Who does not want to be rich overnight? And the best way to be rich quickly is to win a lottery. With this idea in my mind, I have already started purchasing lottery tickets regularly. I have always been optimistic and am waiting for the day when dame fortune will actually smiles on me.
Well, here is my budget for a prize bag of Rs. 1,50,000.00. Let me be frank, I am not selfish, but I would like to spend a good amount for my personal pleasure only. I have my uncle in London and it is my secret desire to visit him. I would also like to visit European cities like Paris, Hamburg, Bonn, Zurich and other places I have read much about. I have a pen-friend in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. I also desire to give him a surprise call while over there. I have no idea how much it would cost me, still I hope it will be around Rs. 40,000/- all inclusive.
I will hand over Rs. 30,000/- to my father to add two more much needed rooms to our existing house. We are an average middle-class family and my father works hard to keep us going; so I must help him as much as I can. Pia is my only sister, and she is very dear to me. She is already twenty and I hope in a year or two she will get married. I have decided to buy cash certificates to the tune of Rs. 15,000/- in her name. I can well imagine how happy she would be when she gets the gift from me to start a new life! Helping my mother a little in her tight budget is another secret wish of mine. I have planned another Rs. 15,000/- to help her tide over her difficulties.
I think it would be unfair and injustice and also against my nature, if I do not donate some amount to charities. I have ear-marked Rs. 10,000/- to be handed over to Mother Teresa. Would it not be proper to donate a couple of thousands to the local primary school where I started my education? The financial position of my club is always on the rocks; terre, helping it with a few thousands in the form of fixed deposits would not be a bad idea, I think.
Last but not the least, I would like to have a gala picnic with my friends at my cost at Digha. Now I shall be left with a big amount which I propose to put in a bank to cover all my educational and personal expenses.
With all these exciting ideas already chalked out, at least mentally, I am anxiously waiting for the memorable day when I am really going to win a lottery.
