it's all about the money.

money makes the world go around...

so many lives destroyed by it. so many people have gone crazy over it.

but exactly how far can we go without it? or how far can we go if we have it?

so many people working day and night, barely resting so they could make a living...so they could earn money in order feed their families and buy their kids toys and clothes...

yesterday, i read in the newspaper that a woman was killed because she refused to give this man her wallet. and then there was another article about this cabbie who got killed because he refused to give his day's earnings to this man who got in his cab.

many families have been destroyed...brothers and sisters fighting over the inherited wealth. sons and daughters lying to parents so they could get some. parents working overtime that they barely get to spend time with their kids.

why does it always have to be about the money?

can we really be happy if we don't have much of it?
of course, i do believe that there are some things far more important than money. money is just that--MONEY! it buys you yummy food, clothes, fabulous shoes and flashy gadgets...it pays your bills, gives you the massage that you've been wanting for ages, and it gets you to places. for some, money can even buy them pleasure and peace of mind. and for some, money can buy them a high place in the society.

but far too many people just spend too much time worrying about it. i try not to. but it's hard not to when you're surrounded with people who believe that i worship the thing...that i have a certain attachment to it...and that attachment will lead me to lie to people around me...people who are sooooo paranoid about me meeting my "end" because of money...people who believe that i have a money problem. i won't deny it. money is important to me as well. heck! money is important to a lot of people these days!

but it's just that i don't want my world to revolve around money. and i don't want people to think that my world revolves around it. that i will go as far as betray the trust of the people i value just because of money. i'll never go that far! but how? how do i show them? i guess what matters is that i know what's in my heart right? that i have clean intentions and that money is just another superficial thing to me. never mind what other people think!

but i just can't help brooding over this matter because it's someone in my family who believes that i have a money problem. that person's kind of giving me the silent treatment now. haaaay! ang gulo gulo ng buhay...DAHIL LANG SA PERA!!!

gone are the days when everything's free...ngayon lahat may bayad! pati drinking water ngayon binabayaran narin! you'd also be suprised by the number of people who pay for love these days!

haaay....somebody please slap me and tell me i worry too much...