Managed to finish off my work and as planned started my journey home. Now this was the usual break up of the cost involved.
1. Auto to the bus-stop: Rs. 5
2. Bus to Chennai: Rs. 46
3. Auto home: Rs. 40-50
So that’s about 100 bucks. But I ended spending much lesser.
1. I stepped into an auto to get to the bus stop. Midway he got another customer who wanted to load some luggage and the customer’s friend offered to drop me off at the station on his bike as there would be a short delay otherwise. Cost incurred: Nil!
2. For some vague reason, the bus ticket cost me just Rs. 41. Not that it’s like saving a million bucks, but hey…. you’ll never know how much five bucks can get!
3. I stepped off the bus and strolled towards the autostand. It’s quite a task bargaining with an auto driver and I felt tired. Amazingly I saw this local bus that goes pretty close to home and I jumped onto it. Cost incurred: Rs. 3
And then I just walked the ten minute trip home from where I got off from my second bus!
To sum it all up – Total amount saved: Rs. 50 approximately. That’s about a dollar and probably does not amount to much… but man! it feels good!!I’m sure God has a purpose in me saving that 50 bucks. My ears and eyes are open!!