It is quite distressing to see a lot of friends whose funds are petering out uncontrollably and trickling like water from their hands. They hang on to their last PHP 1,000 and it disappears within two days.

I observe that having no more money and being poor are two different things. The latter are inured, if not resigned, to a particular lifestyle. The former are in a state of denial and extreme panic because they refuse to have to practice that lifestyle.

My advice to everyone: Move on. Do not cling to a heaven you used to have but have already lost.