Guy I work with is from Bangalore and when he joined he used to make his coffee with 3/4 mug of milk heated in the microwave and a spoon of coffee mixed in... used to drink 3 or 4 cups before lunchtime, in the end I told him bring his own milk... him and his flatmates shopped in Dunnes because one of them had an employee discount, same in McDonald's if they ate out... they all went to the Marina Market to try out the new Indian restaurant and bought 1 main course between them... he gets his hair cut by apprentice barbers... etc... they wouldn't spend Christmas... and for 20e a week back home he said he could live very very comfortably...