Hey ,
There I was, heart pounding.
I just fed Chatgpt a couple of ticket photos and pressed ENTER.
Then:
Good news!
And syempre, we could all use good news right now. In this economy? A few hundred million would be very good news indeed. Hehe.
But.
Three numbers. Not six. A consolation prize, not a jackpot.
And then just for fun, I looked up how rare getting three numbers right actualy is.
1 in 79, per ticket.
NOT RARE pala. AVERAGE. BORINGLY, MATHEMATICALLY AVERAGE.
The jackpot is 1 in 29 million — THAT’S the one worth a heart attack. Three numbers is just a normal Tuesday at the outlet. And this was still the first time in my whole life I’ve hit three, which says nothing about my luck and everything about how rarely I play. (kasi I only do this when the prize is really HUUUGE haha)
Anyway — let me tell you what my brain did in the two seconds before I read the rest of that message.
It had already spent the money.
Not on a mansion.
On small things. “Full tank po,” instead of “₱500 lang po.” Nuks hahaha
or or or extra rice at a fancy restaurant without checking how much extra rice costs there. Lugang I'm looking at you!
o di kaya paying ₱1,000 for an ₱799 item and telling the cashier to keep the change, like some kind of main character sa AI Drama lol
Aircon in the sala, not just the bedroom, in the middle of a weekday afternoon, for no reason at all.
I wasn’t going to brag about winning. But there would be signs.
Then I read the rest.
Lugi pa pala ako. Hehe.
Two hundred out. Sixty back.
Lolo Warren Buffett once called gambling “a tax on ignorance.” And people love the other line too — that the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
Honestly, they’re right, and I believe it. My ₱140 is the receipt.
Pero the way the country is going right now, di na masamang mangarap. Malay natin diba.
₱140 bought me four minutes of being rich and one story to tell you. I say sulit na yun hahaha. I once paid 27,734 just to write you another email hahahuhu
Hemingways. Back to the real world na.
To the world of staying keeping our livelihoods alive, afloat, and ahead.
And speaking of staying ahead —
Pilipinas AI Bootcamp is running Batch 5. Three live nights on Zoom, November 17, 19 and 24, 6-8PM.
Here’s the honest reason I keep bringing this one up. Most of us already pay for Claude or ChatGPT and use maybe a tenth of it. We chat with it, we copy-paste, then we go right back to doing the repetitive parts of our week by hand. Every week. Forever.
I’m a Batch 1 alum, and my story is on their site — the one they featured is about the game Julian and I built where my 9-year-old was the director.
Pero sobrang dami ko pang ginawa using this system.
I've actually gotten several clients from using this system, created apps that actually has customers (konti pa lang), and even ran webinar funnels that actually had real buyers. I've also been doing a boatload of things for my partnerships with brands, AI UGC, AI video editing, and even finances.
Basically I can't shut up about it hehe.
It’s application-based, so there’s no instant checkout. They read every one and only send a payment link if it’s a fit, and nothing gets charged while they review. Early bird closes Friday, November 13, and the rate goes up after that.
Apply here: https://www.pilipinasaibootcamp.com/?ref=shodensan
And it’s genuinely not for everyone — and I won't recommend if you don't really use AI for work already. It's really more for me to feel better that I shared this opp with someone who might be in the same shoes I am.
Kasi.. at the end of the day...
It's night.
Seriously, joking aside though
Even if we never win the lotto, most of us are already holding the better ticket. Family beside us. Safe. Healthy. May food on the table. Nobody has to match six numbers for that one.
After all of that — INVESTING IN YOURSELF IS STILL THE CLOSEST THING TO A SURE WIN. Those odds are a lot better than 1 in 29 million.
So ikaw , what’s the first small, silly thing you’d buy if you win? Reply and tell me.
Ako siguro I'll buy more insurance from FWD (hehe if you know, you know)
Cheers,
Shoden “Three Numbers” San
P.S. I still have to get the ticket validated to actually claim the ₱60. Part of me wants to just keep it and frame it instead. Sixty pesos, or a souvenir of the four minutes I was rich — I think the souvenir is more appealing.
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