Lunch...

Eating in Canberra
Food in Canberra is way too expensive than in Manila. The cheapest meal i encountered costs $7.50 (round 300 pesos). That's only eight rolls of sushi. Yun lang, tubig ang drinks. Aba!!! Gusto ko magreklamo, nabibili ko lang ng 60 pesos ang 8 rolls ng california maki sa SM Hypermart Pasig!!! )(*&(*&^*^^%#$#@

Ergo, larga sa supermarket magluluto na lang ako. Well...... i spent an hour and a half inside the Supabarn (purportedly one of the cheapest in the City) staring!!!..... as in staring at the items sold. WALA akong gustong bilhin (what a miser little me). Aba, ang isang kilo ng saging $2.99 (120 pesos), ready to eat pasta for two $5.89 (235 pesos), 100g ham $3.29 (131 pesos), soya milk $2.50, etc. Susko ano toh? Wala pang palengke dito? Pwede bang dumiretso sa bukid para ako na lang ang pipitas ng prutas at aani ng gulay!? Estudyante po ako. :-)

It took me a while to stop myself from converting $ to pesos and condition my mind: "Harold, you're not in Manila," i said to myself.

June 5, Day 4 in Canberra. Now that i'm connected, ang dali nang maki-pagmeet.

12:00 NN. My first real lunch. Together with three other scholars, i had lunch at ANU's Union Square - sa UP ito ang version ng Shopping Centre, at sa CLSU ito ang Marketing. Yup, its much like UP's shopping center. Yun nga lang, two storeys, malinis, opo malinis po pati CR, at MAHAL pag kinon-vert mo sa peso and bilihin. Of course, i had the $7.50 sushi. In fairness, masarap siya. Its my first real meal in three days. Been living on tea, biscuits and sandwiches. Ang daldal ko na naman. I was hyper all thoughout lunch. Kasi naman, tatlong araw po akong walang kausap physically.

2:00 PM. Went around ANU. Read the next blog for that.