Trust me!

Its hard to come by,
I trusted it is a nice thing to trust
But then, trust me
Now I know
Tryst with trust
Seldom does it happen!

Its been a while!

Its the second of December. Exactly 4 months since I got here. Phew! It seems longer than that to me. It has been fun though. My first "away from home", so the experience has been more than a tough teacher. Late nights, assignments,the weather and what not! It is so not Bangalore or the system I was part of!
Far from the sheltered nests that we lived in once, here me and my friends are getting in terms with reality. And boy! Are we enjoying it!! The stay so far has offered a lot of nice little joys. Discovering that we were natural at cooking was the biggest surprise. The joys of living on your own offset the insecurities and initial apprehensions.
One very interesting discovery has been that of the seasons- I saw the drastic change in the weather from Spring to Winter! Back at home, I did not know what really was the difference between Spring,Summer and Autumn, although here I am yet to find what that would be. As of now, its getting colder by the day and now i know what WINTER means. Not to forget how pretty the streets are getting with every passing day. Christmas is round the corner! Its already so pretty everywhere. I cant wait for Christmas. Although I am not going home(which I regert very much and envy all my friends who are heading home) I am assuming Christmas has its sweet little presents for me!

Living the dream!

No! This is no inspirational enthusiastic story on how to live life! It is one of my assigments here. Yes, yes assignments do get interesting once in a while.

Living the dream- Dream a dream tour for yourself. Assume that you are going to retire in fifteen years and then calculate and see if you can afford that from you savings 15 years from now and still live the same lifestyle as you are now.

I took it for granted that I would have sufficient money. I was in for a surprise. Calculations showed that I would be left with an abysmal amount of money after my dream tour! Of course to make things look good on the excel I made adjustments so that i would be left with enough dough for a living later on. But the assignment has left me thinking about how I should channel my money. It is hard to imagine that after working and standing on your own for a long time, retirement hits you hard!

Gotta watch out! Investments,savings et all. Traders here I come!