money and math and old ladies

for those of you who don't know, i withdraw my allowance from BPI weekly.there are two BPI stations in Los Banos. one near Robinson's and one near Olivarez. I spend 6 pesos for one jeepney ride. so that's 12 pesos pero withdrawal.

this monday, i went to the BPI near Olivarez first, because the one near Robinson's has been offline since last week. so going to Olivarez, that's 6 pesos. And the BPI was offline. So, i spent 6 pesos going to the one near Robinson's just to check if it was still offline. it still was. So again, i spent 6 pesos going back to Vega.
18 pesos = no allowance.

i tried if the card would work with Landbank. unfortunately, it didn't. Luckily, i still had enough money for a jeepney ride to UPCO.
one UPCO jeepney ride = 8 pesos.

so i was pissed off and frustrated. and you know how i am when i'm mad. (see previous posts for details) i scream stuff, i go wild, and people are amused. aryan and i headed to the shed to wait for the UPCO jeep. joan, a batchmate was there. i explained my situation and broke to hysterics. i grabbed her umbrella and threw it on the floor. then i laughed. and i began saying stuff like..

"karma ba ito dahil magastos ako?"
"pano ako kakain ng lasagna??"
"kelan pa ko makakawithdraw?"
"kelan ko pa mababayaran mga utang ko?"

believe me it was a real dilemma. because, i absolutely cannot borrow money from my grandparents. because then they would think that my father isn't giving me enough to survive..i literally cannot survive without money. and besides, i was planning on watching Romeo Rocks Juliet this Friday for 80 pesos.

and then this old lady who was sitting beside me read one of my pins aloud. it read "I Said NO to Drugs But They Didn't Listen." then she said..

"You know, older people would like to get richer for the sake of the young people."

it made me think. i know my parents would love to get rich just to give me and my siblings a better life. i know they try.. i can see their effort. i know they want to make it all work out for us. you know, save up so we can move into a bigger house.

some people think i'm so rich just because they see me go inside a large house. which is, my grandparents' house. so let me get this straight.

MY GRANDPARENTS ARE SO DAMN FUCKING RICH.

and.

WE ARE NOT.

they told us last year, they'd pay for my sister's braces because my dad can't afford such things. but this year, my sister transferred schools. she's now in Manila, with the rest of the family. and because of that, my grandparents changed their minds: they're not going to pay for her braces anymore.

the fuck!i mean, if they really wanted to help, they'd pay for her braces. it wouldn't matter where she lived.

just goes to to show:

"Sometimes younger people would like to get rich so they don't have to ask money from the older people and feel worthless."

i didn't get that. ^__^