I think in general you can say that food and services are quite cheap. Everything that's imported or things that require a lot of technology are almost as expensive as/ more expensive than in Old Europe.
But judge for yourself. Here is my personal pricelist of things I recently buy. He he, just kidding! But at least it's a pricelist:
- haircut - $40
- car wash - $30
- VW Jetta (remember in Europe this is Bora and vice versa) - $180 000
- W-LAN card - $500
- 250g of ham - $21
- Nokia 1110 - $400 (incl. 500 text messages and $50 credit)
- 400g of cheese - $26
- 1 liter of petrol - $6
- 1 hour internet café - $10
- having your shoes polished $20
6 comments:
Hi Christian!
Sorry that I didnt contact you in the last days, but there are only two things I do at the moment: writing my thesis or doing ambulance services for the German Red Cross (World Championship requires A LOT first aid...). So I'll read your last posts in a moment of break and mental recreation. Currently Im working on my thesis and I just found the maybe most impressive term on Leo (a German online-dictionary) and I dont want to hide it from you :-)
>> der Schneidradprofilverschiebungsfaktor
(this means in English: pinion cutter addendum modification coefficient. Dont bother, I didnt even understood it in my native tongue)
I found it when I searched for the English word for "Anhang". Im not sure, yet. What is the correct technical term in literature for an attachment (the additional pages at the end of a book)?
For Fabian: not that I know German, but I think you mean "annex", that is what you have at the end of a book, or scientific paper, thesis, etc.
and Christian, the Jetta exists again in Europe too, the new version was launched this year or so. I know cause my husband keeps nagging about getting one. It has the same price almost as a Golf 5 and looks more like Passat, so it's worth it :-) Don't mind that I'm a girl and know things about cars, I used to work for a car company too, and doing press reviews all the time.
are you sure a liter of petrol is 60 pesos? that is 4 euros, if my maths still works.
well, keep writing, summer at work is not really the busiest time for me :-)
take care,
Dana
Thanks Dana for helping my friend with his thesis! :-)
Concerning petrol: Sorry, a stupid "0" at the end of a figure can change everything;-) It's only $6. I'll soon correct that.
And concerning the Jetta: I know it exists in Europe, too, but the car called Jetta in Europe, is named Bora here. And to make confusion complete: The Bora in Europe is the Jetta here although it's the very same car. Sorry, I had to correct you which doesn't mean I doubt you know about cars.
BTW, your husband has a good taste.
1-1 on the mistakes then :-)
and of course my husband has good taste, he married me ;-)
which brings me to the nice question that I haven't seen answered around yet. How are the Mexican girls? ...
> and of course my husband has
> good taste, he married me ;-)
Believe me or not, I knew you would write that answer :-)
And Mexican girls? What are you talking about? I have to work so much. I haven't even seen any ;-) ;-) :-)
i might be a bit late with the reply but in australia and (in english) we call all the extra info at the end of something the appendix!!!!
an anex is another name for an attic!!! the space at the top of a house!!!
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