A new year always energizes me. Obligations that fall due—beating their deadlines—especially those that promise early-bird discounts are the first of the challenges I meet: insurance premiums, condominium dues, village stickers for cars, property taxes, in which particular case the huge discount makes me feel like an absolute winner.
Too late, I’m told, at 74, to get medical insurance. I had thought so, imagining the conditions I’m bound to develop by then—“preexisting,” as they say.
“You only live once” seems to be the mantra of the young and hip generation who seek full experiences from every opportunity. Filipinos aged 21-40 years are highly social, adventurous and on a fast path to successful careers.
