Lotto

Two days ago, I played the lotto. It was my first time. I even had to ask the lady beside me how I should mark the numbers. The reason I played was because the jackpot was, at that time, 354 million pesos. Well, by now you might have already heard no one won in last night's draw. I didn't even get a single number right! HAHAHA So much for beginner's luck. The jackpot already reached 380+ M today but I'm not getting another ticket. Maybe I'll have a better chance in jueteng. (Which I haven't tried yet and I have no idea how to play.)

If I won that 354 M, I wonder how I'll spend it in my lifetime. Like they say 'madaling ipangako ang bagay na wala ka'. But I'm listing it anyway.

Definitely charity is there. Sounds like a cliche noh? Everybody claims they'll do charity work if they get rich. My kind of charity is this- build the children's library my mom has always wanted to have and donate a building in UP- maybe a Student Center. An integrated student tambayan for all or most organizations in the campus much like CBA's 4th floor but a whole building. It'll have conference rooms, a cafeteria, study halls- the works! And then upgrade our labs and equipment to support more research. I'm kind of vain so maybe I'll have some rooms under names I specifically picked. No one cares about room names anyway- just me. HAHA

I also want a foundation that's self sustaining. The worse part of doing charity work is begging for money. Definitely with that much money from the lotto, whatever foundation can 'live on interest' from the money in the bank. Not quite sure if the foundation is for kids, indigenous people, oldies, animals, whatnot.

Then maybe I'll buy Villa Garcia from my dad's auntie. Villa Garcia is the ancestral house where my dad grew up. Now it's old, torn, and not even safe to live in. I've never been inside. They don't allow us for fear that the house might collapse. Anyway, I'd like to buy it and restore the house. Maybe build a new house if the structure isn't restorable but in the same look as it had before.

I'll keep enough money to also 'live on interest'. Maybe I'll save some to support future researches of my younger brother Joop who wants to be a marine biologist. Definitely I'd give Jom some too. I'll give my mom a retirement fund. She's never worked since she married dad but she's done so much for our family. It's hard to run a household noh! So she deserves this. Of course Dad, so he can take mom to dates wherever. Even in Paris.

Whatever's left with the 354 million after all these, maybe I'll give it to another private institution. I'm tired to dealing with the government supported institutions. They are inefficient and uninspiring so I'd much rather give the money to the private sector.

Oh well. All these are written on sand. I don't have 354 million anyway. But if one day I manage to have that much money, I swear I'll work on this list one by one. *now playing Billionaire HAHAHA*