August 1, 2006

How Rice Was I?

I have now been in business for myself full-time for three years and things are going really well. However, it's funny to think back to when I first started, when I had no money, about all the rice* things I did to get by... * "rice" here means cheap, since rice is very cheap foodstuff.

  1. Going to the department store and using the [guys] perfume testers before meeting a girl for coffee [on several occasions] because i couldn't afford to buy it ...Yep
  2. Paying my rent 2 days late completely with 5 and 10 cent pieces (that's €0.02 and €0.05 coins for my international readers) ...Yep
  3. Cutting my own hair because the budget shopping mall $5 (€2.50) hair dresser was too expensive ...Yep
  4. Driving with my car's fuel gauge permanently on empty and only filling up when it started to misfire*...Yep
  5. and the number times I did actually run out of gas: 6
    —The worst of which the car died in the middle of busy bridge at 2am in morning in the pouring rain!!

* Occurs when the fuel injectors start pumping air, because the fuel tank is dry.

Posted by Matt at August 1, 2006 2:15 PM

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