1st month's expenses

I budgeted for a rather generous "Settling-In" allowance for the 1st month; in anticipation of the numerous diners/outings to meet new friends, and so that I would not feel miserable about moving to the cold.

My total expense for the 1st month (4th to 31st October to be precise) is around CAD1,950, broken down as follow.

Amount (CAD) : Category

Once-off expenses

• 250 : Rental deposit (refundable)
•  15 : Taxi from airport
•  79 : CRNE prep guide

Monthly expenses

• 500 : October room rental
•  40 : Mobile (will be less next month)
• 110 : Transport - Monthly 2-Zone Farecard
•  31 : Transport - Others
• 235 : Food/groceries
• 263 : Clothings
• 103 : Household Items (including tioletries)
• 105 : Recreation/Entertainment/Restaurant
•  99 : Meals/Drinks
•  37 : Stationery/Postage
•  84 : Others (Lottery, Gifts, Books, Donations, etc)

Henceforth, it will be back to a more realistic budget.

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p.s. Originally I wanted to format the above in a table, but somehow the Blogger's table display sucks on Firefox. So it's back to the simple unordered list.