Lotto... it all goes down to this.

(freestyle writing for the second time today.)

I just had to blog about it, to get it off my chest. One guy already won the 6/55 Lotto Jackpot of more than seven hundred million pesos, leaving the rest of the betting millions to their wishful thinking, dreams shattered. I am one of those who had my dreams lined up and ready just in case luck knocks on my door. For a few weeks, those dreams that I had seemed only one ticket away, now it feels like lightyears.

So just to humor myself, and prove that I would have been a great lotto winner, here are some plans that I have thought of if I won the 700 million peso jackpot:

1. First thing would be to arrange my UAE visa, and buy a ticket to Abu Dhabi to fetch my husband, or pay off the remaining months in his contract and buy him a ticket back to the Philippines. Which ever way is faster for us to be together. Then off to Santorini or Bellarocca in Marinduque while we brainstorm the best way to use the money.
2. Donate a portion to our country's elementary and secondary education funds;
3. Build public libraries in every state in the country, with wifi, desktop computers and online educational materials for students age one to 100;
4. Donate a portion to a feeding program for children;
5. Build luxurious and CLEAN bathrooms for every stop in the country;

Without stating the obvious, some personal actions:
6. Give a portion to our church;
7. Give a portion to our families;
8. Educational plans for my nephews, nieces, little cousins and our helpers' kids;
9. Make a GK Basketball Team for the PBA. The lineup, of course, would include my husband, my baby brother and young men they deem worthy to fulfill their dreams as basketball players; and form a summer basketball camp for underpriviledged youth and kids.

Of course, I will need to invest in several businesses:
10. Jollibee franchise;
11. Stocks and mutual funds;
12. A beach front property - one for a resthouse and another for a boutique hotel;
13. A boutique hotel in Tagaytay, or Antipolo;
14. A grand and posh events place in Las Pinas or Alabang;
What's funny is that for the hotels, and event place, I can already picture it in my mind. What to name it, who will do the interior design, who will manage it, can you believe that? :P

Other things I would do that might have a few merits:
15. Shoulder the wedding expenses of one of our favorite couple friends and buy the necessary equipments and vehicle for their business;
16. Arrange US Visas and take my whole family to the States to visit our relatives there, and watch NBA live with hubby and my boys;

Maybe I could go on and on but the truth is, the prize money isn't mine anyway. So why waste time on thinking what might have been? Someday I'll have the money or the means to fulfill these things, maybe not all in one go, or maybe not all of it, but I will find a way to fulfill some of these. Baby steps. But it requires patience, hardwork and a lot of prayers. It's okay, I'll wait. Right now I'll enjoy the great life that I have, sometimes penniless, but I don't even need a single penny to be happy and I have a million reasons to smile about everyday.

So if I was the winner, I would want the rest of the hopefuls to be happy for me. So I hope and pray that whoever he is, whatever it is that he's thinking right now is that he's happy. And of course, I hope he helps a lot of people and puts the money to good use.

And with that... I guess that's it. Congratulations to that unbelievably lucky guy. To the rest of us, let's move on and continue to pursue our dreams and pray that someday we get the things that we have been wishing for.

Now that that lot is off my chest and I don't have to worry about winning hundreds of millions tomorrow, I can sleep well tonight. :)