...and money escapes from your purse like sand

from a cost point of view, march 2's trip to SM looks like this:


    82        cab fare (new meter & new rates)
  985         PLDT bill
  331.80    MCWD bill 
     3         sm's handling fee for MCWD
  309.25    bits & bobs at Ace hardware
  268        Sbarro's horrible slice of chicago white pizza & half a baked ziti
  364.75    tops for LP at sm dept. store. the pique shirt was 50% from 450
3,000       3-months advanced payment at Smart Bro
  110        1 hour of play at Dave's funhouse
  199        BluPrint magazine
  185        3 pretzels & a drink at Auntie Anne's (only 1.5 pretzels consumed)
3,000       Globe mobile bill, of which 2600 was mobile surfing. never again!
  980        for 1000 load card for BBB
    70       cab ride home, old meter, with tip


Php 9,887.80  total


horrible. albeit 3k was advance payment and another 3k was mostly a mistake to be dearly paid for. 


in sad contrast, the current daily rate for a carpenter in cebu is between Php320-350


*sigh*