with US$300.00 in my pocket. After the money exchange of US$300 in my pocket, I am now possessing a little bit less than R$2,700,000.00 in my pocket after my lunch. The exchange rate at the Official Exchanger was US$1 = R$9,000.00. Tried doing the exchange at the hotel but the rate was much lower then published. Apparently, my US note possession is the "B" series. I cannot get a higher rate. Go figure!! Since when the money serial numbers affect exchange rates? The visa office was happy taking my US$ without even reading the serial number printed on my notes. Maybe some finance professor can enlighten me in a proper financial reasoning. Was there something happened between notes starting with a "B" in the serial number and one starting with a "F"?
I got some mangos from the supermarket after the money exchange. Michele & Rod, hee hee, I got two for about R$2,700.00. Or about 30 cents. And had real Nasi Goreng, melon juice and fish balls for R$33,000. That was about $4.00. Am trying to adjust having so many zeros after the currency and pricing; why not just chop off the "zeros" at then making things easier; I have a stack of R$100,000.00.
The restaurant I just my lunch was across the street from the hotel. There were more workers than customers. A ratio of about 4:1. All the workers looked young like 12 years old or so and up. Umm.... Just wondering what is the minimum age for work here.
As I went from the supermarket to the restaurant, there were lots of drivers on motocycle bikes trying to get your attention; they were the unofficial taxi drivers; nice to see there are some similarity between Shanghai streets and here.
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