Friday, July 31, 2009

Price is Right (winner gets a prize)

The past week has been a little crazy. I got pretty sick Monday afternoon from…well, I really don’t know the cause. There are many ‘variables’ in my village to get sick from. I would be willing to bet it was the food I ate as it had a pretty big affect (the next part is graphic, do not read if you are under the age of 15) on the action that food takes an hour after it enters the body. Had to miss Tuesday and Wednesday of work, and have been playing catch-up the past couple of days. Don’t have time for a full update, so I decided to play a game with you instead. Below is a list of items that I have purchased in the past week. Comment on this blog, or email me (bsbelcher@gmail.com) what you think each item costs (quoted in US$). The person who scores the best will receive a hand made hacky-sack from one of the cooperatives I visited.

1) Chocolate covered banana
2) Strawberry ice cream cone (w/ strawberry sauce on top)
3) Kite (flies perfectly in the air)
4) French Fries (size comparable to McDonalds regular container)
5) 3 hours of Spanish lessons with a private tutor
6) 10 chocolate donuts that I bought for my family
7) The Prensa Libre Newspaper
8) One full week of rent and food (three meals a day)
9) Haircut
10) Full loaf of banana bread (size comparable to footlong subway sandwich)

A Big Mac costs $2.05 in Guatemala. That is a hint for most of you, and a joke for anyone that understood Econ 1.

Responses will be graded and the winner (with the answers) will be posted on Friday, August 7, 5:00pm.

Feliz Fin de Semana!

5 comments:

  1. 1. 15 cents
    2. 15 cents
    3. 75 cents
    4. 20 cents
    5. $4.50
    6. 50 cents
    7. 10 cents
    8. $30.00
    9. $1.20
    10. 30 cents

    From Rich Belcher (Dad)

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  2. 1) Chocolate covered banana $0.85
    2) Strawberry ice cream cone (w/ strawberry sauce on top) $1.20
    3) Kite (flies perfectly in the air) 1.25
    4) French Fries (size comparable to McDonalds regular container) $1.50
    5) 3 hours of Spanish lessons with a private tutor $2
    6) 10 chocolate donuts that I bought for my family $2.50
    7) The Prensa Libre Newspaper $0.25
    8) One full week of rent and food (three meals a day) $12.00
    9) Haircut $1.50
    10) Full loaf of banana bread (size comparable to footlong subway sandwich) $0.85

    Shelby McIntyre (Prof). Cross my fingers
    [P.S. Not sure what "Comment as" means.]
    [P.P.S. Talked to Sam by Skype recently]
    Thanks for this blog - - Most informative.

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  3. hey brian hows it going?

    1. 15 cents
    2. 20 cents
    3. 80 cents
    4. 25 cents
    5. $5.00
    6. 75 cents
    7. 5 cents
    8. $27.00
    9. $1.50
    10. 25 cents

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  4. Hey Brian!
    Are you drinking the water?
    1. 40 cents
    2. 15 cents
    3. $2.00
    4. 35 cents
    5. $6.00
    6. $2.00
    7. 15 cents
    8. $50.00
    9. $2.00
    10. 40 cents

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  5. See Cole under Basketball, it didn't post here

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