When realization hits, fast food is not cheap either. should be better cooked at home then?
Sunday is my only rest day at work and I was planning to sleep, stay in bed until maybe eight or nine. However, this baby I am growing inside started to become demanding already. Several times I would awaken due to consecutive movements , kicking. Way of telling me, Hey, Mom, wake up I am starving!
Instead of lying on my bed and hugging my pillows, here I am, breakfast is ready at seven. Typical Filipino dish, scramble egg, dried fish and rice. While eating, it crossed my mind to go out and perhaps pamper myself a little with foot spa, manicure and pedicure. Before, I was the one cleaning those toes yet now it was impossible! Couldn't reach it due to my big belly!
As planned, I went to the nearest mall to avail the service. Sitting at the chair with my eyes closed as I wanted to relax. Expecting might fall asleep yet the opposite. The lady who rendered the service was not good. The way she cleaned my fingernails was so uncomfortable to the point she cut many cuticles. Including my skin 😫. It hurts and it happened not only once but several.
I almost lash her out but seeing there are a lot of customers and might affect her performance, I chose to keep my mouth shut. Mental note not to let her render a service to me again! Annoyed, I didn't leave a tip.
To subside my anger, I decided to drop by the nearest fast food chain for late lunch.
Saw something new on the menu so why not give it a try? Paired with fried chicken, garlic flavor.
How pandemic change working set up, before the cashier at just staying at the counter taking orders. Now it wasn't as they are also helping in dining.
While waiting for my order I happened to glance at the receipt and was quite surprised with the total cost.
For a dish, drinks and dessert the total amount is P339 or $6.10. In other countries this might sound cheap but it wasn't. The minimum salary wage here at NCR (capital ) is P610 or $10.98. That meal I ordered cost 56% of the daily income of minimum wage earners.
What will happen then if you are married with one kid? Spending time outside during a rest day brings so much joy to the child (children.). Yet, the sad realization was your one day salary is not enough to cover one meal 😫.
My order, two pieces of chicken, rice and ice tea for drinks.
The dessert. It was my first time trying and I was looking forward to enjoying the sweetness. Turns out it was like a flavored crash ice with some syrup and a few small slices of cheesecake.
Was it worth it?
For $2 it comes with a huge serving that could be shared by two. That if you are not into sweets yet want something sugary. The ice was crushed too fine so it wasn't roughed to the tongue. Not too sweet so that your throat would ache after eating.
My stomach was satisfied somehow yet the thought that nowadays, being good in the kitchen matters. Experiencing how expensive it was now to dine outside, especially in restaurants, much better to cook at home.
What about the ambiance that I think it's what we are really paying?😆. Should we need to be creative then? Though going out and dine with love once in a while is also a great idea.
What do you think food lovers?
If eating for the sake of being healthy, people would really avoid fast foods and start stocking up whole sale goods or visit the wet market. You can roast peanuts at home, eat small quantities of it and still get the essential amino acids per gram compared to other protein sources. I tried doing peanuts and eggs for protein when I was trying to be cheap (still am) with my diet, spending the least amount of money on food with compact nutrition.
What I found out while trying to be cheap and healthy is that most people can't stomach this diet if they've been used to sugary treats and foods that taste good but offer low caloric value. It's like depriving yourself from the nice things. You win the health and financial race but you're losing that small luxury. The way the rate of inflation here in the Philippines, it's expected to see the prices you see now double after a decade or two. Expect college tuitions to be for the rich kids.
Eating in fast food is never healthy 🤣, with those deep friend foods. Yet sometimes still I can't stop myself especially when I am outside or feel too tired cook not bring food at work.
There a lot of ways to go cheaper just the problem was finding time (perhaps an excuse only) .
A college tuition, been a topic at work since most of my office mates are mommies. Was even thinking when this child of mine reach college might per sem cost p100k already 🥹
Probably more depending on where you want them to get schooled. Which is why getting them an early insurance for college tuition is something to think about.
seems our daily salary is almost the same, and sometimes when I go out with my family, (wife and son) it cost me like at least 1.5 day salary.
sad, but this is the reality we have to face.
!LUV !PIZZA
We really don't have a choice but to adjust 🥹🤣.
Look for other alternative to earn money
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wow congrats!! and hoping for a healthy baby!🥰
Thank you
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First sorry to heard your experience with manicure pedicure was not nice😭 by the way I noticed that in Italy too fast food are no more cheaper, before the COVID me my husband and my step daughter went often to some fast food after the pandemic the prices increase so much, last time we went to MC Donald in three we spent 44 euros, really too much for tge kind of food we ate! For me surely better home cooking or spending money in a nice restaurant.
So not only in my country 🥹
Seemed prizes of everything double
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Sometimes is very hard to go out and take something to eat, but at least you could enjoy that moment for this time.
The dessert looks delicious! I’d love to try it!
Agree! The moment you step out the house , go out boom!
But sometimes we also need to relax and who eating is one of best thing to do!
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I've thought about this lately too. If I am going for the ambience, why not invest into my own space 😂? and just go out maybe once every couple of months. I always think cooking our own food is better although sometimes, there are food that I can't cook, like local delicacies that takes hours to make 😄
Yeah, but there are times that we feel too lazy to do the task for us. The reason why we avail the service to satisfy our tummy .
Plus the thought of when we are stress we deserved a treat 😄.
Which I am always a victim of myself 😂
Bili nalang ng chicken sa kalye. Pati yeah, i think more like luxury or Swabe ang tinging nating mga pinoy sa fastfood katulad ng Jollibe or Mcdonald.
Pinapakita sa Pelikula na Fancy dinner kapag kumain sa Fast food kaysa Mag food court or sa bahay lang.
Iyong tig P10 na fried chicken? 😄
Hmmmmmm sarap at puno ng transfat. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr