After rowing this morning, Doc joined Frodo and me for breakfast at the newly-opened Jollibee. I was reading the complimentary newspaper which headlined the surging stock market. For some reason, our conversation turned towards winning the lotto.
"Someone hit the hundred-million peso jackpot," Doc announced.
"Really? I bought a ticket when the jackpot was still ninety million," I said.
"I didn't. You see, I wouldn't know what to do with all that money anyway," he retorted.
Huh?
Incredulously, I said, "Are you kidding me? So you don't want to win the lotto?"
"Money isn't everything, you know." I think this guy just planed in from being an audience member of Oprah. Or suddenly, he had an epiphany, sort of like a revelation, after reading Deepak Chopra.
You'd understand my enthusiasm for winning ANY raffle. Last time I won anything was in grade school in Bukidnon. I had set my eyes on winning the grand prize: a really cool wristwatch. Unfortunately, so was every kid in school.
I won alright, but it was the consolation prize-- a bunch of vegetables placed inside a netbag! When you're ten, bringing a load of upo, patola, squash and stringbeans sticking out of the net bag as you make your way through the streets in your school uniform isn't exactly the coolest thing in the world.
"Someone hit the hundred-million peso jackpot," Doc announced.
"Really? I bought a ticket when the jackpot was still ninety million," I said.
"I didn't. You see, I wouldn't know what to do with all that money anyway," he retorted.
Huh?
Incredulously, I said, "Are you kidding me? So you don't want to win the lotto?"
"Money isn't everything, you know." I think this guy just planed in from being an audience member of Oprah. Or suddenly, he had an epiphany, sort of like a revelation, after reading Deepak Chopra.
You'd understand my enthusiasm for winning ANY raffle. Last time I won anything was in grade school in Bukidnon. I had set my eyes on winning the grand prize: a really cool wristwatch. Unfortunately, so was every kid in school.
I won alright, but it was the consolation prize-- a bunch of vegetables placed inside a netbag! When you're ten, bringing a load of upo, patola, squash and stringbeans sticking out of the net bag as you make your way through the streets in your school uniform isn't exactly the coolest thing in the world.
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