, I've collected about RM300 (around £63) for UNICEF, so hopefully in the coming weeks I can get even more. Today I will be really, truly savoring my food before getting back on the challenge ( Read more... )

OMG, we're almost there! Tomorrow's the last day! :D ( Read more... )

Exercising while on the challenge is tough. You wanna stick to your routine, but at the same time, your body is more lethargic and takes a bit longer to recover because you're not getting enough energy, i.e. food. I noticed that today's yoga class was tougher for me than usual. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for those living below the ( Read more... )

As many of you who know me are aware, I don't regularly cook. I am usually much too lazy to do so, especially when it's just for me; I prefer cooking for friends and family. However, these past few days, I've found that I kinda like the challenge of coming up with something yummy using a limited stock of ingredients - it gets the creative juices ( Read more... )

For Day 2, I decided to fancy it up a bit and make a pasta dish. So with 1/3 of the 500g packet of linguine, 3 Swiss Brown mushrooms and 2 hotdogs, I made sausage mushroom linguine ( Read more... )

For the first day, I made the easiest thing you can whip up when you have tortillas, eggs and hotdogs: a breakfast wrap.

So I scrambled two eggs and two hotdogs (my daily ration) and wrapped them up in a warmed-up tortilla.


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