Daily Spending - February 28-29, 2008

February 28, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Dinner - 68 baht
- Pad Thai (30 baht)
- Pocky (10 baht)
- Ginger Ale (14 baht)
- Root Beer (14 baht)


Snacks - 35 baht
- Orange Juice - (35 baht)

Transportation Fee - 200 baht
- Train Refill (200 baht)

Total Spending: 303 baht

February 29, 2008

Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (11 baht)

Lunch - 30 baht
- Roast Pork on Rice (30 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Snacks - 11 baht
- Grape Juice (11 baht)

Transportation Fee - 118 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)

Total Spending: 191 baht

Hmm... I have an interview to take tommorrow, but on a curious note, they posted it was delayed. Hmm... Now when would that be?

Daily Spending - February 27, 2008

February 27, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home


Snacks - 48 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce(25 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)

Total Spending: 48 baht


Was working at home all day long. Was a rather boring day. On a short note, BattleField Earth wasn't that bad...

Daily Spending - February 26, 2008

February 26, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 154 baht
- Ginger Pork with Rice (59 baht)
- Mos Cheese Burger (69 baht)
- Water (16 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home

Traveling Expense - 0 baht

Snacks - 83 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)
- Icecream (45 baht)

Total Spending: 237 baht


I've noticed that my Train tickets have to be refilled soon. Now that should hit my expenses on the next cycle. Anyway, its nearly a month, and should be a good idea to look back and figure where to change a few things.

Daily Spending - February 24-25, 2008

February 24, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 42 baht
- Pork Larb on Mama (30 Baht)
- Coke (12 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home

Traveling Expense - 52 baht
- Bus (40 baht)
- Transit Bus (12 baht)

Snacks - 24 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)


Total Spending: 98 baht


February 25, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 75 baht
- Grill Chicken and Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Snack - 45 baht
- Icecream (45 baht)

Total Spending: 120 baht

Looking back at my expenses, seems that I've been spending too much on Softdrinks and snacks. I think it is a good idea to stop eating that!

Daily Spending - February 20-23, 2008

February 20, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Dinner - 41 baht
- Chicken and Egg on rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea and Ice (11 baht)

Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)


Total Spending: 65 baht


February 21, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Dinner - 60 baht
- Pork Steak (20 baht)
- Chocolate (15 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)

Snack - 74 baht
- Grilled Pork (50 baht)
- Sticky Rice (10 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)

Total Spending: 134 baht

February 22, 2008

Breakfast - 74 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
- Ham Cheese Sandwich (20 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach (14 baht)

Lunch - 50 baht
- Ice Tea (20 baht)
- Meat Stew on Rice (30 baht)

Dinner - 440 baht
- Buffet at Akiyoshi (440 baht)

Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)

Other Expense - 590 baht
- Mobile Phone Bills (300 baht)
- Groceries (290 baht)

Total Spending: 1174 baht

February 23, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Total Spending: 0 baht

The easiest way to save money is to stay home. On the 23rd, I practically spent nothing! Now that is great :P

On related note, I've met up with Rut who just came up from Hat Yai to take his ATC license exam. Talking about examination, I'm between my examination for my PhD program. Things are turning out well. I'm ready for the next academic challenge :P

Daily Spending - February 18-19, 2008

I couldn't log into Blogger for a few days. I have a reason to suspect the TRUE proxy service has ignited a false positive alarm for spamming. Oh well, as usual, here are the spendings:


February 18, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 85 baht
- SomTam and etc. (85 baht)

Dinner - 750 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party

Traveling Expense - 57 baht
- Bus (7 baht)
- Taxi(50 baht)

Total Spending: 892 baht



February 19, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Was treated for lunch

Dinner - 25 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (Lad Na)

Traveling Expense - 23 baht
- Bus (23 baht)

Snacks - 48 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)

Total Spending: 96 baht

On monday, I had a double jackpot. During lunch, an old friend popped over to my working place, so we had a SomTam party. In the evening, I met up with Rut who just came back from HatYai to take his ATC license exam. Due to that reason, we decided to treat ourselves a real expensive meal. I have to admit it was pretty steep, but anyway, it is once in like a year? LOL

Oh well, the next day, I was back to my usual self though :P

Daily Spending February 15-17, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 15, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 41 baht
- Grilled Chicken and Boiled Egg (30 baht)
- IceTea and Ice(11 baht)


Dinner - 440 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party

Snacks - 34 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Sprite (14 baht)

Traveling Expense - 7 baht
- Bus (7 baht)

Total Spending: 522 baht

February 16, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at Home

Snack - 35 baht
- Salapao (15 baht)
- IceTea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)

Dinner - 820 baht
- Hosted Fondue Party

Total Spending: 855 baht


February 17, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 36 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke and Ice (11 baht)

Snack - 36 baht
- Sprite (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home

Total Spending: 72 baht

On Friday, I had a small party with a few of my co-workers. On Saturday, I've hosted a party at my home, and I had to buy alot of groceries for my own Fondue party. Most of it fell on cheese expenses :P On Sunday, I've decided to spend little to balance things out. Not much to report other than the fact that its been a pretty expensive weekend.

Daily Spending February 14, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 14, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 57 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Snacks - 18 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Water (7 baht)
- Jelly (5 baht)


Total Spending: 75 baht

Today is Valentine. If you do some deduction, you will know the reason why the amount of spending today is rather low :P

Daily Spending February 13, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 13, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 75 baht
- Curry on Grilled Chicken (65 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)


Dinner - 31 baht
- Assorted of food on rice (30 baht)
- Water (1 baht)

Travel Expense - 14 baht
- Bus (14 baht)

Snacks - 61 baht
- Chocolate (7 baht)
- Orange Juice (15 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)
- Egg Roti (15 baht)

Total Spending: 181 baht

Nothing much to report except that the snack spendings has increased. This is due to the long day of work and sports!

Daily Spending February 12, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 12, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 65 baht
- Assortment of food on rice (30 baht)
- Lime on Soda (15 baht)
- Grilled Banana (20 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Travel Expense - 107 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)

Snacks - 14 baht
- Sprite(14 baht)

Total Spending: 186 baht

Regarding today's spending, since I woke up late, I had to go to work on Taxi. If you look at the figure, that was the majority of my spending today! p.s. The moral of the story is that if you want to save, go on public transportation :P

Daily Spending February 11, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 11, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 46 baht
- Roast Pork and Fried Eggs (35 baht)
- Water (11 baht)

Dinner - 40 baht
- Fried Chicken and Eggs on rice
- Ice Tea (10 baht)

Travel Expense - 21 baht
- Bus (21 baht)

Snacks - 35 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Salapao (15 baht)

Additional Expense - 858 baht
- Football (2 x 429)

Total Spending: 1000 baht

Today's spending is inflated because I had to buy a few footballs for the weekend football matches. We lost 3 balls the last week. If we are going to lose more footballs, then I'm going to be sure to charge those people who punt the ball for it in addition to the weekly fees we usually charge.

Daily Spending February 9-10, 2008

February 9, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 170 baht
- Steak and Ribs (140 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Traditional Thai Snack (20 baht)


Dinner - 80 baht
- Fried Rice
- Fried Eggs
- Fish Maw in Gravy Sauce

Travel Expense - 52 baht
- Van (25 baht)
- Bus (27 baht)

Additional Expense - 40 baht
- Coke (34 baht)
- Ice (6 baht)

Total Spending: 342 baht


February 10, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 35 baht
- Fried Chicken and Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)

Dinner - 220 baht
- Daidomon Buffet and etc.

Snack - 20 baht
- Coke

Travel Expense - 75 baht
- Taxi (75 baht)

Total Spending: 330 baht

Here is one thing I can tell. The more you stay home, the more you save. If only I can stay home more often :P

Daily Spending February 8, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 8, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 65 baht
- Chicken and Rice (40 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Fried Chicken and Sticky Rice (25 baht)

Dinner - 79 baht
- Grilled Chicken Burger Set

Travel Expense - 16 baht
- Bus (16 baht)

Additional Expense - 180 baht
- Bluetooth Dongle

Total Spending: 340 baht

One note that I learnt today is when a good bargain comes along, take it. The bluetooth dongle that I bought today could have been bought for like 100 baht, if I bought it in a IT sale a few weeks ago. Now I've have to spend like 80 baht more because I didn't buy it then!

Daily Spendings - February 7, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 7, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 60 baht
- Pork Dumpling (20 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Rice with Red Pork (30 baht)

Snack - 10 baht
- Fried Banana (10 baht)

Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Travel Expense - 207 baht
- BTS top-up (200 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)

Groceries - 178 baht


Total Spending: 455 baht

The spending today is somewhat inflated because of groceries and the top up account for the BTS train. I wonder how the next day would be different from here.

Daily Spendings - February 6, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 6, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Snack - 52 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Chocolate (19 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)

Dinner - 60 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (50 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)

Travel Expense - 55 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
- Taxi (30 baht)


Total Spending: 167 baht

One odd fact today is that my snack expense is certainly getting quite close to how much I spend for dinner. Talking about it, most of my expenses for snack ends up with either icecream or chocolate. If I happen to buy more fruits, I could save a more. Just as a reference, a watermelon is approximately 5 baht a kilo atm!

Daily Spendings - February 5, 2008

Daily Budget - February 5, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 5, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 75 baht
- Katsu Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)

Snack - 10 baht
- Icecream (10 baht)

Dinner - 65 baht
- Pork Steak (55 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)

Travel Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)

Etc 42 baht
- Groceries (42 baht)

Total Spending: 217 baht

Nothing much to discuss today as everything is routine. Could have spent a shade less on lunch and dinner. Thinking about it, I am starting to wonder if it was feasible to actually pack my lunch to work? Hmm... The possibility is low as I don't think I have enough time to make it :P

Daily Spendings - Feb 4, 2008

Daily Budget - February 4, 2008

Here is the daily budget for today:

February 4, 2008

Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home

Lunch - 40 baht
- Kao Man Kai (30 baht)
- Water (10 baht)

Snack - 7 baht
- Waffle (7 baht)

Dinner - 40 baht
- Meat Curry, Chinese Sausage, and Stir-fried Vegetables on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)

Travel Expense - 35 baht
- Bus (30 baht)
- Transit Bus (5 baht)

Etc 300 baht
- Mobile Phone Bill (300 baht)

Total Spending: 412 baht

Other than the telphone bill, today's spending is on the light side. The problem is that I can't cut my phone bills because most of the phone was work related! The only way to cut spending is to change promotions. Hmm... I'm starting to wonder if I should get one of those Hutch Phones with a buffet promotion? I think I should consider the options soon.

Spendings - Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2008

Daily Spending - January 31, 2008

Photographs - 600 baht
- Postcard size (100 x 6 baht) given to student as part of their NSC Booth

Travel Expense - 50 baht
- Transit Bus (20 baht)
- Parking Fee (30 baht)

Lunch - 70 baht
- Khao Man Kai and Drinks (2 x 35 baht)

Dinner - 700 baht
- Pizza at Big Mama (700 baht) Treated students to Dinner to congratulating them for reaching the final round of the NSC contest


Total Spending: 1320 baht


Daily Spending - February 1, 2008

Lunch - 243 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (168 baht)
- Milkshake (50 baht)
- Cherry Pie (25 baht)

Snacks - 147 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)
- Icecream (59 baht)
- Gin Tonic (3 x 14 baht)
- Snack (10 baht)

Dinner - 178 baht

Total Spending: - 568 baht

Daily Spending - February 2, 2008

Lunch - 108 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (108 baht)

Snacks - 26 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)

Dinner (600 baht)
- Due to miscalculation the dividend, my dinner cost was inflated.

Total Spending: - 734 baht



Daily Spending - February 3, 2008

Lunch - 460 baht
- Lunch Set at Tokyo Grill (460 baht)

Snacks - 117 baht
- Green Tea (3 x 15 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach 6 - Pack (72 baht)

Dinner - 3317 baht
- Dinner Buffet at Agehan (6 x 553 baht) Treated students for winning the first prize at the NSC competition

Total Spending: - 3894 baht

From January 31 to February 3, my advisees Sisada and Wantanee happen to reach the final round of the NSC (National Software Competition). Due to that reason, I've decided to accompany them to the NSC competition to provide support and make sure things are in order. As the NSC final round took place during February 1-3, 2008, my budget was completely wiped out in the crazy weekend. Nothing to complain about it considering that the students won the first prize :)