The news popped out two days ago, bursting everyone’s dream to have their hands on the P741 million jackpot. It was Cyber Monday for people on thanksgiving mood. For the rest of us back here, the day was marked with sighs and wonders.
So not to be bitter about it, I made a short survey in my FB to see how people would react to the news and what every lotto winner should remember when the money comes in like a deluge.
- Everyone wants “balato”
- Some crooks will kidnap you and ask for ransom
- There’s truth to the saying “easy come, easy go”
The best way is to be quiet about it and think – a lot. If you can, go abroad undetected. Invest wisely. Keep your life very simple.
The “Sweetest Day” happens to fall two weeks before kids with pumpkin lanterns come to your doorsteps begging for candies and sweets. It’s even two to three months away from Valentines. How October 16th became the sweetest day apart from Valentine’s Day, only candy businesses knew. It’s all part of the hype, and probably too much sugar in the blood that makes your brain cells churn out fantastic ideas.
So blame the candy holiday to these sweet guys of Cleveland, Ohio who in 1922 came up with a brilliant way of selling their candies, with some dose of charity – remembering the unfortunate and cherishing the goodness of having friends and families. It wasn’t so bad after all, despite the fact that until now Hallmark remains to be the culprit behind every weird holiday celebrations. Who knows, even the most trivial stuff like rubber stamps might get itself a place in the calendar.
Finally, the Roman Catholic bishops are about to be kicked out of our bedrooms.
They can now pack and have their Branson vacations, and leave family planning in the hands of the couple and the state. Oops, here’s the funny thing. What makes these celibate bishops credible speakers of family planning? Unless Father Damaso is alive and still kicks ass.
We’ve been like hostages of the church for centuries, dictating how to run our lives based on the rules set by the Pope who they deemed infallible. They have invaded our minds, then our bedrooms. Not that everything they said was bad, but there are matters that also require common sense. Example, we can no longer allow couples to procreate irresponsibly like it was in the post-Holocaust era. This country today is already overpopulated and majority of us live below poverty line. Our resources and opportunities are diminishing as a direct result.
Fathers, we have lost most of our agricultural lands to house 90 million people. Is it any wonder why we import rice these days?
Support the Reproductive Health Bill.
