@RosheiGanda 26 September 2021 edited

Money Involved

My Plastic Bottle Bank

They say, 'oh, putting coins or paper money in a container like piggy bank is hoarding and it violates the law.' I guess, many of us here knew about this. For me, it's not bad to do this as long as you take care of the money and not destroy it. As you can see, I've collected so many coins in my plastic bottle bank. I call it this way because that's just how it is. Hehehe. Actually, this came from the canola cooking oil. Instead of my older sister putting it in the trashcan, I told her that I will make use of it, which she agreed. I loved it since it's big and convenient. I started putting in coins since last year. The purpose of this was so that, if there's an emergency or if I don't have any money, then, it will be easy. I will just take out some coins from it and add it to my fund. I've been doing this more than three times already. You can try it too and you'll appreciate it. 'Alkansya' In our language, we call it alkansya. Whether it's a piggy bank, plastic bottle bank, bamboo, or any container, we say 'alkansya'. When we were kids, our father made us our own 'alkansyas' using bamboos. Each of us siblings had it. The biggest bamboo was with my dad and mom. We put the extra coins in it whenever we have. I was so excited to know about how much was it in my bamboo bank. Our dad would add some of his coins too in each of our alkansyas. When it was almost full, we requested our dad to open it for us. Using his bolo, he opened it. I can't forget that happiness, you know, seeing your saved money piling up right in front of your eyes. After that, we took some coins and our dad got the rest, then transferred it in our own passbooks. Even our parents during those times and even until now, thought of keeping and investing money for us. So thankful to have them. Something Gone Wrong? One time, we were telling stories together with my siblings. Out of conscience, one of my sister said, 'You know what, I should apologize.' I asked, 'Why?'. Then she started saying, 'When you were kids, you used to have bamboo alkansyas, right? But me and one of our sisters would get money from it and buy junk foods. I'm so sorry.' I was shocked and laughed at the same time. I remembered being silent for a moment then later said,'I see, now I know. Hehehe. It's okay. Past is past.' Atleast, my sister confessed. Haha. And I understood her. Still Keeping Coins in my Alkansya I would say, I'm a modest person (or maybe not? 😅), because, I hate wasting money all the time. I'm not rich so I should know how to budget my hard earned money, or the money given to me for free. That's why, I love keeping coins or paper money in a container. Actually, at first, it started with this purpose: It will be a fund used during Christmas and New Year. Eventually, that's no longer the purpose. Haha. Because I don't have much money now, so I'm using it to sustain myself. Last night, I got the chance to count how much money I had in my current plastic bottle bank. I counted from the ten pesos to five pesos, to one pesos. Do you know how much was in it? Hehe. It's worth, Php1,902.00. This will be added to my bills next month. So again, it will be emptied out again. Huhu. I'm in need of money, seriously. Hehe. My husband also contributed much money in it, so it's almost full. Do you have Alkansya/s too? I think, you have it as well. It's pandemic so each one of us here realized so many things. And probably by now, we knew how to save and budget our money. I hope that you're not mired in debt? It will be so hard if that happens. Imagine, you lost your job, you have family to feed, you have so many loans to pay, monthly bills to pay, foods to buy, electricity and water too, huhu, I hope, everyone's doing great. In our daily life, money is always involved. Let's always pray that there will always be a blessing coming to us. Be thankful to what we have and always pray. 😊 God bless!