" Do You Belong in the Middle Class? ( Philippines".
Before I start let me ask you, do you know you or your family classification based on Monthly income? Did you ever get curious if you are rich, poor or middle class?
I was actually intrigued when I saw the Facebook post of my officemate last night about what should a NET income be considered in MIDDLE class.
The moment she posted this a lot of our officemates left their comments and I could not believe it! Like OMG! This post slapped me with the truth that I am POOR!LOL.
To all my non Filipino friends here to be considered as Middle class a family should have a monthly NET income of $800.95 - $1401.11.
Hahaha I didn't know that so I did search all the classifications and here is what I found out;
So to be considered in the middle class you should budget at least $200 to $350 per week as we have four weeks in a month. In Philippine money that is already more or less P10,000 - P20,000. Wow, that was much! Right?
Or maybe it's only me since I am not rich? As for some, this is just a piece of cake. Could not even affect their bank accounts.
Now I wonder how rich my Boss is, lol. I remember I overheard it before that his son spent almost $19,000 in just one night! Hehehe is a typical spoiled brat millionaire's son.
Ahhh, it seems this news blocked my mind as I could no longer find other words to say so. It's getting harder to construct a sentence. It is just that I was slapped by a sad truth of how poor I am.
This was even a topic earlier while we are on our way back in the office from our medical examination. We are trying to figure out each and everyone's social status by guessing their monthly salary. Hehe we based it on their Position level at work.
As the conversation goes deeper, my Boss mentioned a certain seller in their place that sells yummy porridge. Then she added that it was yummy as it was served with lechon. Everyone started to tease her that she indeed belongs to the UPPER Middle class as we? Hehe boiled egg is enough to pair with porridge.
Not only that, she expressed her desire to learn how to drive a car but the problem is she is nervous. We are all laughing as we don't want to learn for the reason that we don't have a car.
Funny, how we could define someone's social status sometimes just by simple conversations
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And I have nothing more to say, hehe. I've been writing this earlier at 7PM and it's already 8:48 yet I am not yet done. Too many commercials and I was destructed. Not only that, I do not have the motivation to write.
I have felt tired since yesterday, not physically but mentally rather. Work became more stressful and I am always playing bad cop. Sometimes I wanna ask them why it's always me? But then when I reviewed my job description my question was answered. LOL.
My apology if you find this article does not make sense. The point actually is I just wanna share and maybe some of my Filipino friends check what their classification is too.
Haha, so where do you belong?
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By the way, I did leave my Telegram and noise cash account as what I have said you can DM me if you have questions either RE: read cash or even not related too. However please do not ask something inappropriate ( especially SPG ( strong parental guidance) or don't just tap the VIDEO CALL!
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09:00 PM
06/28/2022_Manila_Philippines
I guess we are in the lower class