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Harry Potter and the Empty Wallet

November 7, 2005

Oh-my-God.

Harry Potter IV’s premiere is already next week! Gosh! And I haven’t got enough money to buy two premiere tickets for Ton and myself. What they say is true: After you withdraw your salary from the bank, the strange process starts. It’ll be the life of a 1-day millionaire, 14-day debtor.

How ironic.

Anyway, PhP 200 wouldn’t be enough for a fantabulous cinema experience anymore these days. In the province, you could still watch two movies for seventy pesos, quite cheaper, but not quite the same experience. A great one would require some popcorn, probably hotdogs, and a pint (literally) of Coca-Cola. Add to that Dolby surround. Considering these, it just dawned on me that I have enough holes on my pocket already without Severus Snape casting Diffindo to it. But I just can’t give this premiere night up!

God, please help me.

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Gelo,
In Cebuano it's lyrical "1-day millionaire, 29 days mantinir" that's how my group used to describe our state when we were in college in Diliman. Mantinir in Cebuano means "making do" or gettting by with whatever you have. :-)

Posted by Max at November 8, 2005, 12:50 pm

[1] Wow! Thanks for the info! I like that, "Mantinir." I wonder how you pronounce it, though! :)

Posted by gelo at November 8, 2005, 9:23 pm

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