Hubby and I were talking about the economic crisis the whole world is facing right now and how it has affected every living individual especially the ones in the working sector. I was teasing him because sales were good in my online store considering that it’s just the end of the holiday season and January is supposed to be considered a lean month in any business. I told him that he should engage in a business too, just in case he gets laid off any moment – it’s the trend, company laying off people and company sections being dissolved without prior notice.

We were thinking of ideas on how we could survive, so far we came up with the idea of putting up a small wet market in front of our apartment. Our location is good as it’s on the main road and the nearest wet market is 500 meters away. The traffic is also good in our place so the idea is really feasible.

Cost cutting also crossed our minds as we really need – as in really need to cost cut. We came up with a list of things that we should remove from our routine: malling every other day, unnecessary visits to the grocery, frequent travels, etc etc etc. I jokingly told him that since we are not maintaining any phone lines naman, we need to have our electricity and water lines cut na lang hahahahaha. So we imagined life without electricity and water:

It’s like killing my insanity little by little.

We live a very simple life but we have certain items at home that really needs electricity to function:

- fridge: i can’t live without cold water.
- bulbs and lamps: oh my, i can’t live without light!
- electric fans: especially these!
- computer: i can’t last a day without logging in.
- television: my daughter is not happy with the idea of turning the tv off.

As for the water:
- Wilkins’ so expensive – we can’t afford it
- We need to take a bath and clean ourselves everyday

etcetera…etcetera…

Three words: I.WON’T.SURVIVE.

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