Doing IT Right!

I do not know if the lotto thing has increased its value but I know I do not intend to buy tickets.

Yeah, the last news reported that the prize has reach up to 228 million pesos. Very attractive..

Why? We do not need the money.

What do I mean by that? Well, we are not rich and neither are we better off than others but our needs have been well-provided for.

Nanay and I worked for what we put on the table and that is okay..

What will happen if I did win the lotto?

1.Nanay will get the amount from me and give...........................

2.Nanay will get it from me and set up a business that is bound to fail.

3.I would just buy a new laptop, buy books, buy gadgets I wanted to own, have an internet and cable connection.

4. My sisters would start asking and pestering me to buy them dresses and other fashionable blings.

5. My brothers would ask for a bike, a motorbike, a new computer installed with the latest games.

6. Tito would ask for a considerable balato which he would use to pay up his utangs, as business capital to space out his batchoyan and as pang-inuman every night.

7. Lola would ask for her share detailing monthly, yearly and even lifetime expenses, making me feel absolutely guilty whenever I entertain mercenary thoughts.

8. Some co-teachers would ask me for a loan which they do not intend to pay even if I became broke later on.

9. Nanay would ask for a considerable sum again for the construction of a house which will never be started even after the entire money reserve is depleted.

10. I would be tempted to burn all the damned money in the end and go crazy because I would earn a thousand and one enemy simply because I won in that stupid lottery.

11. My relatives, whom my mother detests because of their snobbery, would hate me for hitting gold and causing my mom something to celebrate for. Besides, one of them just might kulam me or any of my siblings. Hehe

I did not know that I had it in me. I thought I was an absolute heel when it comes to money and things like that.

Who would not wanrt to be rich? But, getting rich the lotto way is unnatural. It causes more harm than good.

Even my sister April called it kwarta ka demonyo. Probably she understands that instead of causing endless good, it can cause a lot of problems to the winner and to those around her.

I was alarmed when I heard in the news that most of the lotto stations here in Iloilo have sold out their tickets one day.

People got that desperate. They honestly thought that the best solution to their economic problems is to get rich and get rich fast.

That is why game shows with staggering prizes always won the ratings game. They are playing up the human weakness to have it done easy.

Yes, I did think about playing up the lotto game too. But, what stopped me was the realization of what would happen if I win.

The reason why God gave me this kind of wealth and this kind of life is because this is what I need, that this is best for me. If I worked hard enough and He agrees with me that I should get rich someday because that will not be harmful to me, then, that is good. Who would not want to get rich?