March 5, 2009
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Money House and Postgrad
Since I got back I've been struggling to manage my cost of living. In just the third week back my cost incurred are roughly as follows.
Overseas Student Health Cover - $380 (Paid)
Student Visa Renewal - $450 (Paid)
Medical Check up - $234 (Due 14th March)
Car Insurance $380 (Due 25th March)
Car Servicing $90-Unlimited (Due when I send my car for servicing)
Phone bill - $49 (Due 20th March)
House Rent - $450 (Spared - but gonna chip in $100 as a noble gesture)
Food and entertainment - $200 (Paid - continuous)
Petrol - $100 (Paid - continuous)
House Bond - $595 max
Wah!!! Not fun at all.
Some of the things here are one off.. and I will be getting more than $1100 a month from work. But it's still quite a lot. At the same time, looking for a new place to live has been quite discouraging. Really hope we can settle down somewhere soon before assignments pile in. Not forgetting, still got furniture to buy some more. More money down the drain! =(
Post graduate life has started out pretty tough with work and no house. I wanna try being self sufficient this year. I hope it's still possible under the circumstances. The night classes have been quite interesting though I've yet to feel the brunt of the assignments and massive reading list. This doesn't include my involvements with OCF yet, not to mention time for my personal life like hanging out with friends, etc.
Looks like it'll be quite an interesting year.
