NEW LIFE

[Renal Shutdown]

Tips on living away from home.
1. Don't buy stuff you don't need.
2. The stuff you do need, borrow.
3. Get a sugar-daddy.

Tips on food.
1. Spiralina (sp?) contains most of the important ingredients.
2. Baked Potato and Baked Beans is a pretty well balanced meal, according to my dietician (again, sp?) friend.
3. Vegetarian diet is healthy, and lessens chance of food poisoning thru poor culinary skills.

Hugs
Iqu

[SSH]

I moved out of home at 16 (back in 1991) in a Student Halls of Residence: food included in price, so easy-peasy. But that was back in the days when the government gave you money to go to University rather than the other way around. Student loans had only just started and my summer jobsa nd aprents made up the shortfall (except when I wanted to buy a Psion 3a so I got into a total of 500 quid student debt, woo!)

But some of those places I stayed in were pretty poor, as a student. Once place I woke up and saw my breath misitng in front of me one day. We found dead mice in the grill and the immersion heater took so long to heat up the water in the morning I got used to washing with cold water. Brrr!

Then there was Bristol where I stayed in Redland most of the time in rented stuff until buying my first house in Wolseley Road when I got married. Bought for 80000, sold for 128000 18 months later... and now our house in Edinburgh is now apparently worth 50% more than what we paid for it, (around 165000).. I dunno what you guys are complaining about... get on that property ladder! (Of course, most of the value of the house actually belongs to Nationwide building society)

[Felipe]

Thanks again for the tips!

Primus:

Finding fine colleagues to divide the expenses (rent, phone, electricity, gas, water, etc.), is always a good alternative.

At first I'd rent an apartment or maybe find something to share with friends, but thanks God (and my parents) I managed to BUY one (since my mom inherited a small flat in Rio from her father, and with it's selling (sp?) we managed to buy this apartment here, in Porto Alegre) so I can say int's MINE!
This is sooo good, having a place of your own!
Anyway, this means I don't have colleagues to share expenses, but then, I don't have to pay rent, either.

And choose an apartment without lift(s), or else its condominium will always be a pain in the... er... wallet.

Heh, well, this building does have lifts, however, since there are many apartments here, the condominium isn't 'high' at all. Furthermore, I bought it with a "garage", too, and since I don't have car I'm renting it to a building-mate (or whatever you call it) wich helps me paying the condominium.

Consider getting easy recipes (books, net sites, etc.) for a start.

That's something I planned to do and forgot...!
Now that I have internet access... uh, does anyone know a site with nice, cheap, easy-to-make recipes?

Always keep all bills notifying you've paid something at least for five years: would be a good idea to keep them in dossiers (eg. phone; water; electricity; etc), to prove you've paid it.

Thanks for the tip!
I've kept them but they are a mess... I might do what you said about putting 'em in dossiers when I have the time.

Hope this may help you!

It does, thanks!

Good luck to you, Felipe.

Thank you!


Iqu:

3. Get a sugar-daddy.

What's a "sugar-daddy"

Tips on food.
1. Spiralina (sp?) contains most of the important ingredients.

Sorry again for my lack of vocabulary... but what's "Spiralina"?

3. Vegetarian diet is healthy, and lessens chance of food poisoning thru poor culinary skills.

I know that... but I just can't live without (red) meat!!!
But thanks for you tips!

Bought for 80000, sold for 128000 18 months later...

Wow, nice sale!
I bought mine for R$84000 (Reais, which would be about $28000 Dolars - we earn less here so [some] things cost less) but it was an excellent buy, and I know I can sell it for more if I want... but it's great and I really love this place, so that's not for the near future.


-Felipe-

[Nine Toes]

What's a "sugar-daddy"

I think he means, a "sugar mama"...?  Not sure.

[Puma]

All this advice about only buy what you need is fine to a point, but sometimes you need to splash out on spoils or life would get boring. Besides, once you get a job you should be able to buy your food and have plenty left over to spend on what you like. Especially as you don't have any rent to pay!

What's a "sugar-daddy"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sugar-daddy&f=1

[Felipe]

IS SUGAR-DADDY WHAT I THINK IT IS!??
I'd rather have a Sugar-mama, then!

But I really don't need that. I'm handling pretty well my new life; and each day I like better my neighbourhood and all. I could even discribe it so that different people would like to come here, for example:

- For the "night-lover", I'd say there's a disco (one of the best discos in the city) in my block and another excellent one 4 blocks away.

-For those "more sensitive", I'd say that through my bedroom's windows you can see one of the most beautiful sunsets in the city, when sometimes all the sky gets coloured in pink and the sillouete (sp?) of a church and a "styled building" in front of the horizon make a postcard-worth scene...

- For the "women-lover" There's one of the top... how can I say it... "red-light houses" one block from here - with wonderful chicks - place where famous people, specially football players - like Ronaldinho (when he lived here) - use to visit quite regularly. I think I don't need to say that JUST TO ENTER the house you have to pay about $50... If only it was cheaper I would go there too, at least twice a week I can't stand those places that are against the Lord's laws!

Anyway, I could go on and on talking about the "advantages" of my neighbourhood...


-Felipe-

[Raggit]

Wow, now I know what to do and what not to do when I move out.    Which could only be a few years away. Still, I feel like a youngster reading everybody elses posts.  I still can't figure out if the idea of moving out is scary or exciting. 

[Felipe]

I still can't figure out if the idea of moving out is scary or exciting.Ã, 

I'd say both, really.

At first it can be quite scary (like missing your old house, parents, friends, etc) but if you just realise you've done the right thing, and take it as another part of your life it's quite exciting! 8)

My advice if you're moving to other city is, get to know the city before you move, I used to visit this city every year and I'd spend my holydays here (sometimes a month or more) so I didn't FEEL that much the change; however, if all of a sudden you move to a city you've never been before, and where you know anybody it can be REALLY scary...!


-Felipe-