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My dealer, Viju Vijayan, often says that the best part about living in kerala is that there’s no dearth of tourist spots. One just needs to deviate a little and take “the road less traveled”. It is hard to disagree with him.
After shifting to Cochin, I decided that I had to experience as much of god’s own country, as possible, before moving on. 7 months later, I’m pretty much on track and my colleagues and dealers have given me good company. But what amazes me the most, is that all these guys - native keralites - had never been to any of the places, which we had visited after my arrival. They even raised a toast to me for initiating such trips. :-)

Local body elections just got over in Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by CPI-M registered a landslide victory. The incumbent United DF, led by Congress, received a comprehensive drubbing. There’s talk that this may be a pointer to the electoral mood during the assembly elections, which are due in May06. I am told that this is the usual cycle- Congress and CPI-M get drubbed alternately every five years…quite similar to the DMK-ADMK story in Tamilinadu.

Recently, I officially became a LAKHpati. My bank balance just about managed to cross the six-figure mark for the first time. I’ve not celebrated it yet. Planning to splurge it big time, on vacation, in December. Will probably go to Maldives or Mauritius. :-)
I’ve seen that when I spend money on what I want, I get back more of it. But when I don’t spend and resort to saving, I lose it on something totally useless to me.
That’s why, I don’t believe in saving money for the future.