You know you have it good...
Let's get this part out of the way, You know you have it good when you go out smelling of Paul Smith London for Men, and get back smelling of Givenchy Very Irresistable (obviously for women). Especially if not two hours ago you had presented a very special someone with that very scent.
That should be enough information for you gossip aficionados out there.
Departing from that fond reflection, I noticed last night some differences between clubbing in Penang and Newcastle. Culture shock had muted my senses so much so I failed to register any such difference when I first landed in Newcastle. Realisation kicked in later, but all I realised wasn't the whole nine yards.
Figures hurt. I arrived at Glo yesterday a little earlier than the others did, and paid the RM35 cover charge to get in and stake our claim for tables and floor space. Too soon after, the other three guys arrived, Kit, Benson and Han Ker. We decided to share for a bottle of Chivas which costed each of us RM70. That would make my total expenditure for the night a whopping (or so it seemed) RM105, oh wait... RM109 including the parking charges. That hurts doesn't it? But wait. I've been studying in the UK, among other things such as clubbing and emptying my wallet. Why bother keeping count in MYR when I can do so in GBP? Lets see... some quick math.... RM109 divided by 7 (a rough approximation of the exchange rate).... that makes... that's about GBP15. That's nothing. Not a dinge on the body work. An average night out in Newcastle takes up about GBP30, for guys at least. Shit, that's 200 big ones in Malaysia...
Yet that concerned me, at the time. Now that my wallet is as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard, leave the RM1 notes, that kinda hurt.
Perhaps I should not do this currency conversion as an exercise of convincing myself it's not all that much. Perhaps it should be done in reverse. The next time I spend GBP15 in the UK, I should convert it back to MYR. I did for awhile at first when I first got there, but the effect of conversion wore off. A return to those ways, perhaps? I think so. I have been exceeding my budget as of late, therefore.... cut back time.
*smile* ----> from re-reading the first paragraph of this post.
That should be enough information for you gossip aficionados out there.
Departing from that fond reflection, I noticed last night some differences between clubbing in Penang and Newcastle. Culture shock had muted my senses so much so I failed to register any such difference when I first landed in Newcastle. Realisation kicked in later, but all I realised wasn't the whole nine yards.
Figures hurt. I arrived at Glo yesterday a little earlier than the others did, and paid the RM35 cover charge to get in and stake our claim for tables and floor space. Too soon after, the other three guys arrived, Kit, Benson and Han Ker. We decided to share for a bottle of Chivas which costed each of us RM70. That would make my total expenditure for the night a whopping (or so it seemed) RM105, oh wait... RM109 including the parking charges. That hurts doesn't it? But wait. I've been studying in the UK, among other things such as clubbing and emptying my wallet. Why bother keeping count in MYR when I can do so in GBP? Lets see... some quick math.... RM109 divided by 7 (a rough approximation of the exchange rate).... that makes... that's about GBP15. That's nothing. Not a dinge on the body work. An average night out in Newcastle takes up about GBP30, for guys at least. Shit, that's 200 big ones in Malaysia...
Yet that concerned me, at the time. Now that my wallet is as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard, leave the RM1 notes, that kinda hurt.
Perhaps I should not do this currency conversion as an exercise of convincing myself it's not all that much. Perhaps it should be done in reverse. The next time I spend GBP15 in the UK, I should convert it back to MYR. I did for awhile at first when I first got there, but the effect of conversion wore off. A return to those ways, perhaps? I think so. I have been exceeding my budget as of late, therefore.... cut back time.
*smile* ----> from re-reading the first paragraph of this post.
posted by Raghuram at 9:24 am
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