Not changing our lifestyle
By Reine25
@Lucky15 (37374)
Philippines
June 15, 2016 5:50am CST
What do they think of me, of us?
While picking few eggplants earlier, someone saw me.and asked..."kumakain ka ba nyan ate?"(are you eating that?).
Replied yes, and what will i do with it.
Some.have always.asked me, why should i hand washing clothes when i can afford buying machine or hire a help.
And when i said there is no "budget" for it, they won't believe me.
My lifestyle, our family's lifestyle didn't changed a bit.
We are still the same family who stil loves to eat those simple food and dishes.
If we can still do it, have time to do it, i, we don't think we have to change what we used to do.
Money is meant for.something important, better save them for rainy days.
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49 responses
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
One thing I learned from my mom is how to save money and never splurge until you have something to splurge. She taught us the value of money so much so that we never got hungry when we lost both of them at our very young age.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Jun 16
You are right, don't change the way you used to do. Eat also the foods you used to eat but you have to eat sometimes the foods you are not used to eat, for a change sometimes, he, he. Better save today for the rainy days because if you have something important to buy or some important needs, you can easily have it.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
That's a good attitude. Saving for the rainy days. We need that to survive.
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@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
15 Jun 16
I know this happens with me as well sometimes I don't know why people are so much into other's life that they don't believe what we say and always think there is something more to it.We will live the way we want to they should not be having any issue with that.
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@thelme55 (77081)
• Germany
15 Jun 16
This sounds familiar to me. People kept on asking me why I still eat dried fish, bagoong and other "poor" people's food when I can afford to buy meat. It is not a matter of having money but of having a comfort food to eat. I love eating vegetables especially eggplant.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
16 Jun 16
you will be feasting on those food while you're here @thelme55
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@thelme55 (77081)
• Germany
16 Jun 16
@hereandthere yes, indeed. My father will said again "our eating grass Pinay is here again" when he open the fridge.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
truth. 
although i dont eat eggplants haha but the point is why buy vegetables when we can plant them. why use electricity when we can use our hands to wash our clothes.
ive learn the art of saving and budgeting when i started living away from my parents in high school.
although i dont eat eggplants haha but the point is why buy vegetables when we can plant them. why use electricity when we can use our hands to wash our clothes.
ive learn the art of saving and budgeting when i started living away from my parents in high school.2 people like this
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Jun 16
I have done my laundry by hand many times. When I was young and first starting out with my first husband, there was no money to go to the laundry. I had a scrub board and did my laundry by hand. We had a clothes line that I would hang the clothing out to dry.
Once in a while my husband's mother would allow me to bring the clothes to her house to wash them. I took them home and hung them to dry. Sometimes she would allow me to dry them as well. That was a bonus.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Jun 16
@Lucky15 I also purchased a plunger that I used specifically for washing clothes. The plunger moves the water through the clothes easily.
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@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
16 Jun 16
I applaud you for not feeling like you have to change lifestyles because of money. Do what you like to do. As long as no one feels forced to hand wash the household's laundry, there's nothing wrong with that.
On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with trying out different dishes. The world is full of delicious food and not all of them are expensive.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
16 Jun 16
hahah so alike us Aoi Hana!! ;) plus we hate doing the laundry..
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@Chungshop (2355)
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15 Jun 16
Usually we don't buy at the market because farmer use alot of chemical on it, sometimes make us itchy. So we planted few for self consumption. Also there is the pink color.
For many years , we don't eat eggplant at night, it can harm the blood system and pain too.[source from father]
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@Chungshop (2355)
•
15 Jun 16
@Lucky15 Also eggplant with crabs may cause stomach pain too. We use to burnt the egg plant and get the fresh fried with dry prawn and added basil leaves. We also cook with curry chicken.
Or just boiled and eat with black sauce and chili too.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
i think it depends. for me a rice cooker, gas stove and washing machine are a must, it's a big help. what we don't use is the a/c.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 16
@petatonicsca Our are not the big American ones, they are pretty small.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
16 Jun 16
@Lucky15 I think yours are probably more like Japanese eggplants, small and tasty. I don't like the big American ones so much.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
15 Jun 16
If I'm not bothering anyone I don't see why it is any of their business. I don't always care much what other people think. Granted a lot of people think I'm nuts anyway.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
people are like that, saying empty rhetoric. why don't they ask for some if they wanted too.
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@itsmejing (606)
•
15 Jun 16
that's was true, many people around us are too judgmental, i just don't bother them.
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