Round 5: Weekly Grocery Shopping

Announcement:

As of 21. June 2007, Hajime no Stan has, from Blog Patrol records, received her first 100 hits!!

*Stan pops a Bitburger open and raises it in toast* Whoohoo....!!
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Ok ok, some of you may be thinking: "100? Thats peanuts!"

Well, maybe...but from around where I come from, peanuts are actually worth a lot. Roughly around 600 000 singapore dollars, last I recall? :P


Haha I digress. My point is, I'm not a very prolific writer and blogging is just, for many, another pasttime. Yes, I've been guilty of plugging my blog to close friends and all that. But still, to have reached the 100th hit is a milestone, no matter how small, for this humble blog of mine.

Since I'm on the topic of blogs, I've recently discovered The Assimiliated Negro - T.A.N. To describe it as interesting would be an understatement. Just go ahead and read his entries about being arrested for holding a DVD in NYC. This guy has got his game on, I shit you not.

T.A.N, if you're reading this, I'll be linking you up. So do me a favor and leave a comment or something.

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Saturdays are usually my Fridge Reloadings. But it sucks sometimes, because, like everyone else, they too do their grocery shopping on Saturdays. The queues take longer to clear, and unsurprisingly, I end up missing the bus that goes from shops to my apartment building, doubling my intended shopping duration. So that I could spend my Saturday this week indoors, which was also predicted to be overcast and/or rainy, I headed on Thursday for my groceries.

My usual grocery-shopping is done along a stretch of shops at Neuer Messplatz. There are 2 supermarkets, Kaufland and Lidl. These are my usual sources of frozen chicken breast, pork fillets, salmon and grilled fish, bread, cornflakes. Fresh vegetables and fruits are usually brought from a Turkish shop, Hüda Verdi. The quality, I have found, is always better yet cheaper than most supermarkets.

Here's an example of their Gelbe paprika(yellow pepper) :

Have a look at my thumb for a comparison.

Haha, ok, not always fresh. That's white fungus growing on a patch of red paprika. Not exactly very appetizing.

My fresh produce for the week. How much do you reckon it costs?

Bananas, chinese pears, tomatoes and yellow peppers

A mere 4,44€!

Now if you convert it to Ringgits(RM20.59) or Sing dollars($9.21), it may seem a lot. But like those have studied or are studying in overseas, constantly converting your expenditure amount back to your home currency will really make Jack either a very hungry or dull boy, or both.



And this is the rest of the weekly supplies:



Price of the above: 24,24€ + 4,44€= 28,68€ (RM133)

Heh, yes I know. I eat a lot. And I an a big fan of fish. I NEED that much food just to keep my weight at 60kg(the weight limit for super featherweight class boxers is 59,0kg). Yep, I'm one of those hard-gainers, who loses 2-3kg after a gym session and over 1kg after a night's sleep. Which, I admit, is a double-edged sword. But that's another blog post for another time.

That's it for now. Enjoy your weekend people. And now, if you'll excuse me, it's approaching dinnertime - time for me to put on a few more kilos. Ciao and Servus!;)