Apartment hunting

One of the difficult thing in settling down is to find a suitable apartment. My current temporary apartment (picture on the side) is quite nice. It's on the 4th level, not too far from university. The streets here are not straight east-west, but they have a cool way of naming. For example my street is a small lane branched from Taishun street.. so it's just Lane number Taishun street. This, of course doesn't help me finding my way back home tonight. I manage to go around the big block for an extra 15 minutes to find my street in the dark evening! Sore feet expected.

Apartment here are quite expensive. Converting it to CAD, it is slightly cheaper than in Montreal, but considering the quality and the space .. almost the same price in Montreal! A shared room (furnished) cost about 400CAD per month. I was looking at another apartment here which is slightly cheaper, on the $350 mark but not that much of a difference. The starting price is expensive.. but for a little bit more, around $600 per month one can get a luxury apartment. So then it is a tough decision! When the case is wanting to save some money for future plane tickets (yes yes :) ), o you look for price, or value?

Similarly for food, the starting point is quite high but then a better meal is not much more expensive. Instant noodle cost $1 CAD (pictured here) and a meal of fresh made dumplings cost $1.50 CAD. Pasta meal at university $4 CAD.
Instant noodle is no longer a worthy money saving option.

It still taste good to me! :D