Challenge : Can you survive on Sg$5 a day in Singapore ?

[UltimaOnline]

Upon learning that 387,000 Singaporeans are so poor that they have no choice but to survive on $5 a day (in contrast to the top 10% of Singaporeans, PAP ministers and Foreign Talents in Singapore who earn over $50,000 a day), Nathaniel Ho attempts this challenge for himself in a bid to empathize with his impoverished fellow Singaporeans.

http://therealsingapore.com/content/5-challenge-how-i-lived-5-day-week-and-failed-spectacularly

 

[ILovePAP]

Upon learning that 387,000 Singaporeans are so poor that they have no choice but to survive on $5 a day (in contrast to the top 10% of Singaporeans, PAP ministers and Foreign Talents in Singapore who earn over $50,000 a day), Nathaniel Ho attempts this challenge for himself in a bid to empathize with his impoverished fellow Singaporeans.

http://therealsingapore.com/content/5-challenge-how-i-lived-5-day-week-and-failed-spectacularly

Why not?

A loaf of Sunshine bread costs $2. It has about 12 slices...Eat 4 slices for breakfast per day. Daily Cost : $0.70

Lunch time, buy a good Bun from Breadshop. Cost : $1.20

Dinner time, Eat a mee kia dry for $3.00

Water is free...go public toilet in shopping mall...tap water is free!

Still Got Savings of 10cents a day!

 

[JohnTan]

$5 a day means $150-$200 a month, assuming on some days you cannot tahan and need to buy snacks or dessert. From data gathered in 2013, the median annual income is around $52k, which works about to be about $4000 a month. Even if you are loser and make around $1800 a month, it is still more than enough to have a food budget of around $10 a day, which works out to about $300 - $400 a month, again assuming you exceed your budget once a while.

http://www.salary.sg/2013/compare-your-annual-income-2013/

 

[kapkia]

$5 a week for my kapkia...

 

[laksaboy]

There's always the option to do intermittent fasting. It is not necessary to have three full meals a day.

Happy SG50 everyone.

 

[frenchbriefs]

Its sad that a first world country like Singapore so many people have to live on $5 a day.in Australia people live on a minimum wage of $130 a day.in certain sectors minimum wage could be as high as $200 a day.the only reason to live in Singapore the shithole is the food.to live on $5 a day might as well live in Malaysia.

 

[ILovePAP]

Its sad that a first world country like Singapore so many people have to live on $5 a day.in Australia people live on a minimum wage of $130 a day.in certain sectors minimum wage could be as high as $200 a day.the only reason to live in Singapore the shithole is the food.to live on $5 a day might as well live in Malaysia.

$5 a day is a lot. Just spend wisely.

 

[Cestbon]

Why not?

A loaf of Sunshine bread costs $2. It has about 12 slices...Eat 4 slices for breakfast per day. Daily Cost : $0.70

Lunch time, buy a good Bun from Breadshop. Cost : $1.20

Dinner time, Eat a mee kia dry for $3.00

Water is free...go public toilet in shopping mall...tap water is free!

Still Got Savings of 10cents a day!

U forgot bill eg. electricity/water/.......... other like toothpaste...shampoo........

 

[frenchbriefs]

$5 a day is a lot. Just spend wisely.

I thought a certain minister said $5000 is derisory?how can $5 be a lot?$5 is a derisory of a derisory.

 

[dr.wailing]

There's always the option to do intermittent fasting. It is not necessary to have three full meals a day.

This is what Leegime would say to Sinkies. And the Ministar for Health will come up with the health benefits associated with occasional fasting. Our state-controlled media will provide the propaganda.

 

[joety]

I thought a certain minister said $5000 is derisory?how can $5 be a lot?$5 is a derisory of a derisory.

derisory's mother.

 

[hofmann]

$5 a day is a lot. Just spend wisely.

You're better off dead with $5 a day in sgp

 

[Cerebral]

$5 a day means $150-$200 a month, assuming on some days you cannot tahan and need to buy snacks or dessert. From data gathered in 2013, the median annual income is around $52k, which works about to be about $4000 a month. Even if you are loser and make around $1800 a month, it is still more than enough to have a food budget of around $10 a day, which works out to about $300 - $400 a month, again assuming you exceed your budget once a while.

http://www.salary.sg/2013/compare-your-annual-income-2013/

The person was talking about the bottom 400k people. Why you use median income? Or 1.8k? If I don't remember wrongly, the 4k is median household income and not individual.

 

[Cerebral]

Why not?

A loaf of Sunshine bread costs $2. It has about 12 slices...Eat 4 slices for breakfast per day. Daily Cost : $0.70

Lunch time, buy a good Bun from Breadshop. Cost : $1.20

Dinner time, Eat a mee kia dry for $3.00

Water is free...go public toilet in shopping mall...tap water is free!

Still Got Savings of 10cents a day!

It's all carbs. Not good in the long run