Long Absence
Hmm quite a while since i blogged, well not much to blog from past 2 weeks. I was down with fever and just recovered, and also moving into new house from hotel, means no internet connetion for another few days. Have applied for a french telecom connection last week DSL2+ and they have promised a whopping 18Mbps line !!, never heard of that kinda speed before, will be really exciting to experience that kind of speed.
Finally my cargo arrived from Paris, (5 days back) and now i have all my clothing and most importantly Indian food !!. I was almost starving last 2 weeks, and really fedup with eating bread daily. well the french do have some really great food, but let me tell you, they are nowwhere near to our style of food :). most of the dishes are made of Beef and Pork which i never touched in life (and not intention of in future !!). so my advise to anyone visiting on longterms, pack as much food from india as possible !!.
i went to the superbazaar yesterday to buy some groceries and kitchen items, God the rates were were terrifying, check this for 1/2 KG Potato its 1.5 Euro (85 Rupees) and tomato 2.3 Euro for 1/2 kg !! and 1 lemon 0.8 Euro !!. and a small coffee vessel 10Euro, god help me in staying here.
Just a small addition after seeing a comment from swaroop, please note i am not trying to make comparisons here between Euro and Rupee (the above conversion is only for sake of conversion not comparison), but i do feel the cost ratio is pretty high in europe !! and nowhere near to the cost index of 1.73.
4 comments:
Humble Advice : Do not compare prices between Europe and India ! Also, remember that you are now earning in Euros, and when you buy something, look at it in terms of your salary here. You will then realise that your "buying power" is much higher in Europe than in India !!
Swaroop, i will be the last person to make any non-objective comparison :). I don't really agree with you and its really surprising to hear from you that you feel the "Buying Power" is higher here !!.
if you do a simple math on the rate/salary ratio (take ex: of clothing, DVD, or for that matter food), you will see the costindex is no where to ours in india. (Except few things like Internet)
I think why you are getting the feeling of high pay may be due to the fact that even a small saving will reflect highly in terms of rupees and i personally do feel that you cann't live the same kinda life here in France as we do in India and spend proportionatly.
I agree we are getting in Euros, but we also spending in Euros not in rupees !!. I advise you to cross check this one.
lai, yaav super market la adu. 1.5 for a .5 kilos of potato. naan kELtirOde ide modlu.
naan nODiro prakaara, 1.5 euros ge 2.5 kg barutte. akki, .5 euros to 1 euros( chennagirode sigutte)
haalu, .53 cents ge 1 ltr ityaadi ityaadi.
buying power bagge nange gottilla, aadre, spending power aMtu namagiMta jaasti. USA gimta kaDime. govt, social security koDutte, adakke, baDDimakkaLa spending power jaasti. ilde idre, ivaru kUDa nam tharaha ne irtidru.
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Yeno Aram idiya ,
I happened to gather the link for this blog today from setty and went thru from Dec15 till date so that i dont miss out any thing :> , Some are time consuming though , Thats fine I have more time than you do , Well I am not going to bother you with this POST cos I have no Technical expertise as you do or a rational thinking as you guys incline for , I know you will laugh when you hear these names or a smile will erupt for sure : Bindu ,Seema , Panday , are baba , the Top star among them were Nagi your favorite , I still remember your encounter with the Dean in his chamber asking for a sports room as a compromise for Lab and Library.
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This Post might have bought some mysore on your face , will keep posting some more .
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Bye from Setty ,Bonda and me
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