Also, there should be plenty of places to buy food there using Bitcoin. Here's a list of just some of them:
http://www.bitcoiniacs.com/merchants/
So to earn money, go check out: https://coinality.com/ and http://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4bitcoins
They both post programming jobs. And Bitcoin payments are immediate. Just watch out for scammers -- Bitcoin unfortunately attracts more than its fair share.
If you post a Bitcoin address, I'll get you started with enough Bitcoins to buy some cheese fries here:
Edit: By the way, the quickest secure way to get a Bitcoin address is probably to sign up via blockchain.info and use 2-factor authentication and a long (20 char+) password. Just don't end up storing $10,000 on a blockchain wallet.
In the long run, you're best off learning to securely manage your Bitcoins yourself using bitcoin-qt or another desktop client: