money matters..

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me1: the indulgent, happy go lucky me
me2: complement of me1

scene: me1 and me2 are sitting on a couch and looking at the photos of the Leh trip

me1: the trip was so nice..we had such good time..
me2: yeah..
me1: the best part of the trip was the sunset at sindhu ghat..that silent, peaceful environment.. that beautiful crimson sun..trying to hide behind the snow capped mountains..and the chill in the wind blowing over the sindhu river..and not even a soul to disturb you..its almost like becoming one with nature...
me2: yeah..
me1: you know.. sometimes i envy those ppl who live in such beautiful places..
me2: if you continue to be a spend thrift..one day you will endup having to lead the rest of your life in a jungle..
me1: what do you mean?
me2: have you ever given a thought abt the way you are spending your money?
me1: comeon man..i am not wasting my money..i am spending it on things that i love to do..and of what use is the money if you dont spend it?? its as good as a paper
me2: thats true..but you should plan for the future also..
me1: you mean i should suffer now so that i can die rich?
me2: no...i mean you should continue to have fun till you die..
me1: ohhh.. i sure will have fun till i die..
me2: how can you, if you dont have enuf cash on you ?
me1: i will definetly have enuf cash when i decide to stop working..
me2: oh..tell me more abt it..how does your bank balance look?
me1:.....
me2: not good isnt it?
me1: ....
me2: and this is the state of affairs after 3 years of work..
me1: ...
me2: remember..u had promised yourself that you will make enuf money in a year or so ..to take care of your expenses and emergencies ..when you you made a decision to go for masters... and this was almost 3 years back..when the gate results over out..
me1: yeah...
me2: so ..tell me ... what abt it?
me1: uhh..well..i have some money in shares..
me2: now dont give me all that crap...it was not a result of any financial plan..u just happened to get some esops..and that is besides the fact that its not liquid cash..its paper money..
me1: .. but stilll..
me2: ok..in the best case you have some money over there..other than that?
me1: ..not much in terms of investment or cash ....
me2: hmmm...go on...
me1: ....
me2: u effectively have nothing that can be classified as savings isnt it?
me1: ...u could say that...
me2: yes..and i will say that..
me1: ...
me2: soooo...what do you plan to do abt it?
me1: donno...
me2: ughhhh..i give up
me1: really ?

a happy ending..

as richie said..a happy ending..that's precisesly what it is..atleast for now..
i am talking abt my gate score..if i had failed to make it this time..things would have been really bad..guess my already low confidence would have been the worst hit..it would have taken a big achievement to convince myself that i am good..a really bad state..when a person starts doubting his capabalities..
well...lucky that things took a turn for the good..
i feel that it was the result of 3 years of frustration and desperation rather than hard work..
anyways..i am happy now..hopefully will be able to make it to one of the iits..lets see how things turn out..

my own blog

why did i choose to get my own blog?because i felt the need for some 'personal'(?) space..to say what i have to say..so..this is going to be just abt me and only me..
other stuff will go to The adda as usual