VALUE YOUR MONEY….SAVE IT!

“ Why the hell are you saving up?”
“ Why do you damn forgo your wants and cravings? “
“Oh, common Sherlips….you can’t ship your wealth to grave.”
“ Life is so short. Enjoy shopping, travelling and eating! That’s your money anyway.”

Those are the usual remarks hurled at me by my “one-day-millionaire” friends.

I see myself dining in “carenderia” where simple, familiar and affordable food is served.
……while I see them enjoying their meals in the different restos where elegant, sophisticated and elite pipz are used to savor the throat-choking priced menus.

I’d rather buy a piece of bread and a glass of water for my snacks….enough to get rid of hunger pangs
…… while I hear them dialing the number of pizza delivery just to pamper their craving tummy during office breaks.

I don’t mind the searing heat and the dust when I take the jeepney each time I go to the mall.
……while they prefer to flag down a taxi coz for them taking a jeepney with freshly made up face is kinda deglamorizing.

I abstain from getting hold of a credit card……I’m afraid it might slowly deplete my account. It’s some sort of not welcoming shopping temptations.
……while I notice them using their credit cards as if they have no credit limits……as if everything in their account is finite.

When I go shopping, I buy goods wisely. I only pick things my pocket would agree. Everything is based on needs more than my whims and wants.
……while I witness how they allow their money fritter away in clothes, gadgets and goodies just to quench their shopping impulse.

In travelling, I usually look for a regular-rate accommodation ……enough to provide me with an uninterrupted slumber and a good night rest.
……while they choose a luxurious hotel room where they could instantly savor the life of a queen.

One day, I have a recap on those times I got myself deprived of the things I really wanted to purchase or do:
*** until now I’m still vacillating whether to buy or not to buy the latest model of a mobile phone and the most sophisticated lappy (hmmm……I’d rather not buy coz I still have my old phone and lappy……they’re still working fine…..)
*** I admit I can’t help but envy those with fashionable clothes and on-the-fashion-trend bags and accessories but…..still, I resist buying them coz I know I need them less.
*** most of the time, I tame my taste buds by getting used to the cheaper alternative food of those high-rocketing priced yummies served in a little amount .
*** I wanna go to far places like Palawan, Batangas, Tagaytay and other spots outside Mindanao and even outside the country for fun and leisure………………but why not spend less in touring around Mindanao first??? Anyway, when I have so much of dime coming in……well I can go somewhere else then.

In short, I realize that I am more delighted with my secure bank account than spending for all those things I have dreamed to do and possess with my savings eroding………………..

On that same day, after such recap in silence, one of my “one-day-millionaire” friends who used to laugh at me when I go for “ukay-ukay” approaches me ………………I never know how to react when she bursts into tears and says, she is facing a ESTAFA case………..what’s worse is her little boy is in the hospital………and she is in dire need for my help…….she’s desperately pleading to borrow money from me…………….she has nothing left in the bank……………then she stressed, “She, I know you have a lot in your wallet now coz you’re “kuripot” . Please I’m asking you………..i need cash now”.

I am in great shock!

But……….in brazen frankness I retort straight in her eyes “ You were not supposed to laugh at me when I burped after finishing a piece of bread and a glass of water for my morning snacks…………….and when you knew that a family-sized pizza is too much for a starving clerk like you…….”