This document summarizes the daily life and expenses of a 24-year-old male animator in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It details his monthly budget, which totals around $260 USD against earnings of $300. It also outlines his daily routine including working from 9am-12pm most weekdays and social activities like gaming with friends on weekends. The document provides an overview of his living situation, which includes sharing a family-owned 5-story home in the city.
2. 1. Profile
2. Monthly Spending
3. Daily Life
4. House
5. Fashion
6. Shopping
7. Internet
8. Future expectation
Contents
3. 1. Profile ~Le Huu Huy~
• Age: 24
• Family: Parents, brother & sister, niece
• Home town: Da Nang
His family moved to HCM
• Education:
Graduate University (Multimedia)
Now, study English for study abroad
- used to study at English center
(expensive (3M VND/ m) & useless for him)
- currently use online contents
• Job: Animator (Make animation for games)
• Family job:
Owns mom and pap store
Room owners of 3 (income 10.5M monthly)
• House type: Family’s own house
Live with his family
4. 2. Monthly spending
Item Cost (VND) Cost (USD) Comment
House rent 0 0 Live with his family
Electricity & Water 0 0 Family pay it (2.4M VND)
Internet 200,000 10 Family pay internet fee
(0.4M VND)
He buys online game items
Send back to home 2,000,000 100
Food 1,000,000
~2,000,000
50~100 Eat breakfast & lunch out
Usually eat dinner at home
Incidental expense 1,000,000~ 50~
Total 5,200,000 260
Monthly Spending: 5,200,000 VND ($260 USD)
Monthly Income: 6,000,000 VND ($300 USD)
5. 3. Daily life: Weekday
8:00: Wake up & go to work (10~30min)
Have breakfast (Pho or Binh mi) near workplace
9:00: Work
12:30: Lunch & nap (use restaurants in the same building)
13:30: Work
18:00: Finish work (He work half day (9:00~12:00) on Saturday,
and sometimes he works until 21:00 on weekdays)
18:30: Back to home
Dinner & communicate with family (when he gets late, he
needs to eat by himself or make cup noodles)
20:00: Take shower
Play online game (4 hours)
24:00: Go to bed
6. 3. Daily life: Work
• Where
• Japanese game company
• Character graphic design offices
• His task
• Animator in charge of 3D games
• Use Autodesk for motion picture creation
• Working environment
• Occasional overworks
• Willing to work during Tet holidays for
extra money
• All the works are monitored by security
camera in the offices
Reference: AUTODESK
7. 3. Daily life: Weekend
7:00~8:00: Wake up
Go to local restaurants to have breakfast
9:00: Hang out with his friends or play online game at his house
Go to friends’ house and play games (PS4, Nintendo consoles)
Go to cinema (International cartoon)
20:00: Go back to home
Cleaning
Take shower
Play online game
Watch anime & movies
24:00: Go to bed
<What he plays>
8. 4. House ~House~
• Many rich people (doctors, teachers) live in the area
• His house has 5 floors & 8 rooms. Live with family
• 1st floor: Store
• 4th floor: His room
• 10 minutes to his workplace by bicycle
• Have 3 motorbikes (Honda) shared with other 4 people
9. 4. House ~Room~
• One air conditioner / one fan
• No TV
• High spec desktop & peripherals
(headphone, speaker)
• Many stuffs
(documents, guitar & muscle
training items)
10. 4. House ~Kitchen~
• He doesn’t cook at home
• He eat breakfast outside because mother & sister wake up & sell
coffee since 4am
• His mother makes dinner
• When he gets late, he heats the dishes or makes cup noodles by
himself
• Fridge: Toshiba
• Kettle: Sharp
• Rice cooker: Panasonic
• Microwave oven: LG
11. 4. House ~Bathroom~
• Each floor has own bathroom
• Use shower instead of toilet paper
• Clothes are dried in 5th floor
• Shampoo & Treatment: Unilever
• Washing machine: Sanyo
12. 4. House ~Other room~
• 1st floor is drink shop, his mother manages it
• There is a beautiful & luxurious altar opposite to his room, and music
is on for it
• 5th floor has garden, and his family grow plants including vegetable
for their health
13. 5. Fashion
• Cosmetics
American, Japanese
Owns perfume on special occasions (like wedding)
(Cost around 200,000 VND per bottle)
• Fashion
He doesn’t buy clothes frequently
He is a big fan of watches (G-shock) and shoes (Nike, Adidas)
Watches: Sell old one & buy new one from friends or online site
(~ 8,000,000 VND)
Shoes: Buy on bargain days (twice a year; 1,000,000 VND~)
14. 6. Shopping
• Online shopping
Sites: Amazon, Ebay, Hotdeal, Cungmua
(convenient & variety of cheaper product)
Buy: Headphone, MP3, speaker
Other: Always see online site to check items
Domestic shopping: COD after checking items (safe way)
International shopping: Credit card
• Real shops
Shops: Adidas or Nike shops
Recent purchase: shoes
• Others
Buy watches from his friends
Buy online game items
15. 7. Internet
• PC: BenQ desktop (He doesn’t have laptop)
• Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy (12,000,000 VND)
Because of the cracks in display, he leaves it at home and
have the niece use it for movies, music. He only uses it
for messaging tools at home
• Cellphone: Nokia (100,000 VND)
16. 8. Future expectation
• Current satisfaction / 70%
Like: Living standard better than a year ago
Receives enough salary to make ends meets
Dislike: Low salary environment of Vietnam (Paid better for the same
jobs in other countries)
• Dream
Study his major in Sydney
- He studies English (ILETS) by himself and try to do study abroad
His work is still minor in Vietnam, so try to make it more big &
common business
Earn more money in Vietnam
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