As I mentioned earlier, my situation has changed quite a bit.
Most of my posts have been written from the perspective of a well-to-do introvert in his own room in his own house in Pune.
To contrast that, now, I live in a hostel in the heart of Mumbai! A hostel basically means introversion needs an update (geddit?). As everybody can expect, money is important, especially so in a hostel. Even more so, for a minor (below 18 years of age) without a bank card.
The positive side of that is that I started to get pocket money - yes, I did not receive pocket money, as in predetermined periodical instalments of spending money until now. Fortunately, I get by in that.
Earlier, the only travel I needed to do was from home to an academic institute, not more than 10 minutes of cycling. Special occasions like visiting IISER Pune called for a longer bike ride. Here, apart from attending classes maybe less than a kilometre apart, and going out to dine when the mess (not the "messy" one, or the "Messi" one), there's not much travel that needs to be done, the locality being so nice. But anywhere further calls for the Mumbai local - an inexpensive and quick way of transport, and in some cases, an adrenaline rush.
Further, more...
Most of my posts have been written from the perspective of a well-to-do introvert in his own room in his own house in Pune.
To contrast that, now, I live in a hostel in the heart of Mumbai! A hostel basically means introversion needs an update (geddit?). As everybody can expect, money is important, especially so in a hostel. Even more so, for a minor (below 18 years of age) without a bank card.
The positive side of that is that I started to get pocket money - yes, I did not receive pocket money, as in predetermined periodical instalments of spending money until now. Fortunately, I get by in that.
Earlier, the only travel I needed to do was from home to an academic institute, not more than 10 minutes of cycling. Special occasions like visiting IISER Pune called for a longer bike ride. Here, apart from attending classes maybe less than a kilometre apart, and going out to dine when the mess (not the "messy" one, or the "Messi" one), there's not much travel that needs to be done, the locality being so nice. But anywhere further calls for the Mumbai local - an inexpensive and quick way of transport, and in some cases, an adrenaline rush.
Further, more...
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