Lorenz, i have a story in relation sa imong story pud.... my friend man gud ask me why i will not buy expensive cellphones like Iphone and i told her ngano man tawn mupalit ko... she told me nga status symbol daw na ... but i replied nga why will i let other people know nga i have money or i am rich para daghan mangutang nako unya dli baya ko pa-utang so mudaghan na hinoon masuko og mu-kontra nako ........... moral lesson of the story: its better to be simple so that you will be left alone

hahaha i like it. the problem with status symbols is that it's always changing. its what we call "keeping up with the jones'".
okay ug maka palit ka'g lami nga auto, o nindot nga sanina, pero, to the point where one's expenses is greater than one's earnings...that is just down right stupid.
mao na take for example my dad. my dad is very simple man, very hard working engineer. dili mo wear ug jewelry, o dili mo wear nga sobrang expensive clothes, pero, in reality, millionaryo na ni sija sa ijang savings. my father is a firm believer in investments in trusts and bonds. ug mo spend galing ni sija, he does not even touch his savings or do so where it flaunts.
kai ug mo balik na jud si dad sa pilipinas, mo tabang man sija sa daghang tawo ug sa mga pamilya.
my father cautioned me once when i was spending too much while in college, "anak, don't have wine tastes when you have beer pockets..."
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