Post #2 - Money

Post # 2 - Money

I've leaved in Calgary for 1 month. I surprised the costs of items in here, because almost things are more expensive than my country. For example, in my country, stationery such as a pen, notebook and eraser are cheaper than here. Furthermore it has better quality.  And I have to pay some tip in the restaurant, so the price of food is more expensive, because we don't have tipping culture. However something is cheaper than my country's, for example the cost of gas is cheaper than ours, but the charge of public transportation is cheaper than here. 

I wondered why I feel so expensive the costs. Because they get higher pay than ours. When they received about 10 dollars per hour, we received about 5 dollars. By comparison with Big Mac index, I think that every employee, in my country, are given more preferential treatment.                        (is it right grammar?)