2023年1月より
家族（バリキャリ妻と3歳娘）で
シンガポールに移住しました
ローです。
Hello,
From January 2023, my family (consisting of my career-focused wife and our 3-year-old daughter) has relocated to Singapore.
Tonight, my wife has a company drinking party with a group called "Working Moms,"
so my daughter and I went to a Japanese high-end supermarket called "Meidi-ya" to buy bento boxes.
My daughter begged for snacks, and we found small packs of shrimp crackers that cost around 250 yen, which seemed expensive compared to the price in Japan of around 100 yen.
I suggested we look at everything before deciding, which made my daughter pout, but she reluctantly agreed.
At a different snack section, we found Baby Star Ramen, and my daughter said, "I want this one!" She has recently mastered the use of "want."
However, when I checked the price tag, it was 4.70 Singapore dollars, which is around 470 yen!
In Singapore, Baby Star is treated as a luxury item called "Star!" The price is ridiculous!
Despite this, my daughter's "I want" attack did not stop, and I reluctantly decided to buy it.
We spent 470 yen on Baby Star and 700 yen on bento boxes for tonight, which made me wonder why the prices were so strange.
While I was thinking about this, I thought,
"Well, if you're going to act like that, I have something in mind too."
I decided to buy some canned chu-hai, but the first one I saw cost 720 yen per can,
which was way too expensive.
Next to it was a Kirin chu-hai for 470 yen, which was still quite expensive. I then found one called Tantakatan for 37.45 SD, but I'm not sure if it's cheaper because it's not a brand I'm familiar with.
We headed to the register, and my shopping cart looked like it belonged to a single male expat (laughs). Although we usually cook our own meals on weekdays, we sometimes get bento boxes from Meidi-ya.
I just want to clarify that (laughs).
After returning home, I had my first canned chu-hai in four months, but I found it tasted awful. When I looked at the label, it said "no additives! Just fruit juice and alcohol."
I realized that I had grown used to the sweetness of chu-hai with lots of additives, and drinking the "honkiri" variety without any additives made it taste bad at first.
However, as I thought about how healthy it was (even though it's weird to say alcohol is healthy), I began to enjoy it.
I probably won't have another one for a few months, but my daughter and I spent a fun night watching "SING2." My wife came home sometime after the party ended (I don't know what time she came back because she was already fast asleep).
Thank you for reading this far.
Talk to you soon!