tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522257246176908332012-02-17T11:01:19.149+08:00We are an engaged couple living in Singapore attempting to eat, shop, and enjoy life in our beloved homeland on a shoestring budget. We decided to start this blog to share with other Singaporeans and visiting friends from other countries how having fun and living in Singapore doesn't have to be expensive.Budget Couplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737002120415874415noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152225724617690833.post-40396159050743576022009-10-16T16:22:00.003+08:002009-10-16T16:31:34.001+08:00

We haven't been blogging of late primarily because we haven't been going on any fresh budget dates. We've been busy preparing for our wedding album photoshoot, planning for our upcoming wedding, and eating at Sumo House a lot. Ms Budget really likes the udon there.Today Mr Budget is sitting in the photo studio, waiting for the make-up artist to finish painting... er... decorating... er... making

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If Sumo House has "the cheapest Japanese food in town", then Wasabi Tei must have the cheapest authentic Japanese food in town.Located on the fifth floor of Far East Plaza, in a tiny shop that seats only 16 persons (and that's already a squeeze), a typical visit to this place during meal time will see a wait in a queue lasting at least half an hour. The trick, we've found, is to come outside of

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We haven't updated this blog because the Blogger WYSIWYG editor is missing. We are waiting for Blogger to sort out this terribly inconvenient problem.Our next post, however, will tell you how to find cheap authentic Japanese food in Singapore. Stay tuned!

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Cafe Cartel has always been the place that we like to go to when we want to eat in a restaurant but don't want to spend much. We go here when we're on a tight budget yet want a nice place to eat. Why? Because Cafe Cartel gives free flow of bread and water. :DBut who wants to eat just bread and water, right? There are a few dishes that Cafe Cartel is known for - pan-fried linguine, St. Louis pork

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A friend of ours, Regina, recommended to us this place at Liang Court called Saizeriya. We wanted to blog about this earlier, but we couldn't find the photos till now.First of all, where's Liang Court? It's not a place that we've visited before, so we had to find a way to get there. Fortunately, Mr Budget has a direct bus to the place, which is along River Valley Road, at Clarke Quay, just beside

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It's here again! Mr Budget's favourite jumble sale!Ever since Mr Budget chanced across this jumble sale while emerging from a World Youth Day meeting at the Catholic Archdiocesan Youth Centre (2 Lorong Low Koon) about a year ago, he's been hooked to it. This will be his 3rd jumble sale at the centre, and his 5th to 7th visits!The jumble sale lasts for a week and all proceeds go to the centre. You

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Last week, we wrote about the Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice we ate in Chinatown for $2. That was on Sunday. The following day, we were both on leave because it was our monthiversary - we've been celebrating on the 15th of every month since we went steady as a couple 39 months ago.We went for a day trip to Changi Beach. The original plan was to go there for a picnic, but Ms Budget

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Recently, we have been challenged by our church community magazine to plan a date for $10 or less. Not to show off, but Ms Budget said that was too easy because we go for such dates rather frequently; we enjoy them!Case in point: Last week we went for two such dates (and apologies for not updating this blog last week!)On Sunday, we went to Chinatown. Now Chinatown is a fascinating place, if you

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When we can't decide on a place to eat, which usually happens on a weekend evening, one of the places we frequently find ourselves going to is Sumo House.Though the Japanese food is not splendid - actually it doesn't taste like Japanese food at all - the prices are good. The franchise which is available in Ang Mo Kio, Clementi, and Bedok, sells a la carte dishes and set meals, with the cheapest

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Where to go after a nice relaxing 10-minute massage? Well, after TT Quick Massage has warmed you up and as you sit there sipping your hot cup of cooling tea, let your eyes wander to just outside the kiosk.Located in the centre of Dhoby Xchange, is JustAcia - your destination for noodles & rice set meals from $5.90 onwards. Being the Budget Couple we are, we'll of course take the $5.90 sets. But

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When we went to Bangkok recently, we each got a fabulous hour-long traditional Thai massage for 250 baht, which is roughly equivalent to S$10. Where in Singapore can you find a traditional Thai massage for that kind of money?We have one favourite place. It's called TT Quick Massage. ('TT' stands for 'Traditional Thai'.) A quick massage here costs just $10 but lasts for only for 10 minutes. It's a

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We normally wait for Thursday before we blog about our latest budget date, but here's something that has caught our attention that's going on this week.ACMI is having a Ladies Plus Size Clothes Bazaar from May 25-29. The catch is, it's open only from 10.00am-3.00pm at 11 Hillside Drive in what used to be CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent.The tagline for the bazaar reads: Casual & office wear PLUS SIZE

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We like to go to places where there are big bodies of water. The sea, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are all places we like to go to when we can. There's a certain calming feeling we get when we stare out over the surface of the water.A few weeks ago, we spent a Sunday afternoon in the western area of Singapore. We took a nice long train ride from Ang Mo Kio all the way to Bukit Batok. This region

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Yo! My name is Joe,and I work in a button factory.The Joe in question here is the one found in Joe's Kitchen. On the recommended by Geraldine who likes the idea of this blog, we decided to pay a visit to one of her lunch-hour haunts.This Thai food outlet is located along Alexandra Road, directly opposite Queensway Shopping Centre. The signboard, in bright orange, draws your attention, and only

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One weekday when the both of us had some free time, we took the opportunity to try out something we had heard of some time ago. Over in Chinatown, there is a place called Dallas Chicken & Ribs which has a fried chicken buffet for $10 from 3.00pm-6.00pm, presumably because it's slow at this time of day.As we stepped inside the nearly empty restaurant, we were greeted pleasantly by one of the staff

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Last week, we were in the City Hall area at about 9pm looking for a late dinner. We decided to pop by Chippy only to find that they were closing for the night, so we wandered into Jasons Market Place in the basement of Raffles City. Jasons is a gourmet supermarket, so we weren't really looking for anything budget... which is what makes this experience such a delightful one.As we passed the

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We just realized that we both love to go to the supermarket. For some reason or other, we find it really fun to window-shop in such an air-conditioned place. One of our favourite haunts is the NTUC hypermart at Ang Mo Kio Hub, but only about an hour or so before closing time, otherwise it's really crowded and spoils the experience.Sometimes, when we can't decide what to eat, we walk around a

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Located in the basement of Raffles City is a British-style fish and chips take-away stall called Chippy. You can find it directly opposite Donut Factory which was once famous for its one-hour long queues. It looks like this:The Chippy Date is one of the first dates we went on when we started dating. We'd buy a pack of B.B.F. - beer batter fish and chips and, drinks in hand, take a walk to nearby

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Looking for a dress for your upcoming D&D? Have a friend's wedding to attend but nothing to wear? Just looking for an excuse to dress up? Now you can at this lobang that we have to share with you!While on a window shopping trip at Tanjong Pagar Road - we were actually looking for dim sum, we came across a Daniel Yam outlet. Those with a larger budget might know of Daniel Yam's flagship stores at

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Along the rather deserted Tanjong Pagar Road where sales promoters from various wedding studios eagerly pounce on unsuspecting couples venturing through the area, lies KIMarie, a hair salon and hair training centre.Prices at the hair salon exceed our expectations as a budget couple who usually receives our haircuts for $10 and under at neighbourhood hairdressers and barbers, but we spied a good

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