really the key is pano mo mapanatili sarili mo sa middle class. that’s the key. kaya it’s really up to us kung patuloy tayong alipin. ako? ayoko nang balikan ang nakaraan na ako eh nag-sasaka.

in my mind, puro poor and then ritzy ritzy ritz and nothing in between. i know – papalakulin ako ni bea, reason for moi is that, kahit na yong living by pacheck to paycheck, saken poor pa rin ang mga yon. (*sorry! hehhe)

Anyway, me tama ka JHV. Indeed, ADB used consumption as basis of their study on inequality kasi nga ang hirap hanapin nong mga sweldo. And it’s right dahil, dun naman sa definition nang GDP, income is always equal to consumption. Naman, di ba? Ano nga naman coconsume mo kung ala kang income unless parehas ko na nakikikain lang sa mga kebigan, di wala akong consumption! hahaha!

You know Reyna this is the point and time on the date when I kiss you because I’m starting to babble…

i was talking to one lady friend, who came from SGV&Co. in Makati and she told me, that in Manila, feeling nang mga tao, that once they have a job, kahit na receiving paycheck to paycheck – to them middle class na sila.

well, bea… what this means is that, upper-upper-high class ang level mo.

hehehe

Kakatawa talaga ang comment! Well, that’s why you are under the column “emerging” – namumukadkad ka rin coz you have the resources, eh kaso, napapaligiran ka nga naman nang mga relatives mo na sako sako ang bitbit para humingi nang kinita mo, eh di balik ka sa lower class. sarado na naman ang emerging.

hay naku, ipon lang xanadu! tsaka i learned something from you, kulang yong sinabi ko sa inquirer – dapat – stop giving monies to relathieves dapat!

in shorts – di lang split, mixed personality ang lola nyo. hehehe! pero, hindi nagbabago ang anyo ko pag alas sais na. di ako gaya ni chuva! hehehehe!

di pedeng wala kang classification no? isasaksak at isasaksak ka sa kung anong column ka. just like what i said to bea, i know mayaman ka na, pero granted na wala ka pang yaman, you have the ability to be a middle or upper kasi you have the resources as an OFW. di ba? in other words, ikaw ay isang namumukadkad na middle or upper class, nasa-sayo yan kung talagang bubukas ang mga pamumukadkad mo.

me tama ka. kung middle class ang mga OFW, so what happens to you? working class? di tama di ba? lower middle class? it’s really a definition fight kasi wala naman talagang official government definition kung sino ang middle class eh. alangan namang upper middle class kami.

but just to be clear – no, am not categorically saying na middle class ang mga OFW, what I’m saying is that, “emerging” sila or kami, meaning, we can be. depende na yon samen if we CAN and if WE DO IT and then sa Govt if they help us.