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When you know you're broke as fuck but still in denial:
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And you hold on to every last bit of hope just for that extra cash:
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When your favorite singer/band announces a concert in the Philippines:
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Or when Apple releases a brand new generation of iPhone and you want to get your hands on it:
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When you finally accept your fate and ask for some help:
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When you decide you don't give a rat's ass about your pride anymore and ask for some money from your folks:
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When people try to lecture you even though you're try so hard to save some money:
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When baby boomers compare your financial state to their financial state 70 years ago:
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When you see people your age who are earning thrice as you do, have savings, and have got it all together:
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'Pag wala pang sweldo and you only got 100 on your wallet:
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So you try so hard to make it through payday alive:
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When you avoid your friends para hindi ka mapagastos:
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When the word "libre" has already become music to your ears:
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When you successfully buy the thing you've been saving for after months and months:
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When the delivery guy gives you your bills:
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When you walk inside a mall and all the goodies are calling for you but YOU. JUST. CAN'T.
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And you'll do anything just to have even a little bit scraped off your total bill:
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When your phone network cuts off your texting and calling privileges because you failed to pay on time:
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Or when you're waiting for the annoying Spotify and to finish because you're too broke to subscribe to Premium.
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When you remember all the times you've had money and spent it on things like your 100th plain white shirt, lint, and other unnecessary things:
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But most of the time, you really wonder where your money goes:
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Like, it's such a puzzle to you:
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Because you don't really spend that much, as far as you know:
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When you finally get your hands on some cash after weeks of living on canned goods for sustenance:
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So you #TreatYoself to an expensive meal that's worth a quarter of your salary because "you deserve it."
