Ipinanganak ka bang mahirap?

[armscor40]

opo mahirap din po kami, mahirap medyo maaga po kasi nagloko "ang aming ama" kaya nagpapasalamat po kami sa pagsuporta ng aming tiyahin kapatid ni ina, edukasyon at pamumuhay po ang ibinigay nya sa amin...

meron po instance kaming 2 po ng brother ko nag-alaga kami ng 2 baboy kasama na po ang pagkuha ng isang timbang malaki na kaning baboy sa mga kakilala nila 1 kilometro ang layo para pambayad ng matrikula nun high school..

pero dahil sa pagtitiyaga sa pag-aaral at pagsunod sa kanilang pangaral kaya nakakaranas ng konting ginhawa ngaun...kaya ang idol ko ang Auntie ko hehehe

[vito corleone]

Sabi nila, pag pinanganak kang mahirap hindi mo kasalanan yun, pero pag namatay kang mahirap, ayan ikaw na ang may kasalanan, binigyan ka nang isang lifetime para baguhin.

sang-ayon ako dyan. . .pero papano kung wala ka namang pangarap yumanan, kasalanan mo pa rin ba kung namatay kang mahirap?


mahirap lang ang pamilya na kinalakihan ko: lumang bahay ng lolo at lola ko; ang natatandaan ko lang na electronic na bagay sa bahay e yung transistorized am radyo (yung nilalagyan ng apat na size-a batteries); sa kapitbahay lang din kami nakikinuod ng tv sa gabi (kailangan itago mo tsinelas mong spartan kasi me ibang kukuha); luho na namin yung madalang na panonood ng sine sa cubao at kumain ng 3m pizza or makapasyal sa luneta

si ermats na hindi man lang nakatapos ng high school ang nagtaguyod sa aming magkakapatid at sa extended family sa bahay na yun
ilang beses kong narinig na sinabi nya sa 'min dati, "wala ka pang napapatunayan sa buhay, tinatamad ka na!"

[oliver1013]

sang-ayon ako dyan. . .pero papano kung wala ka namang pangarap yumanan, kasalanan mo pa rin ba kung namatay kang mahirap?

As long hindi siya magrereklamo eh ok lang,kaso yung mga walang pangarap yan pa ang maiingay at kyawkyaw ng kyawkyaw

[shadow]

Totoo ba yan mga mwento niyo?

Pwede bang magreply pag hinde?

We're not filthy rich but not dirt poor either probably above middle class, siguro sa province namin my family is one of the "priviledge" few but here in manila Middle class lang siguro

I mean we have been involved in major businesses sa province namin eversince i can remember (tobacco, logging, rice mill & constructions etc)

But how do you define mahirap? Yun squatter type ba?

[niwde11]

Totoo ba yan mga mwento niyo?

Pwede bang magreply pag hinde?

We're not filthy rich but not dirt poor either probably above middle class, siguro sa province namin my family is one of the "priviledge" few but here in manila Middle class lang siguro

I mean we have been involved in major businesses sa province namin eversince i can remember (tobacco, logging, rice mill & constructions etc)

But how do you define mahirap? Yun squatter type ba?

shadow, mahirap yung di nabibigyan ng citibank ng free ticket sa CATS. :lol: joke lang ha.

mahirap? pati ba yung di naman mayaman financially pero di tinuturing ang sarili ng mahirap matatawag mong mahirap?
pano kung mababa lang ang standard of living nya? in other words yung expenses is less than sa income.

[jansky]

if youre family earning around 1M per year
but your surrounding neighborhood earn about 1B a year

mahirap ka ba?

[safeorigin]

^yes

[CoDer]

Lumaki din ako sa hirap, though sa private school naman nag tapos. Pero yung tipong suki na sa promisory at 2 piraso lang ang maong na pinag tatyagaan sa buong school year.

Kaya kayod kalabaw kao ngayon para mabigyan ng magandang buhay ang mga anak ako.

[CoDer]

Question: if you could afford to buy a car, would you consider yourself as mahirap?

Hindi ata boss boybi.

[[archie]]

if youre family earning around 1M per year
but your surrounding neighborhood earn about 1B a year

mahirap ka ba?

a definite NO.

edit: IMO mahirap entails earning just enough to meet the essentials or not earning enough to meet basic needs. if you or your family meets the basics and if your living well beyond your means... thats not mahirap, iba na tawag dun.

[mykpogi]

I never tasted good food when I was a kid. "Tuyo" lang at "asin" super sarap na. hehehe.. Pero I don't consider ourselves na mahirap, kasi may bahay naman kami na nirerentahan dati na okay na para sa amin...

I worked as part-time when I was a student. Sa awa ng diyos, naging scholar ako and was able to graduate with flying colors sa school namin. I had the taste of my first cellphone when I was working na (5 yrs ago).

I went abroad (US then Japan) to work, nakapag-ipon naman ng konti. Kakauwi ko lang dito sa Philippines last year, and by God's amazing grace, nakabili na ako ng very first kotse ko at ng condo unit sa tabi tabi lang.

But I really love my parents who did their best para mabuhay lang kaming magkakapatid nung naghihirap pa kami.

[mykpogi]

Kami middle class lng, di mayaman di mahirap...pero dumating ang times na nag hirap na talaga, naubos ang lahat ng naipundar damit lang natira. Yun nga lang mas naging close kami ng family namin nung naghirap kaya meron din advantage ang kahirapn. In my perception, hindi importante ang status mo kung mahirap ka or you have something to spare, mahirap ka lang talaga kung di ka kontento. And theirs the urgency that you want something more kaya naghihirap ka. Sana make sense!!!

+1 po... "Mahirap" ka lang pag di ka kuntento..
We often go to slum areas and visit the squatters sa church namin, kaya I know kung pano talaga ang mahirap.

[jimnyeatworld]

ako dati commute lang sa DLSU tapos dad ko naka-owner type jeepney, tapos minsan sinusundo nya ako sa Taft nakikita ng friends ko na isa ako sa sinunsundo ng owner jeep

yun tuition ko since malaki subsidized ng kumpanya na pinagtarbuhan ng dad ko

one time dad ko umuwi sa province namin, nabalitaan niya nanalo sa sweepstakes yun dati nya kabarkada na kapitbahay din namin. and so he went there sa bago nila house, di sya pinapasok ng guard, wala daw. so antay sya ulit hapon wala daw, pero may mga tsikot nasa loob ng compound. di sya pinapansin kasi naka-owner lang siya.

umuwi dad ko noon, galit sya tapos sabi niya magkano ba yan suzuki samurai na yan na lagi mo binabanggit sa'kin. sabi ko P220K. and so in two weeks, nakabili sya. then nag-stock market sya, then nag-ibang bansa, then nag-golf regularly, and then he became a top exec. sa kumpanya. 20 years later, our family has 8 cars na, including golf car (yeah he even bought that for almost the price of a picanto noon araw)

di ko malaman ngaun ko kelangan ko tenk u han yun barkada nya nang-api sa kanya kasi noon ko lang nakita dad ko noon na sobrang malaki guhit sa mata kasi halatang-halata nanliliit siya sa sarili nya noon dahil sa pagiging mahirap

ang pangarap ko ngaun maibili siya ng Montero Sport kasi hanggang ngaun nagtitiis sya sa Ford Explorer EB nya na minsan lang madala kasi lakas sa gas. nasobrahan naman kasi ng yabang nun 2005 eh hahaha kaya napabili ng American car

[foresterx]

when i was born, we didn't have a car or a house nag rerent lang kami ng apartment. never naman kami na gutom and na walan ng tirahan. is that considered middle class? pero slowly my parents was able to buy a house and my dad was able to buy his first car when i was 8 years old.

[tidus1203]

I wouldn't say I was born mahirap. We were able to eat 3X a day and I studies at private school. Sa Binondo kami dati nakatira in an apartment in Benavidez St. Not very classy. We don't have a car cause walang parking... Nag ka kotse na lang kami nung lumipat na kami sa QC and have a house and lot. We still have that apartment which we rent out to a mainland Chinese who sells Chinese medicine nearby...

[chua_riwap]

ako dati commute lang sa DLSU tapos dad ko naka-owner type jeepney, tapos minsan sinusundo nya ako sa Taft nakikita ng friends ko na isa ako sa sinunsundo ng owner jeep

yun tuition ko since malaki subsidized ng kumpanya na pinagtarbuhan ng dad ko

one time dad ko umuwi sa province namin, nabalitaan niya nanalo sa sweepstakes yun dati nya kabarkada na kapitbahay din namin. and so he went there sa bago nila house, di sya pinapasok ng guard, wala daw. so antay sya ulit hapon wala daw, pero may mga tsikot nasa loob ng compound. di sya pinapansin kasi naka-owner lang siya.

umuwi dad ko noon, galit sya tapos sabi niya magkano ba yan suzuki samurai na yan na lagi mo binabanggit sa'kin. sabi ko P220K. and so in two weeks, nakabili sya. then nag-stock market sya, then nag-ibang bansa, then nag-golf regularly, and then he became a top exec. sa kumpanya. 20 years later, our family has 8 cars na, including golf car (yeah he even bought that for almost the price of a picanto noon araw)

di ko malaman ngaun ko kelangan ko tenk u han yun barkada nya nang-api sa kanya kasi noon ko lang nakita dad ko noon na sobrang malaki guhit sa mata kasi halatang-halata nanliliit siya sa sarili nya noon dahil sa pagiging mahirap

ang pangarap ko ngaun maibili siya ng Montero Sport kasi hanggang ngaun nagtitiis sya sa Ford Explorer EB nya na minsan lang madala kasi lakas sa gas. nasobrahan naman kasi ng yabang nun 2005 eh hahaha kaya napabili ng American car

Eto pinakamayaman sa Tsikot.

Si OB/GM/JimnyEW......remember before, namumroblema siya at di nya alam gagawin sa 8 kotse nya when he went to NY.

[jarrieta]

That's a nice story jimnyeatworld.

When I was a kid I thought we were poor. My playmates used to get better toys and even when the Japanese robots came out I didn't get one and contented myself with stickers. Hehehe.

Anyway, when I got older I realized my neighbors didn't have their priorities straight. They would get new stuff a lot but I didn't know being a kid. My folks actually wanted to instill something in us. We had everything we needed but not everything we wanted. Funny thing is our neighbors who seemed to have the best of everything, were actually tenants in our property.

[piscesboy]

ako dati commute lang sa DLSU tapos dad ko naka-owner type jeepney, tapos minsan sinusundo nya ako sa Taft nakikita ng friends ko na isa ako sa sinunsundo ng owner jeep

yun tuition ko since malaki subsidized ng kumpanya na pinagtarbuhan ng dad ko

one time dad ko umuwi sa province namin, nabalitaan niya nanalo sa sweepstakes yun dati nya kabarkada na kapitbahay din namin. and so he went there sa bago nila house, di sya pinapasok ng guard, wala daw. so antay sya ulit hapon wala daw, pero may mga tsikot nasa loob ng compound. di sya pinapansin kasi naka-owner lang siya.

umuwi dad ko noon, galit sya tapos sabi niya magkano ba yan suzuki samurai na yan na lagi mo binabanggit sa'kin. sabi ko P220K. and so in two weeks, nakabili sya. then nag-stock market sya, then nag-ibang bansa, then nag-golf regularly, and then he became a top exec. sa kumpanya. 20 years later, our family has 8 cars na, including golf car (yeah he even bought that for almost the price of a picanto noon araw)

di ko malaman ngaun ko kelangan ko tenk u han yun barkada nya nang-api sa kanya kasi noon ko lang nakita dad ko noon na sobrang malaki guhit sa mata kasi halatang-halata nanliliit siya sa sarili nya noon dahil sa pagiging mahirap

ang pangarap ko ngaun maibili siya ng Montero Sport kasi hanggang ngaun nagtitiis sya sa Ford Explorer EB nya na minsan lang madala kasi lakas sa gas. nasobrahan naman kasi ng yabang nun 2005 eh hahaha kaya napabili ng American car

wow 8 cars.. di ka naman ata kasingdamot ng friend ng tatay mo noh?
pwede akin nalang yung isa.

[_Cathy_]

I think I was born middle class. We're lucky that my Grandparents were very generous. My Dad kept his college car when he got married which takes care of transportation and our lot was given as a gift as well to my parents so that takes care of shelter. My parents only had to pay for the construction of the house which probably explains why the floor area of our house is less than half of the lot area. hehe. But then we never really moved upward. We're still middle class and live in the same house for almost 30 years.

I applaud all the tsikoteers that were able to move upwards in terms of social status. It's just unimaginable for me because we can't seem to break the middle class barrier. My Tita (my Dad's sister) even moved downward from being a country club housewife in Alabang to a small condo in Makati.

I also noticed when our company started hiring from different schools, employees below middle class were the most driven and very hardworking. It's surprising that they drive better cars than I do and I keep 100% of my salary and yet I cannot afford to buy a car. It's very frustrating.

I've been depressed for the past few months because I have to work as an employee for money. It's my dream to be an entrepreneur talaga. I read somewhere that if you 100% depend on your salary for a living then you are not financially secure because ideally we should have passive income or money working for us.

[skyglider]

hayyyy!!!! yes mahirap lang po ako... parang gusto ko maiyak ah...

parents ko di natapos ang elementary nila... typical mananahi lang si nanay ko at karpintero si tatay... from elementary to college public lang pinasukan ko... madalas nga noon college para lang makapasok ako, madaling araw pa lang umiikot na si nanay ko para lang mangutang nang pamasahe ko papasok...

at yung pamasahe ko naman pauwi eh bahala na ko mangutang sa mga classmate ko... kundi ako makautang eh sigurado lakad ako from sta. mesa to kalookan. natikman ko kumain na kape lang ang ulam. pero masarap kumain na ang ulam eh chicharon na tigpi-piso. natikman ko din na mantika at asin ulam.

kaya gusto ko noon bago ako mag asawa eh may kotse at bahay na ko... kaya trabaho lang ako ng trabaho hanggat meron kasi katwiran ko mas ok na yung maraming trabaho kesa sa walang trabaho... natupad din naman kasi nagkaroon din ako nang kotse at yung bahay eh sa napangasawa ko. sabi ko nga sa mga kaibigan ko na ibinahay na ko ng asawa ko. tama na siguro to... masyado na mahaba post...