As students we are always low on money, not just talking about being in Germany, but in India as well.
But once we got here, it was a different kind of low! Everything was calculated, looked at carefully and then only decided if to be bought or not. In these two weeks, I dont think I have spent too much on myself and the most expensive thing was probably a fresh set of watercolours that I bought.
Down to my last 15 this friday, everyone of us had started cracking jokes on ourselves on how much we would like to see money! Promises were made, icecreams were dreamt of, shoes and jackets were planned, all waiting for that one grant! So when we walked into the bank, to randomly check up on our balance, Srikanth's eyes popped out. The scholarship fee had been granted to us (let the amount not be told) and we all checked and beamed with smiles that reached the eyes.
To celebrate the arrival of our grant, we decided to treat ourselves to a wholesome lunch at a Vietnamese street kitchen, the lunch was delicious and we all ate guilt free, one of the first lunches eaten as such! We further moved onto some window shopping, carefully analysing what we could buy and what would be useless. Window shopping was great, we spend nothing and just felt good about all the money we had! The evening was spent casually, a beer and packed of chips in hand, we walked around the town late into the night, enjoying the place and soaking everything we could.
Granted were our wishes!
But once we got here, it was a different kind of low! Everything was calculated, looked at carefully and then only decided if to be bought or not. In these two weeks, I dont think I have spent too much on myself and the most expensive thing was probably a fresh set of watercolours that I bought.
Down to my last 15 this friday, everyone of us had started cracking jokes on ourselves on how much we would like to see money! Promises were made, icecreams were dreamt of, shoes and jackets were planned, all waiting for that one grant! So when we walked into the bank, to randomly check up on our balance, Srikanth's eyes popped out. The scholarship fee had been granted to us (let the amount not be told) and we all checked and beamed with smiles that reached the eyes.
To celebrate the arrival of our grant, we decided to treat ourselves to a wholesome lunch at a Vietnamese street kitchen, the lunch was delicious and we all ate guilt free, one of the first lunches eaten as such! We further moved onto some window shopping, carefully analysing what we could buy and what would be useless. Window shopping was great, we spend nothing and just felt good about all the money we had! The evening was spent casually, a beer and packed of chips in hand, we walked around the town late into the night, enjoying the place and soaking everything we could.
Granted were our wishes!
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