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Managing one’s personal expenses is an aspect of adulting that can be a bit of a drag.

Some may choose to shy away from it, in the hope of not seeing how much they are truly spending.

However, YouTuber Zhishinn had no qualms with documenting her expenses.

The Malaysian is currently a National University of Singapore (NUS) student interning at accounting firm PwC, with the office located in the Central Business District (CBD).

On July 21, Zhishinn posted a YouTube video of how much she spends in a week to give her viewers a “rough idea” of the living expenses in Singapore. 

“Totalling up everything, my spending for this week is $385.03,” she declared. 

Funnily enough, her Monday actually began in a prudent manner, with free bread and wafer sticks at the office.

That was her breakfast and snacks sorted.

Zhishinn also managed to keep her yong tau foo lunch to a reasonable $5.70. Taking into account the location of her office in the CBD, some might consider it a steal.

Dinner, though, was a different story all together. 

It was a meet-up with friends over Korean food, so think Korean pancake, BBQ meats and army stew.

This meal set her back $33.80, bringing her total expenses for Monday to $43.12.

Tuesday was a work-from-home day, so that kept her spending to just $13.87.

What drove her weekly expenses up was the sheer number of activities she did, from fitness classes ($38.60) to clubbing ($25). 

Zhishinn also experienced something of a…