My mom told me that Gamal Mubarak has said some where that LE 150 is a perfect sum of money to start a life with and that in Australia young people start their lives with AUD 150 !!!
She read it somewhere , I think in Al Dostor still I can’t find it at their terrible 
Honestly I do not know if he was kidding or not because as investment banker he should be aware that the AUD is the sixth most traded currency in the world !! May be this is why he left investment banking !!
AUD 150 is LE 750 in Egypt !!
I have one suggestion , if we are so lazy and love to complain, why do not you go to Australia then !!!!!
LE 150 !!?? Does he live in the time of King Farouk !!??
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how is $150 aussie dollars enough to start life?
ReplyDeleteyou're right!!! and the australian dollar's probably going to be the same as the american dollar in maybe a month or so...
you need at least $250 a week to rent a one bedroom apartment on your own after a bond of $2000, if water/gas/electricity/phone bill is not included in the rent then thats another $300
quarterly, if you've got a car -petrol's around $60 a week for a medium-size car -the same if you were to cash public transport, groceries would amount to around $250-300 depending on how much you eat out as well. so altogether if you were to live in perth, australia you would need at least $AU900 per week (meaning LE4500 per week) to start a life in australia (and thats if you've got a job!!!)