Frugal Living: What Habits Help You Save Money?

**minicarph** · January 10th, 2018 12:23 PM

Yun corned beef bumili ka ng isang lata. Every meal samahan mo ng itlog saka cream cheese.
Sa wheat bread.

Mapapansin mo yun lata corned beef tatagal ng 5 days. Magkano latang corned beef, P200. Parang P40 / day kain mo.

**Wh1stl3r** · January 10th, 2018 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by minicarph

Yun corned beef bumili ka ng isang lata. Every meal samahan mo ng itlog saka cream cheese.
Sa wheat bread.

Mapapansin mo yun lata corned beef tatagal ng 5 days. Magkano latang corned beef, P200. Parang P40 / day kain mo.

Masama naman laging corned beef OB. Taas ng sodium tapos dami pa preservatives.

**shadow** · January 10th, 2018 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by DenNix

Per person po yan. Provided you cook it yourself, excluding cost of gasul or preparations. This being taken out on the context that we also spend on gasul, spices, cooking oil, electricity and water separately.

130 estimate budget can get you:

Breakfast: 2 eggs - 12pesos, 5 pandesal for 10pesos, coffee mix 7pesos = 22pesos
Lunch: 1 medium or 1/4kg Tilapia - 25pesos, 200gms rice 10pesos = 35pesos
Snack: 2pcs Pancit canton or 2 ripe bananas - 26pesos = 26pesos
Dinner: 1 can corned beef - 35pesos, 200gms rice 10pesos = 45pesos

Total = 128pesos

Pwede pa sa Halls o Max yung 2pesos. hehehe

But then again estimate lang naman po. In my calculations it can be done.

500 or more sa labas, lets see:

Breakfast: Jollijeep - Arozcaldo 35, bottled water 15 = 50
Lunch: Mang Inasal PM2 with No soda = 126
Snack: Angel's CheeseBurger, bottled water = 50
Dinner: KFC Super meal = 150

Total = 376

So we can say 500 is a bit bloated pa nga, and we can trim it even to less than 400.

But that's not what I'm thinking of a typical lutong bahay and yun kain na example mo sa labas eh puro Fast food.

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**DenNix** · January 10th, 2018 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

You really don't need the math for #1. Ultimong mga inumin, that's around 20 pesos and upwards vs. magdala ka ng water bottle. 100 pesos can barely fill you up at Jollibee vs. eating at home.

There's a phrase often use by students and office workers on a budget: Sa bahay na lang ako kakain, libre na unli pa.

**DenNix** · January 10th, 2018 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by shadow

But that's not what I'm thinking of a typical lutong bahay and yun kain na example mo sa labas eh puro Fast food.

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Another comparison is when you cook 1kg of pork adobo with all the ingredients, and order same amount adobo on karenderia. I myself can cook you an adobo for 300pesos, can feed 6 to 8 people. Feed same adobo to 6 to 8 people in karenderia and it will be worth more than 300 pesos i think without the rice. COnsidering 50pesos per not so generous order.

Just my two cents.

**DenNix** · January 10th, 2018 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r

Masama naman laging corned beef OB. Taas ng sodium tapos dami pa preservatives.

Kalaban ng gout yan sir. Aray.

**DenNix** · January 10th, 2018 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by minicarph

Yun corned beef bumili ka ng isang lata. Every meal samahan mo ng itlog saka cream cheese.
Sa wheat bread.

Mapapansin mo yun lata corned beef tatagal ng 5 days. Magkano latang corned beef, P200. Parang P40 / day kain mo.

Ako ganyan din. Lintek naman sa dami ng patatas nilalagay ko. hahaha

Nong nasa bboard ako sa QC yung isang latang Argentina 260grms at 3 patatas all worth 100pesos tatagal ng 3 to 5 separate full meals.

**badkuk** · January 10th, 2018 12:47 PM

Back in my old job, there was this group that kept ordering out for lunch. This lasted for a few weeks, sumuko din sa gastos. Either nagbaon na or sa jolli-jeep na bumili [emoji3]