Impromptu trip home

I had almost a week off between leaving my old job and joining my new one. I had planned on using that time to spring clean my apartment and do some reading for my new job. After one day of doing that, I realised that it would be very difficult, and at the end of the week, I would be more frustrated than relaxed. So i decided to go home.

The cost of a last minute round trip from Bangalore to Goa came to Rs 6K. I also had to shell out for transport to and from the airport (4 trips) which came to Rs. 1.5 K. And now with the Bangalore airport being shifted 60 Kms out of the city, that will become pricey!!! So all in all, the trip cost me Rs. 7.5 K. I did'nt spend at all when I was at home this time, no going out with friends and even when I went out with my parents, they had invited other people (since those plans had been made well in advance, before I decided to come), so I did'nt offer to pay.

Goa is a very expensive place to live in, and eating out is so expensive. Much more than in Bangalore. I really feel jealous of my colleugues who are buying property in their home towns, I can't afford to do that in mine. It'll be a long while before I can, and by then the prices will rise even further. Not that I want to ever stay there, but I would like to have the option. And I do have a mental block towards renting in the place I call home. That is the disadvantage of coming from a place which is such a famous tourist destination.