DINING IN ON A BUDGET

As long as you have a microwave in your apartment, you won't starve and you can have your breakfast, lunch and dinner for as little as S$10 a day. No, I am not talking about surviving on instant noodles and 3-in-1 sachets but balanced meals with carbs, protein, fibre and Vitamin C. My above takeaway lunch, for example, costs me 100 baht or S$4.00.

At most supermarkets, you can find a lot of food neatly packed for you to heat it up. Plain rice with a piece of fried chicken or a combination of fried egg with minced pork fried with basil go for 30 to 35 baht. 

 You can also find fried noodles and bee hoon going for as little as 15 baht (S$0.60)

Or simply choose white rice (10 baht) to go with any Thai dishes or curries (30 baht or S$1.20 each).

I still can't get over how delicious my pork ribs with bitter gourd soup was and it was enough for two. 

To top it all, you will see some items marked off as much as 50 per cent at any time of the day.