Ten Million

A decade ago ... I am not sure, maybe nine going ten ... roughly ...

I was young. I had the world at reach, dreams of conquering it by the tip of my fingers ... Midas Touch, I had that or so I believed that everything I wanted, I could easily get. I've been known to say things like ... "It's easy to make money" or "Money isn't everything" or "Money is not important".

Well, it's not easy ... it is everything and it is important.

I was in debt by 22 million, I paid it back in 9 months and I had 10 million extra in the pocket. I did not know what to do with it? I thought, God ... I was made. Like I can sit back and relax, have fun and find out the meaning of life. It certainly should be more than just making money and something's gotta be more important than that since it just came so easy ... I kept asking my secretary, Sally ... what she would do if she had ten million? Her family then just sold their farm land for six million and her father decided to divide it equally between his children. So, Sally got a million and she was about ready to resign and leave me. I thought maybe I should resign too since she was resigning and she only had a million while I had ten. I stacked away that ten million and through the years, I've managed to acquire my own condo unit, a house and lot, a suburban rest house where my kennels are located, a hundred dogs that's basically eating up my resources right now ... 2 seadoos, 3 vans, 1 4wd, 1 delivery van, 6 motorbikes of which I swapped 4 for another van ... scuba equipments, photography and video equipments, lots of computers in both Mac and PC, a laptop ... a beautiful girlfriend and patched differences with my mother. Of course, I've travelled in style, back and forth ... have gone to Tubbataha twice, Palau twice and so many other places. I considered retiring at one point.

Now, it's the other way around.

I am mortgaging 2 condos, expecting more labor cases. I have a warehouse full of depreciated goods with no value. There's no way I can sit back and relax. No more diving and I have no idea how I can keep up with caring for my dogs. My mother's back to nagging me, stressing me out and pressuring me. I am older and going through menopause. She likes being in control. She feels needed again. I am officially in debt by ten million.

But ...

I have friends now, real friends.
And I have Remy by my side.

Money is still not everything. It still is not as important. Friends are ...
Let's just see if ... it still is easy to make money ...

;)