Life in poverty Her family was already in debt from building enka school, so her parent had to borrow money for her enka training tuition fee, lodging fee and her private expense. Her monthly income in Tokyo was only 30k and she had to spend half of it for monthly train ticket. The school strictly prohibits part-time job, so no extra money unless you have job in entertainment industry, which she hadn’t had one. Being a very good eater, it was painful for her to have very limited expense for foods. Her regular foods were onigiri and cheap bread. The most luxury food she bought was a grilled beef bento (400 – 600 yen) from convenient store. No new private clothes. Only had few times for going out with friends (eating McDonald or pasta) because of limited budget. When she didn’t have enough money for lunch, she often had to rely on her friend’s left over foods and tap water. She didn’t have enough money to buy new school socks (750 yen/pair), so she had to fixed the current ones herself when they had holes. She wouldn’t buy a new pair until they were in very miserable shape that she couldn’t wear anymore. The only way to reduce fixed expense in her current situation was to get a scholarship. She had to study hard in order to pass the qualifications. The result was that she got top grade in school despite being a student from entertainment arts program and got a scholarship. She had to maintain it and also her good behavior until she graduated in order to continue the scholarship. Due to her excellent grade and behavior, she was the second entertainment arts student who got school honorable award when graduated. TT^TT kasian nana
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:38:59 +0000