Robert and His Piggy Bank

Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang!

“Sorbetes! Come have a piece of this delicious ice cream,” shouted the ice cream man!

“YEY!!!” chorus the kids.

“Mom! Buy me an ice cream!” says another kid. “Petra can we just skip that for now, you just ate sandwich and soda,” replied Petra’s mom.

“Mom, my playmates are eating their sorbetes,” Petra cried.

“OK!” Petra’s mother exclaimed.

“What about you Robert? Do you want some sorbetes?” Aling Martha asked her son Robert.

“Oh mom! Its ok I still have some money in my pocket and I don’t want to be spending on things I actually don’t need’” Robert replied.

“Waaaaahhhh Robert doesn’t have ice cream!” Robert’s playmate teases him. “Meh meh  meh meh, Robert doesn’t have an ice cream!”

“Come on Robert, I will buy you one,” said his mom Aling Martha.

“It’s ok mom, I already ate my lunch and I also made some sandwich at home,” Robert replied.

“So where do you spend your money that I am giving you every day?” asked her mom

“I buy water or juice when I already drank all the juice that I brought from home or I buy some candies as well when I felt like eating one. But I make sure I don’t spend everything I always drop a portion of my daily allowance in my piggy bank,” Robert’s long answer to his mom.

“Are you not jealous with your playmates, when they are eating candies, ice cream, drinking soda or buying some toys at Ms Bebang’s store?” asked his mom.

“Ma, I have sandwich, I brought with me my lunch and I have toys at home, I am also already full and I don’t need to eat all those every day,” Robert replied.

“Ok”, replied his mom.
Days and months have passed. Robert continued dropping a portion of his allowance in his piggy bank. He was able to fill up three large piggy bank. Robert is excited to count how much he was able save. Excitedly he broke his piggy bank open and counted all the coins.

“AHA!”, Robert exclaimed. “Its my mom’s birthday tomorrow, I think I can buy her a new dress! I will surprise her, she has been working all day and I think I can just simply give her something.”

The following morning, Robert woke up and as usual his mother is rushing cooking while doing the dishes.

“Mom!”, called Robert!

“What! Come on you’ll be late. And I will be late at my work too.”, she exclaimed.

“Just come here mom I have something to show you!” Robert exclaimed.

Robert’s mom rushed at Robert’s room very worried. When she arrives at Robert’s room.

“Surprise!!!!! Happy Birthday Mom! I broke one of my piggy bank because so I could buy you a gift!”

“Oh I love you my son! Thank you so much!” Robert’s my cried. “You saved a portion of your money so you can buy me a gift on my birthday, you should just buy some toys for yourself” she continued.

“Oh mom! I still have more don’t worry and I will just a toy when I already broke some of the toys,” Robert answered.

“Wow! You really surprised me Robert. I have a suggestion to you my son, let’s open a bank account for you so every time you filled up your piggy bank, let’s deposit it from there in that way when you need something in the future you would have something to use. Plus it won’t get stolen or lost because the bank will take good care of your money,” Aling Martha told her son Robert.

“Sure! I would love to do that mom”, Robert replied.

“Look mom I also bought a new bag and it’s my favorite super hero SUPERMAN”, Robert happily showed his mom his new bag that he bought.

Robert and his mom happily had their breakfast. After they had their breakfast, Aling Martha walked Robert to his school.

On their way to school, Robert saw his classmate playing.

“Wow! Robert you had a new bag and it’s Superman!”, exclaimed Alex. “Look guys Robert had a new bag!”

Robert proudly smiled to Alex!

All the children gathered around Robert to check on the new bag.

“I will ask my mom to buy me one too!” said another children

“Me too!” said another.

“Aling Martha, where did you buy Robert’s bag?” asked Marvin

“I did not buy the bag, Robert did and he bought me a dress too for my birthday,” Aling Martha answered.

“Wow! Robert where did you get your money. I saw that bag at the mall and its pretty expensive,” asked Greg.

“I am saving a portion of my allowance in my piggy bank so I can buy something when I needed something to buy. My mom also said she will open a bank account for me so I could put my money that I saved in my piggy bank every time it gets full,” Robert explained.

From then on, Robert continued saving a portion of his allowances in his piggy bank and every time it gets filled up, his mother accompanies Robert in the bank.

Also, his classmates’ gets so inspired since Robert can buy expensive things by simply saving a portion of their allowance in their own piggy bank.

***End***

Charlton Wins Third Place in Short Story Writing Contest

When I was given access to corporate email during the time when I was having a product training in the new company I recently joined, I saw that the LGBTP is running a short story contest about financial litteracy. The problem here is that the audience are children from elementary to highschool. As they are going to use the winning articles to promote financial literacy to kids in general.

My struggle is I have to put across the message about financial literacy to a very young age. An age where all they knew is to play.

I agree in the idea of teaching financial literacy to a very young age. That is where education on financial litteracy should start. To let the children understand how to manage their money. To coin words and ideas to bring forth the idea and for them to learn from reading.

I would need to write something interesting as well something that they can relate. Writing such story for children need to be an idea they can relate to, something they can understand.

And so, when I started coining those ideas believe me its difficult but it is all worth the try.

I also urge you to start creating scenarios and start working with your kids the importance of saving and the importance of money in their life. Money is not the root of all evil, it is a medium for you to live a comfortable life and to do this we need to educate our children the importance of it and how it is used as early as their toddler days.

Share me your story and lets publish it here. Of course you will be acknowledge as the author of your own masterpiece.

The Lost Memory

by: Charlton Kis-ing

PHOTO is a property of BEST SAD PICTURE.

One Saturday night, Reynaldo is staring at the window, wishing watching the rain drops and splatters in the street. He is watching the rain drops onto the leaves as it drops to the ground. He hears thunders and watch the lightning strikes the sky. The lightning adorn and lights the gloomy look of the sky.

He is watching these little kids play under the rain, laughing and simply enjoying the natures gift. He is watching them as they get wet. Their wet clothes kisses their fragile body and shrinks exploits all their curves as they continue to play and merrily laughing and joking at one another.

As he is watching them, he closed his eyes and drawn dozed into the realms of all good things happening. Everything is sparkling when the sun kisses on anything. The glow of the sunlight is a joy to his sighting gives strength to his weakening heart.

Butterflies fly around him as he walks around the meadow adorn with flowers blooming rampantly decorating the vast grassy land. The bees buzz and the birds chirps harmoniously orchestrated. The wind blew so gently that the leaves of the trees in the mountain creates a harmonious sound that adorns the animals sound. It is an orchestra of nature, Rey thinks.

He walks further and found the waterfalls in his dreams every night. He imagines that waterfalls that he is like the other kids so healthy swimming without hesitation and worry that he might get tired and get drawn. This is his time to swim that he always wanted. He dived and landed into the water gracefully like a professional diver. He felt the joy of the water, he felt how his body get so relaxed when he is swimming. He is all alone. He was laughing and screaming at the top of his voice. Everything is magical. Everything is real.

Suddenly, a fish appeared into his sight. The fish looks so familiar. Rey feels an excitement seeing that fishes swimming with him. Then he remembered it was his childhood pet, which he calls bestie He kissed his pet and played with him all day.

The sun shines directly above him so he bid farewell to his pet and walked further into the woods. to take cover from the heat from the sun. The trees stand firm as he passes by letting him feel secured. The apples and oranges are simply too low so he could reach at them whenever he is hungry.

He walked and walked and walked like he owns all these. He is happy. He is alone in the woods and into the meadows where he lie down and watch the sky so blue, so clear adorn with clouds that shelters him from the sun.

As he is lying down and enjoying his time. He remembered his childhood. His childhood adorned with his yearly trophies of exaggerated battles of life, of mockery and of disbelief. It was a time where no one would ever believe him.

In those years of sorrow childhood, there is only one person who cared and stood by him. His best friend. His confidante and his comforter. However, fate has a way to definitely have its own way to play. His best friend has finally needs to go away.

He felt a relief. The memories of his best friend came back and he smiled widely remembering how his best friend barge into their house and drag Reynaldo out of the house to play. In his mind, the memory of his friends flashes like a movie. They played hide and seek, they laugh together cried together. Played soil and wet by their own urine to create a pot or plate.

Suddenly, he hears someone calling him. He woke up and tried listening to that familiar voice and what the voice is trying to say.

"Rey, wake up," said the voice.

Rey remembered that voice. The voice that was once lost for so many years. His best friend whom he hadn't seen for years.

"I am just imagining", Rey told himself.

"Rey wake up!", again the voice repeated.

It was then, when he slowly opened his eyes.

"Aha!, you opened your eyes at last! You've been asleep for days now!", his best friend told him.

"Finally, after 20 years we've finally meet!", Rey said. "I hope it will not be good bye though!", he continued.

"Of course not! In fact, tomorrow me and my wife and my son will come back. So take a rest dude! I am sure my son would love to see you. I told him that I once had a playmate growing up who is very brave!", his best friend continued.

"Ok! I will see you then!," then Rey slowly closed his eyes!

TOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!!!!! Beeps the electro cardio graphic heart monitor Everything turned black and blank.