i should have known better
in the past: i’ll just dump my dirty clothes on the laundry bin & mom will do the laundry.
in not so distant past: my lab [short for labandero] will do the laundry for me as long as i pay him 1 riyal for a shirt, 2 riyals for pants & 8 riyals for blanket.
now: i have to do the laundry [in fact i did my laundry last night] to save some money.
in the past: i wake up in the morning & the breakfast is ready and arrive from work at night to see that dinner is waiting for me.
in not so distant past: i only worry about breakfast [which sometimes i don't take], eat my lunch at the cafeteria paying at least 10 riyals a day, eat outside during dinner paying as much.
now: i have to wake up early to prepare my breakfast, cook at night for my dinner & baon for the next day’s lunch.
quite a change, for those people who know me, they won’t believe what i’m doing right now, not in their wildest dream. i ain’t no spoiled brat, i’ve worked early in my life that i can boast of giving money and not do any chores in the house. then my only duty was to give my share for our daily needs and need not worry about what would i eat and what shall i wear. i thought i was resposible then
now is the biggest awakening in my life, it was hard living alone and trying to survive without any [or minimal] help. don’t get me wrong, di ko pinagsisisihan ang nangyari sa akin in the past [or the recent past], in fact i was glad that it was not too late to learn something new, like cooking and doing my laundry. 
