peso vs. dollar

one telltale sign of adjustment in a new country is when you don't compare each and every price of a merchandise against your local currency anymore.

i can still remember my first week in singapore when i didn't buy anything because everything seemed to be at least 200 pesos, when they should have cost me a third of that amount.

i found myself doing the same thing on my first few weeks here, not only because i have no money (i miss those days when i still had scholarship allowance), but also because i feel guilty asking my mom to spare me a couple of dollars since we are not dollar earners yet.

i still don't consider myself an official dollar earner right now but i don't feel alarmed anymore when i find a simple top (key word: simple) that costs about 20 dollars (that's 1000 pesos for you). that doesn't mean i'm gonna buy it, but i just might do that after i get a full-time job... =)