money matters
when i was growing up, i was somehow trained by my mom to be smart about money. contrary to what my cousins thought, we weren’t given everything we wanted. we had to work for it.
when i was in first year HS, i spent most of my time during weekends in a classmate’s house to make our projects. and being a music lover, i really envied her component inside her room. i realized how ‘dull and boring’ my room was because i didn’t even have a radio in my own room.
we always passed by a store with some mini-radios on the display costing as low as 200pesos. i never told my mom that i wanted a radio for i knew that she wouldn’t just buy me. i planned to save up my money to buy myself a radio!
mama used to give me 50pesos because i didn’t have some packed lunch then. so to save money for my dream radio, i secretly prepared my ‘lunch baon’ after mama left home for work.
and when i was able to save 500pesos, i approached her and asked her to go with me to the mall because i would buy a radio. i saw the shock on her face when i let her see my precious 500pesos. she found the juice to ask me where i got the money. and she chuckled so hard when she found out how!
when we were at the appliance store, i was really feeling devastated as i took a look at the prices of the radios there. i couldn’t buy anything with my precious 500pesos! the amount i saved was insufficient for my dream radio. mama must have noticed the frustration i’ve felt and so she just asked me to give her my precious 500pesos and she would just pay for the radio using her credit card. happiness!
that was my first money-wise story. after that, i got so inspired to save up money for i have realized that i should work hard for my own satisfaction and that i must not ask from anyone to give me what i want.
