Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
- Leonard Cohen
Getting that Cash (and other engaging thoughts)
December 8, 2008
Many times I forget to line up for the lotto, just when the million-peso stake is getting higher and higher (a whooping Php140 million todate). Maybe it’s because the holiday stress is getting to me. Or I’m thinking way too much of what (and what not) to pack in my limited luggage. Or I’m preoccupied by the fact that tomorrow will be another December 9 – my birthday. (My friends are resigned to calling my birthday , “oh, your nth birthday”.)
Still, I want to nail the jackpot. I want to win. I want to get rich. Funny how creative people can get imagining what to do with the million peso jackpot but get rather mental-blocked once the cash is at hand. But may God and my readers trust me that I have noble purposes for wanting that cash. Why, If I could only translate that million into billion, then I would have something to spare for the bailout plan of the Big 3 automakers currently in dire financial troubles. And that’s beside the fact that I could save a mission souls from the torments of an economic downfall both here and abroad.
I know there are plenty of ways to have cold cash. But I’m not as crooked as Filipino politicians. Well, on the way more acceptable side, I’m not yet a regular in casinos, nor have tried my luck in any slot machine in online casinos while idly surfing the Internet (or maybe I should, right?). Well, maybe one of these days.
But darn, I keep forgetting buying lotto tickets.
Tonight, I know exactly where to go. No excuses this time.
