call it aging or maturing. or materialism. or pagka-mukhang pera.
sometimes i think that wanting money is synonymous to being old. gone were the days when simple free pleasures of playing patintero or agawan base would make someone's day. we are so into consumerism that our being popular or in the loop is determined by the acquisitions we have. be it laptops, cameras, i-touch, i-phones, mac laptops, capacity to eat in posh restaurants, having glorious flushes in the bathroom or perfectly shiny tiled floors in shower areas.
yes, these are the things that my comrades and i dream about. things that our non med friends are able to purchase at as single whim. whereas or other RICH friends can just go to the mall when they want to and swipe a card to get their heart's desire and a shopping high, my friends and i would often just stare, green with envy, and wish that "sana mayaman na ako para makakain na ako ng sushi when i want."
when will this time come, i wonder?
case in point. yesterday, when i was walking home in the poverty stricken streets of maria orosa, SAFM then asks my advice about buying an I-touch...a craze in his batch as of yet. call this a last hurrah given that they will be receiving the last remnants of their hard earned salary in the next month. call it the voice of uncertainty given that they will be entering the world of fellowship where the shriek of "fictitious sweldo!" or "wala na akong pera!" reverberate through the halls.
as such, i gave him this advice:
SIU: SAFM, buy buy buy. by this time next year, you won't have any money left, and you'll REGRET not buying it. besides, would you not want to feel the high of buying something and then making it haplos? why do you want to buy the i-touch anyway?
SAFM: because its...so beautiful (with lust in his eyes)
SIU: buy buy buy! do you want me to come with you to buy it?
SAFM: (look of hesitation) won't i regret that i spent my money?
so fine. he didn't buy it.
fast forward to today, i take a look at him with such inggit in his eyes, looking at google pages evaluating the i-touch and dreeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaming about it.
and then he goes:
SAFM: if i have two gigabytes of storage, i don't have to erase songs for days on end. and pam bought one. should i buy one?
get it over and done with, SAFM. buy buy buy. then let me go with you to buy it so that i can get my vicarious thrills!
what the Helelelelell is stopping you?
to my (very few followers), walang point ang blog na ito. para lang may masulat ako. blog is like th-th blog. gets?
ReplyDeleteth-th ahahahhahaah. it's not pointless, in fact it's quite pointful.
ReplyDeletewhat the hellelelelelelel? AHAHAHAHAHAH. i think ano. may some kalaliman effect ito. like natatago lang. something like hidden mickey mouse! AHAHAHAHAHA.
ReplyDeletebuy buy buy! It's like a cerebral subliminal message that will continue to play in your head, like a gregorian chant someone played on your music player while you were sleeping and so can't possibly turn off... and you can do nothing about it until you... buy buy buy!
ReplyDeleteIt's like all the apple products come with hidden mickeys and subversive messages that hypnotize, yes hypnotize you... and therefore you must go buy buy buy!!
ahahaha what the hellelelel?! that's funny ah i think we should use that more often just like um, ano. sooner or later we'll have our own language - jaja (pronounced zsa zsa as in zsa zsa padilla) monde.
ReplyDeletethis is not pointless at all. your blogs are so cathartic kaya.
agree with buy buy buy. when my parents tell me i spent too much, i tell them someday i will be a doctor and unlike you will be very poor hence sinusulit ko na. when i tell my parents they spent too much, they tell me someday we will die and this money will just go to you hence i-enjoy na namin habang buhay pa kami. the secret to spending is in the act of rationalizing. deeeep...
Ah, kaya pala mega-post si SAFM ng songs sa FB, hahaha. Better yet, buy an iphone na lang. We bought one (yes, we, meaning share lang kami ni LCL sa bagong toy). Nakakakonsensya kasi.
ReplyDeletePakisabi kay SAFM, hindi madadala sa hukay ang pera. Enjoy na!!!!!!
HTGOF can't believe hindi mo alam ang WTHelelelelelel? ahahahaha.
ReplyDeletepero madadala ko sa hukay ang mga action figures. di ko sila ipapamigay, sakin lang sila hanggang sa kabaong, akin lang!!!!
ReplyDeleteNoted. Kailangan ba namin sila gawan ng kabaong din isa isa? Mejo toxic kasi yon.
ReplyDeleteyeah. saka marami sila. para makapagstart na kami now palang!hahaha.
ReplyDeletei love it. my blogger is now...a wall.
ReplyDeleteupdate!!!!!!!!! hehehe.
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