As I sit to do a mid-year review , I realize that the world has turned upside down .
Last year this time , oil was $70 a barrel , ( happened as I was in Dubai ) , yesterday it touched $140 and talks that it will hit $190 are doing rounds . Speculators have moved from equity to commodity to oil . Stocks hit 21500 in Jan this year and trade at 12700 today , taking with them loads of my hard-earned cash too ! Real estate has hit ridiculous levels - a 3bed house at 5 cr ! A tent on a piece of land will be good enough soon . Cauliflower hit 45 bucks a kilo last week. Do consumers switch to Daal ? Recession coupled with inflation in the US has people scurrying to Walmart ! And Spain defeated Germany to pick up the Euro 2008 title ! Name one spanish player and I will buy you a ticket on Virgin Inter-Galactic flight to the Moon ! Business class in most airlines is emptying , denying me interesting company . Gingerly ,the government has increased petrol prices by 4 bucks - if they increase by 15 , each tomato will be 25 bucks !
My 2008 resolutions have all bitten mid-year dust - am 4 kilos more than when I joined the Gold Gym last year - losing 25 kilos is a great pipe dream yet , have lost 57% of my share portfolio instead of making 25 lacs and have read just 5 books in half year , making the resolution to read 20 tougher .
But like Scarlett says in Gone With The Wind , ' Tomorrow is another day , things will turn out better . I will find a way .'
Will I ?
