Living in Kathmandu is really weird, one day you could be full of cash and another day you have a hole in your pocket. You really need a money management strategy to have a peace of mind. On a typical day, I see people spend around 250 Rs and that too on daily items like food, transportation, telephone etc. A decent mid day meal costs anywhere from 100 Rs to above. Add a cup of coffee in a good restaurant and that jumps to 150. And an occasional friday night out for some quality time at bars would mean I have the shelve out 500 to 1000 rs. Sum it all up, the expenses mount to from 7 8 thousand to 10 - 12 thousand.

The point is at the end of the day, I always end up spending more than I can afford to. No matter what I do, I have to get the shiny new 1 TB harddisk or order the mp3 player, or buy books I need a year to read. Spending is so instantaneous and seemingly fun, I sometimes try to find a reason to go to the local store, start at things and convince myself I need this.

The returns depend, socializing is always fun and good, spending on unnecessary items is bad. Even if I make up my mind to be careful to not spend as much as I did last month, the end result does not change enough to notice.

The reason I mention Living in Kathmandu is, I imagine to myself going to a gaun (village) where I would not have many choices, wake up every morning, have only little things which really that would matter. Lesser things to worry about. May be there is where happiness lies, or may be not. This is to be found out some day...

And if you didn't notice, the post is tagged as #random thoughts, just had to come up with something. Expect a lot more garbage, which will hopefully shape into meaningful ramblings. I need your support and encouragement.