Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Saipan in Figures and Images

Average population - 70,000

Minimum wage - $3.05/hour

Average cost of lunch in a Pinoy carinderia - $3.00
(includes rice, ulam and a drink)



Cost of taxi fare (yung colorum na Korean taxi) - $3 per trip

Number of Mayors - 4 (Saipan, Tinian, Rota and the Northern Islands)

Number of Senators - 9 Senators

Number of Representatives - 14 representatives

Allowance for one member of the house (equivalent siguro ng pork barrel sa Pilipinas) - $155,000 per year

Average electricity bill - $91/month for 33kwh consumption

5 gal. of mineral water - $2.00

Breakfast Meal in McDonald's - $4.99
(Sausage McMuffin, Coffee and Hash Brown)

Service charge for remittance to the Philippines - $5 per transaction

Service charge for 1 balikbayan box regardless of weight - $50 in LBC/$40 to $45 in other companies

Cost of one turon - $1

One loaf of bread - $1.70 (pero kung one-day old na yung bread, 50% discount na)

2 pcs. chicken meal in KFC - $5.29 (kaya lang hindi kasing sarap ng gravy ng KFC sa Pilipinas ang gravy ng KFC dito)

Fare to Tinian - $64 round trip

Average time for a plane ride to Tinian - 10 minutes

Type of plane that flies to Tinian - di ko alam. basta 6-seater sya (I think I have to ask John)




Average fare to Rota - $149 round trip

Type of plane that flies to Rota - di ko rin alam.












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