A week of bliss

Originally posted on 13th October

The last week has been a week off for me, in Melbourne. I week where I had no commitments, no plans whatsoever and I took each day as it came, and did exactly what I wanted to do and when I wanted to. Its been a refreshing week.

a couple of days ago, I wanted to do something constructive and I decided to weed out useless stuff from home that included clothes and paper/documents. While doing this, I had to take eth suitcases from atop the cupboards and I went through many a nostalgic moments. The old clothes reminded me of times wearing them and some pics where I was wearing them. It also took me back to ethdays when I was packing to come to Melbourne. The documents had hand written letters, my visa application copies, my college notes etc. I also found a diary which I used to keep track of my expenses here in Melbourne as a student. I lived on a shoestring budget of 650$ month. The enteries on that included some very interesting ones that took me back down memory lane. Some samples are :

Hungry Jacks burger - 3.15$
Tennis ball for cricket (10 / 4) - 2.5$
Donut - 1.10$
Tram ticket - 83.2$
Chewing Gum - 0.70c

Ah God!!! it brought me to tears!!! Those are the days that I am proud of. It taught me to live within my means, to prioritise things, and to set myself realistic expectations. It taught me to sacrifice things and also not to regret having to sacrifice. It was a wonderful learning experience.

The other days in this holiday were spent, watching India play Australia, playing cricket at home with my housemate, visiting friends for dinner and inviting them over for dinner on other days and also waking up late and watching atleast 2 movies a day. Its Saturday and I am looking forward to the Cricket ball cricket after along time and then dinner with friends.

Oh and I did not mention that this break is between jobs, so its an exciting time. Tomorrow is reserved to get focussed on the new job and also to watch India play the Aussies at Nagpur!!