Every day I come home from work place at 6 pm. September, summer has passed. Early autumn began to feel the wind blowing with the fallen leaves along the road.
And every day also I have to walk about 1 km to get to work or go back to my homestay. The 30 minute ride never feels tiring, the atmosphere is lively and the environment is conducive. Taiwan is a country that is safe and friendly for everyone, even walking the night alone is not a scary thing.
I live in Xitun district, one of the business centers in Taichung city. Never silent in 24 hours. Hotel areas for tourists, boarding houses for workers and students. About 500m from where I live, there is a Feng Chia University, and the next walking ± 100m is the Feng Chia night market, the one of the famous tours icon in Taiwan. High-rise office buildings, apartments, malls surround this Xitun district. That's the living city.
Today after work stopped briefly at a 24-hour convenience store a throw away from work to buy some groceries. I usually shop every 3 days for daily needs, because I live alone with a place to live and a refrigerator that is not big.
So what I am buy today? Not much just my groceries for few days needs. This my groceries list that I bought.
| GROCERIES | PRICES |
|---|---|
| 500 ml Soy milk | 37 NT |
| 5 Oranges | 49 NT |
| Frozen Pancakes | 72 NT |
| Enoki Mushroom | 20 NT |
| 2 cup Yogurt | 60 NT |
| Frozen Fried Rice | 50 NT |
| Baby corns | 33 NT |
| Tofu | 17 NT |
| - | - |
| TOTAL | 321 |
For 8 items my groceries, I get the discount 4 NT so I just Pay for 317 NT or $ 10.88 or In Indonesia I must pay for Rp 160,000.
Uups.. When You buy something foods or other stuff in Taiwan and you got the price receipt, then you have to keep it well. Because every 2 months on the 25th there will be a drawing of shopping receipts by Taiwan government with prizes of billions dollar if all the numbers on your receipt match the one chosen, but if only the 3 or 4 back numbers are the same then you have the opportunity to get money or a shopping voucher worth 200 NT - 1000 NT, or about $ 7 - $ 35. So don't throw away your shopping receipt if you in Taiwan.
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