Yesterday and Today

This morning, as one of those days I actually felt motivated to go to school, I actually ran into an old collegue of mine. When I saw her, I automatically waved. She looked at me, gave no sign of recognition, and walked by. I was confused by this, and called out her name. Upon hearing this, she turned around, squinted at me(even though we were 5 feet away), and immediately recognised me.

Shelly: "Oh Das, wow it's beena long time. Wait, what the hell happened to you? You look like you've been run over by a train"
Das" Hey Shelly, it's a pleasure always, but what the heck are you talking about?"
Shelly "Das, you look horrible, not the guy I used to know"
Das"huh? Theres absolutely nothing wrong with me"
Shelly "Ah ok, how are things going"
Etc etc etc.

You see the thing is I have been vehemently denying there is anything wrong with my appearance the past month or so. As a reality check, I decided to compare a recent picture with that of 4 months ago:



heh, I was quite amused. But anyways, I digress:

5 minutes after I found out how much money I made, I wrote the blog, and I was the happiest man in the world. 15 minutes after I wrote the blog, I was the saddest man in the world. The series of consequences that caused this:

1. Calling my parents, and then realising that I have to pay for my tuition next semester, which was no biggie, I had already expected this.

2. My friends finding out, and then telling me they are glad because now they don't have to lend me their cars or drive me anywhere. Which also I expected.

3. (the one that caused 95% of sadness) Realising that I have noone to actually share my happiness with. There is noone in my life, that I would be willing to give up all my money for(except my sis).

Now that really hit me hard. Suddenly feeling lost and lonely, I started towards a downward spiral of depression. But my female friends, no matter how far away they are, always seem to have a knack of calling me at the oppurtune moments just randomly, and somehow, I managed to regain my compusture for today, and find some amusement out of the situation.

But this was the lesson learnt:
Money can bring immediate joy, but it's when you can actually share it with someone that you can experience prolonged happiness.