4. Required textbooks? Visit the library

Textbooks don’t come cheap. Before you run and buy one, check with the library and borrow it, or photocopy the necessary chapters. You can also stay on the lookout for events where they sell books for cheap, as certain schools organize “buy back books” where orgs buy books from students and sell them at a cheaper price. Pay it forward!

3. Ask for food from your friends

Now this is where things get tricky. The trick here is to get at least 20 of your friends and classmates and go for the old “huy, sarap niyan ha! Patikim naman” trick. Once you get a bite from said 20 friends, you’ll be full in no time. Just don’t do this too often and run the risk of being labelled as the “patay gutom” or “yung makapal yung mukha” in your friend group.

2. Eat on the cheap

If you don’t have time to make baon, eat smart and eat on the cheap. Buy food from the cheapest spot in school and eat only when you need to. Also, instant noodles are your best friend. Get creative and add a few ingredients of your own. They’re not the healthiest things in the world so don’t overdo it!

1. Ask for more allowance.

Well, you let yourself down and ruined your allowance savings plan, ruined like everything else in your life. The only thing left for you to do is curl up in a ball and go cry in the corner. But seriously, only do this in case of an emergency. After all, you can’t avoid sudden expenses from unexpected circumstances. Explain to your folks the necessity, and hope for an understanding. They are your parents after all.

That, or get a part time job.

Got any money-saving tips for students? Sound off in the comments!

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