I Won the Lottery!
Written on January 10, 2012 by Mikyu.
..in my imagination! 
The jackpot is around P500,000,000 (~$11,000,000). Pretty big, huh? (Dreaming big!) And that’s a lot to spend. 
But in my imagination, I chose not to spend it all for personal consumption. How I wish winning the lottery isn’t that tricky, though. Then I’d be able to achieve a whole lot of luxurious pleasures! 
- Build a house & buy furniture. Because we’ve only been renting houses since I was young, I would like to fulfill my family’s dream of owning one. And of course, some furniture and fixtures to add beauty and comfort.
- Buy gadgets & a car. I’ve always been a lover of gadgets and gizmos but I didn’t quite think I had the right to be extravagant with it because I’m not rich. Haha.
When I’ll have the money to fulfill my hunger for technology, the first thing I’ll buy is everything photography! 
Then I’d need a car for that. Chos! 
- Help relatives. My family may be living an average life, but I have relatives who are down below. And because blood is thicker than water, I would want to help them out and let them live a normal life. Provide capital for business, perhaps? Teaching them to fish rather than giving them fish.
- Treat friends & loved ones. Who’d forget the constant banter of friends that commands you to treat them to glutton luxury? Haha.
Kidding aside, for being there for me when I needed them, I think it’s just right to pay them back and let them know that I’m thankful to have them. 
- Donate to charity & church. Not all of us are blessed with fortune but we’re fortunate enough to have institutions who care about the less privileged. Being a Gawad Kalinga volunteer, I could say that these organizations have gone miles in helping the poor and the needy. I would like to contribute to the journey by offering a portion of my fortune to projects of these organizations and the church.
- Travel around the country & the world. I haven’t been much of a traveler but I just realized we only have one life and it’s just too short. So I thought, why not be adventurous and try everything I want? I know it’ll be worth it.
- Save for the future. I would be too foolish if I wouldn’t think of saving a percentage of the money I won. That’s a common mistake. I want to have enough to be able to still live a comfortable life when I get old.
- Put up a business. What’s a wiser way to spend money than to invest it in a business? Surely, it’ll let money work for me, not the other way around. And that’s more money to gain and spend on more things! Sweet!
I’m pretty sure I have all those in common with most of the people. But if I ask you, if you won the lottery, how are you gonna spend it uniquely? Roll 10 pieces of $1 and throw it to the sea? 
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