When you sum it up, it's enough to make you cry...

[karened]

I hate to imagine how I am going to survive Uni life in the hostel.

I went over to my ex-classmate's room to have a look. We then tried watching Youtube. It loads sooooo slowly. =/ Even videos in vox load very slowly. T.T HOW???? How to get my daily dosage of Arashi goodness? *cries*

Aniwaes, yes, and so I was really tired yesterday and also a little upset about something. So what do I do? Go back sleep? Nah. I asked Angeline and Yen out for KTV!!! So last min, but thankfully, they were able to make it! We sang for 4 hours, but it still wasn't enough!!!!! I managed to sing Utada's First Love while the other two sat there admiring Hikaru (Hideaki!!!) XP

It's scary how much I have to catch up just being away from the comp for a day. @.@

I read arashi.vox's post about spending on Arashi. So I thought it'd be a great idea to go calculate roughly how much I've spent so far. You know, just to make sure I know the rough figures. It was horrible. Here are the figures: (Those in blue are not spent yet. They are pending to be bought. =P)

I excluded stuff my dear Jolie gave to me as gifts. <3

 

Photobooks

Pika☆☆nchi A to Z (SGD 48)

Arashigoto (SGD 30)

AAA (SGD 40)

BokuImo (SGD 44)

Dome concert pamphlet (SGD 35)

TIME concert pamphlet (SGD 35)

Photos

Paparazzi shoots (SGD 70)

Official reprints (SGD 80)

Official (SGD 340)

Unofficial prints (SGD 41)

Unofficial postcards (SGD 25)

Individuals + Group Dome con photosets (SGD 56)

Other con goods

Jun Life is Hard だから Happy con uchiwa (SGD 20)

Jun HIG con uchiwa (SGD 20)

Jun Johnny's Countdown 2006-2007 uchiwa (SGD 23)

Aiba One con uchiwa (SGD 20)

Arashi All Arena Tour con shitajiki board (SGD 15)

Life is Hard だから Happy con shitajiki board (SGD 19)

Jun HIG con clear file (SGD 19)

Individuals + Group Dome con clear file (SGD 114)

Dome laminated pictures (SGD 25)

Dome con tix holder (SGD 6)

Individuals + Group TIME con clear file (SGD 114)

Individuals + Group TIME con photosets (SGD 56)

Individuals + Group TIME con postcards (SGD 56)

CDs/DVDs

Single Collection 1999-2001 (SGD 33)

5 x 5 (SGD 60)

Arashic (SGD 70)

TIME x 2 (SGD 90)

Sakura Sake (SGD 23)

Aozora Pedaru (SGD 22)

LSS x 2 (SGD 40)

WCMI x 2 (SGD 40)

Happiness x 2 (SGD 40?)

HIG con dvd (SGD 70)

Iza Now con dvd (SGD 68)

AAA con dvd (SGD90)

C x D x G no Arashi x 2 (SGD 77)

Honey and Clover dvd (SGD 64)

BokuImo dvd (SGD 100?)

Kiiroi Namida dvd (SGD 100?)

YTM (SGD 250?)

Other stuff

Photo albums to contain photos (SGD 20)

Arashi no. 1 ichigou bookmark (SGD 15)

2007-2008 School Calendar (SGD 70)

Magazines

This is an urber rough estimate because I'm too lazy to go calculate one by one...

SGD 160 (for tv guides, the 5 idol mags...) x 7 months + SGD 200 for the super expensive movie mags for the Arashi movies

So, when you sum them up...

3,973 Singapore Dollars

And that is just a rough estimate. @.@ *faints* That excludes my budget for Japan this summer school vacation, which has the primary aim of going to a con. Kill me.

On a brighter note, I've been spending less lately. =) YAY! I've been keeping to the budget guideline I drew a while ago...if you exclude the 'sudden shocks' like singles and albums. =X But then, I'm still trying to source for LEs are albums I missed, which can cost a BOMB!!!! More output and less input once sch starts!

Now, that amount of money..imagine it being in my bank account!!!! *major sigh* Boy am I glad that I'd been working for 3 months during this vacation..At least what I earned covers what I spent. >_<

Oh, btw, if I do go for a con this coming vacation, tix/airfares/hotel/shopping...I've set a budget of SGD 2,500. Since I have enough Krisflyer miles points to redeem a free tix to Japan. @.@

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Comments transfered from vox 

matsuzy wrote:
Aug 4, 2007
uwah!! so many..!! 3803.00 SGD is like 114,090.00 Php!!! i just converted.. youre rich ne.. lol.. ^____^
 

K. wrote:
Aug 4, 2007
uh.. yes... it's scary how much they make a dent on our wallet/bank accounts *_* but the scariest thing is we're glady parting our hard-earned money for them.....
 

karened replied to K.’s comment:
Aug 4, 2007
@ matsuzy: erm not really lah..because I worked quite a bit during my vacation..like 8.30am to 11pm from Mon to Fri and 10am to 6pm on Sats for 2 1/2 months. The basic hourly pay was pretty good too, so add the OT pay to that, I got a pretty neat sum. My colleagues who worked for 7 months earned about 12k SGD!!!! O.O I should have started work earlier ne?? XP
Basically, the $ I usually spent on non-Jap mags, Chi music and drama dvds were all directed to Arashi stuff. The good thing is that despite all my spendings, I never touched my bank savings, so they're still safe. The bad thing is that I kinda spent much of the $ I earned during vacation are not going into my bank account. =(
@ Koon: Yes!! That is the worse ever. Rather than cry over the bill, we bit out lips, grit our teeth, chuck the list away and continue buying. >_< And we feel happy about it! It's especially scary for us new fans..so much to catch up on and these out-of-print stuff, esp the LEs, come with a crazy pricetag sometimes! But at least you're working! I'm starting sch next week so, I needa save for textbooks and stuff. argh..but, YTM dvd is a MUST GET deshou?

MatsuJen wrote:
Aug 4, 2007
ah yes it costs a lot to be a JE fan.^^ i answered the 'survey' in arashi.vox and had my expenses for this yr at $1500. but that's also just a rough estimate and doesn't include their future releases (happiness and kiiroi namida dvd). ive also just started collecting the LE of their old albums and it cost me A LOT! i have not even started with their singles. im on my 3rd yr as a fan and this is the first time ive spent this much. im also glad i havent touched my bank savings yet and i still get to put in a little cash every month... altho not this month... and probably next month too. LOL!
 

karened replied to MatsuJen’s comment:
Aug 4, 2007
yes, this month is crazy!! Happiness, Kiiroi Namida, TIME (last mth?) argh...well, I think starting with albums is the best way to go...they have so many singles!!

arashiawasekai wrote:
Aug 5, 2007
honey...i don't even want to do an inventory of what i have and actually make a conputation of how much they costed me XDDDDD
i'm afraid i'd think i am a millionaire!!! lolololz!!!
i think it's very true that it's amazing how i seem to have money when it comes to arashi stuff.even if i tell myself...yay~ no more okane...demo when a new CD or DVD comes up...it's like it's automatic to pre-order XDDDDD
like what we've talked about re arashic! hahaha!!!
btw...were you able to check it out? i'd complete the transaction tom ne ^^
thanks so so so much (continues in my PM to you ^^)

karened replied to arashiawasekai’s comment:
Aug 5, 2007
ohh yeah I think they still have it. But I'm gonna hold it there first. This time round, I really have no $!! Within a couple of weeks, 2 TIME albums, 2 Happiness singles, 1 Kiiroi Namida dvd, Backdated mags from US (Shipping sucks) I am so broke man...
But yes, it' so scary! Our money is 'never ending'!! There is ALWAYS enough for some Arashi stuff. =/ Oka let's continue in pm XD Remember to give me your addy!

Ayumu_Takuya wrote:
Aug 5, 2007
OMG!thats a scary figure that you spend..lOLs.So true..Theres no end spending for them but we're happy..LOLs.

arashiawasekai replied to karened’s comment:
Aug 6, 2007
hahaha!
me too! just purchased kiiroi namida LE @_______@
demo no regrets coz it has ENGLISH SUBS!!! yessssss!!! XDDDDD
and i really want to watch it coz a lot said it's good. it was played in cinemas for an extended time ne? so it must be really good ^^
hahaha! sou desu ne?
scary...really...
coz i may not know where to get okane next time... @______@
hahaha!
ah~ these boys...sucking okane til our bones. hahaha! but we oblige deshou? XD