During my stay here inside our house, I begin to recollect. We are living one day at a time and just going with the flow. We do not have any rules to follow. We do not go on a budget. Our life is sort of a come what may. My husband and I do not really sit down and talk about the future. We do not like to pressure ourselves with what is going on right now like the global economic crisis and how it is affecting our lives right now.
The minimum fare of riding a tricycle increased again from P8 to P9. Our electric bill read around four hundred bucks higher… Oh, we have never been conscious on how to save electricity. We use our microwave even for heating water whenever we would like to have coffee. We cook our son’s noodles there too. Ironing clothes? Oh, we do not do that in bulk. That would be so tiring. We use two computers at the same time while the third member of the household who does not have his own computer watches TV. Moreover, he added a new gadget, that of a wireless headphone which consumes added electricity. Our refrigerator is big at 7 foot and it is working just to cool water. Yes, we do not do our weekly market.
The long list of things to change and for us to get organized and maybe go on a budget is endless. Right now that I am thinking of it, I am having a headache. It puts pressure on me. That is why, most of the times, I just really let things be and go with the flow.
Alam mo sis, kami rin dati dito sa bahay ganyan. Kapag naisipang magtipid, saka lang nagtitipid. Pero in 2008 talaga, medyo naging strict na ako sa expenses. Not that much but we have a more structured run of things na. Like weekly plantsa. 2x a day boiling of water. Yung mga ganyan lang naman.
Try trading in your ref to a smaller one. And buy an electric kettle na lang instead of using the microwave. Lakas sa kuryente niyan
Hi, Sasha! It might be an issue here. You know when money matters come in parang awkward. In time, baka maayos din namin. Ewan lang kung makaya naming mabuhay without the microwave.