25/11/2025
๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป.
Yesterday, we brought our stash of coins to a coin deposit machine in SM Megamall. Yes, yung mga barya na madalas nating isnabinโyung naiwan sa bulsa, sa drawer, sa tabi ng electric fan sa sala. 'Yung tipong "๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ '๐บ๐ข๐ฏ," pero over timeโฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข.
Weโve been saving coins for months. Walang halong arteโkahit tig-โฑ1, โฑ5, or โฑ10, nilalagay namin sa coin jar. Minsan galing sukli sa palengke, minsan tira sa pamasahe. Slowly but surely.
Pagdating sa coin deposit machine, we watched those coins go ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌโand boom. Over โฑ4,000 pala โyung naipon. Just from coins. Walang bonggang increase sa sweldo, walang 13th month, just small consistent effort.
And it hit me: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. Kahit tig-iilang piso lang, basta tuloy-tuloy, may mararating.
To my fellow employees and breadwinners: I know ang hirap magtabi minsan. Ang daming bayarin, ang daming kailangang unahin. Pero try thisโmaglagay ka lang ng coin jar sa bahay. Tawagin mo siyang โ๐๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ" or โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ", or โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ช๐ฅโ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต.โ Basta kahit anong name na magpapangiti saโyo.
Then just start. No pressure. No need to count agad. One day, marerealize mo na lang na may maliit kang tagumpay na naipon.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด-๐ถ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ.
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