$1 lunch ??

@Ayuriny (5144)
Denpasar, Indonesia
November 3, 2016 11:16pm CST
This is my bad day. I left my purse at home with some money in it. I just rushed to my workplace this morning, and forgot to take it on my make-up table. Now, it's time for having lunch. At first, I planned to buy some meals at the canteen, but then I realized I don't bring my purse. I'm not comfortable to borrow some money from my friends. Luckily I found I0,000 IDR in the pocket of my bag. It is around 1 dollar. Then with that amount of money, I can buy only a cupcake for my lunch. I don't have to worry about the drink as I always bring a bottle of mineral water with me. Thanks God, finally I can have my lunch which costs only $1. In your country, what can $1 buy for lunch?
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@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
4 Nov 16
Here, I can get a snack of chips or chocolate bar or pop tarts from the vending machine for 90 cents. That's about it. Unless I will go to the dollar store and see what they have for food there.
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@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
5 Nov 16
@hereandthere Sometimes they do, and it's always a hit and miss. If all else fail it is much better to get some good, honey crisp apples for lunch, at least that's what I will do.
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• Philippines
5 Nov 16
do they have ready-to-eat food at dollar stores @raine38?
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
That's nice. How about the rest 10 cents? How about the drink?
@princemaxp (2027)
• Bhubaneshwar, India
8 Nov 16
it depends.....with $1 many people could have a full lunch from a street vendor....
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
11 Nov 16
Street vendors? What street foods do you like to buy? I think you should only eat home cooked meals.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
11 Nov 16
@princemaxp Hmm... I feel bad.. Harpreet is so angry with me. I think I have to PM him...
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• Bhubaneshwar, India
11 Nov 16
@Ayuriny junk foods....
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@tammys85 (29914)
• Baltimore, Maryland
4 Nov 16
I'm glad you were able to buy something to put in your stomach. What can we buy hear for $1? If I go to my local convenience store, I can get a hot dog. Otherwise, probably just smaller snacks like chips or cookies.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
Thanks. That's nice to be able to buy a hotdog there.
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@tammys85 (29914)
• Baltimore, Maryland
5 Nov 16
@Ayuriny It's just at the local convenient store; if I was out of my hometown, I'd have to stick with junk food lol. And you're welcome.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
5 Nov 16
@tammys85 Nobody can escape from junk food. It's my favorite one. Lol
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• United States
4 Nov 16
With a $1 - I can get snacks like chips, granola bar or candy. At the cafeteria at my previous company, I could probably buy a slice of bread and get complimentary jam.
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• United States
4 Nov 16
Heheh cupcakes sounds delicious! Did you have a big appetite when you got home from work?@Ayuriny
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby You already know that.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
A bit similar here. With $1 I also can buy chips or a slice of bread. But this morning I was craving cupcakes...
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
4 Nov 16
we can buy a complete meal with that
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
11 Nov 16
@Ayuriny fried rice with sunny side up egg
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
11 Nov 16
@trivia79 It's nice... Here we don't get a complete meal like that for $1.
@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
A complete meal with just $1? What kind of meal is that??
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@ms1864 (6886)
• Bangalore, India
4 Nov 16
there are a few choice of indian junk food that we can buy for $1
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
Are they enough to fill your stomach? What are Indian junk food??
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
@ms1864 Yeah,...I know them, but have never tried them. Do you like them?
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@ms1864 (6886)
• Bangalore, India
4 Nov 16
@Ayuriny yeah...definitely enough....i don't know if you have heard of things like samosa, vada pao and pani puri?
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@youless (112103)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Nov 16
Here everything's price increases, it is not easy to buy a lunch with $1. You can't even have a bowl of noodles in a small restaurant. Perhaps it is OK to buy a bread anyway Or you can buy the instant noodles and it shall work well
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
11 Nov 16
Same here. We can't buy complete meals for lunch for $1. All prices of food have increased significantly. Therefore it's only bread or cupcake is affordable.
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@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
4 Nov 16
With 1$, I can buy streetfood that compose of siomai (pork dumplings) and rice here in Manila. Believe me, you would be surprised, how filling that food is!
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@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
5 Nov 16
@Ayuriny it is included in the 1$ meal. Truly splendid!
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
It sounds so delicious! Should we pay extra price for the rice?
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
5 Nov 16
@lealuvy2j So nice...
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Nov 16
as of today 1 us dollar is 48.55 philippine pesos. 1 cup of rice is 10 pesos and 1 ulam (ex. pork dish) is 35 pesos so that's a total of 45 pesos only.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
5 Nov 16
That's nice. So you can have a complete meals for $1.
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@RitzzView (2994)
• India
4 Nov 16
Haash you had that money at least.. In our country, it depends on the place we go. There are cheap places which could give you manyyy things from 1$ and there is medium rate from which maybe we could get one item like cupcake. But, the costly category, nothing could be bought.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
4 Nov 16
Yeah, finally I could have a $1 lunch... I like it when you categorize the places based on their price.
@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
5 Nov 16
@RitzzView So nice...
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@RitzzView (2994)
• India
5 Nov 16
@Ayuriny Yeaa..it is like that here..
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