Just read an article that stated "recent studies conducted by HSBC showed that individuals are seeking wealth not just for wealth's sake, but to find the kind of life that enables to rear a family, and gives them freedom to pursue their interests and hobbies amid fast-paced living".

     Thanks to this latest studies.  I can for the meantime have an excuse.  I can't  afford yet  to buy a slice of lot and build our house anywhere in my favorite and memorable places - Bajada or Obrero. Isn't it another big dream?

     Honestly, living in a small rented room is incredibly difficult.  As sort of defense, I often describe our place "nara tanan", "naara kusina, naara sala, naara tulganan" - refering to a living space which is both our living room and our bedroom.  The  happy  thing about it  is, because we have less space, we can accumulate less belongings.  It will not become obvious that we can not afford it (he! he! he!).    Getting into the plus factor, our place now is a stone's throw away from the office, my daughter's school as well as the Kumon center she is enrolled, her pediatricians' clinics, my memorable eating place - McDo Bajada, and the window shopping destinations.  Aside from the instant elder brothers and sisters (the college students and our apartelle neighbors) for my daughter, we are saved from the stress of communicating for more than one hour (from my original place) and from the heavy traffic.  The big  thing however is ,   we are bound to get along with our moody landlady.