#12 - Living & Loving [it. =)]

Happy post!! This is a happy post!! =) What. Were you expecting an emo post?? From ME? Pshawwww. [Actually I HAVE done emo posts elsewhere before. But this is a happy blog. XD]

Hahahah. This is a happy post because my dad just sent me an email which made me laugh until I cried like nonsense. [My dad was laughing too.] So I'm going to share this funny email with you. (The purpose of the email was to make the people who were sad from the economic crisis happy. It WORKED. XD)

What The REAL Crisis Is Like

After the collapse of the Agriculture sector in Zimbabwe 2000, the inflation in the country skyrocketed to 231 million percent A YEAR. 231 000 000 % !!! Unemployment went up to80% and a third of the country's population left it. XD

Here's a boy getting change....in 200 000 dollar notes!!!

One 200 000 dollar note = less than $0.10 cents.

December 22nd: a new note of 500 000 dollars introduced. XD

Next. 750 000 dollars.

January. 10 million dollar note!

The US $ 10 dollar note is worth 10 times more than 10 000 000 Zimbabwe dollars. XD

This boy is just going shopping. XD

A case worth 65 billion Zimbabwe Dollars. It's equal to $2000 dollars. 

This guy is going to the supermarket too. The exchange rate is 25 million Zimbabwe dollars for 1 USD.

This mountain of cash is worth $100!!!

50 million note is then introduced.

then of course, 250 million. XD

-Excuse me. How much is this shirt?-

-Cheap. Only about 3 billion dollars. XD-

May. Five hundred million dollar notes introduced.

June - notes worth 25 BILLION and 50 BILLION introduced.

Finally,

100 billion dollars. XD

What can you buy with a hundred billion ( 100 000 000 000 000) Zimbabwe dollars?

Three eggs. Of course.

And the bills in restaurants?

Paid in cash. XD

This cash.

In August, the government devalued the notes and removed 10 zeroes from each note.

Still, inflation kept going up.

With these amount of notes, you can buy

Four tomatoes.

Bread.

AND THEN,

It started again. 20 000 notes in December. XD

50 000 a couple of weeks ago!! 

XD

They've got a pretty good chance of hitting billion dollar notes again by the end of this year. 

And you say YOU have a financial crisis?

HAHAHAHAHA no way.

So enjoy living NOW. It's not SOOOOO bad. I mean, were not even at the first stage. What. 10 thousand notes. XD

-Alexis. =)-