$5B

What would i do if I had 5 billion dollars?

Converting 5 billion dollars into pesos, I would have 210 billion pesos. I just thought this figure out of the blue and have absolutely no basis for it. I just know that if had that much money, it would be enough to live my family's life and mine in content until i die. but even though I just thought of 5b in random, what i want to do with it is what i think of every single breathing day.

My brother John - 50M php and a house of his own. this idiot knocked off his girlfriend and got married 4 months after our dad died. He had to loan money to pull off the wedding and also for the labor fees of his wife. He used to be very generous and always treated us out for lunch. He would also help mom and give her some money to get through. But ever since he got married, I never saw him buy anything for us or himself ever since. It's been a year since his marriage and until now, he still sleeps on the other room with no electric fan even though it's fucking hot. His room smells like shit and own a 2nd hand fake samsung galaxy s with a broken lcd touch screen that he pays staggardly for 2000php. He has a job in a call center but i feel that his wife and her family is just sucking out all of his income. If i give him 50m, i must have the right to freeze his account the moment I find out that he's throwing all of his money on his wife's relatives. The house that I will give him must just be enough for him, his wife and his daughter (my nephew).

My sister Karen - has a very kind and pure heart. the only one who helps my mom. Every payday, she constantly visits our mom in the province. My mom lives in the mountains. Literally. There's electricity but no water. No stores in a "god-knows-how-lon-mile radius". She buys grocery and bread for them every time she visits and give mom almost all of her money too. The only one who supports my other two sisters too. She lives here with me and m brother but even if she's the only one who pays OUR bills frequently and consistently, she sleeps on the floor with the rats and the roaches (not exaggerating) downstairs. For a 24year old lady who pays for everything in the house, she should have her own room at least. But me and my brother occupy the room and she can't stand us smoking so she prefers to sleep on the floor downstairs but never says shit nor complains about anything. When we don't have anything to eat, she spends the last of her commute-to-work money just to make sure we have something to eat. She's always broke even after working for 4 years as a call center agent but hell, what the fuck do you expect when you work here in the shithole called Philippines? I heard recently, she and my mom are saving tey can buy their own place so that my mom wont have to live on my uncle's property. I will give her 50M php and a house that she deserves. I will tell her to put up her own business and I will be there to help her more if need be.

My Mom - gives until it hurts. Still heartbroken ever since our dad died last year. Cries every night. Takes care of my 2 other sisters, Sarah and Rachel. Everyday, gets up @ 4am to prep my sisters for school. Walks miles to deliver their lunches and walks back. Fetches water from the next mountain, carries it back up, feeds the fowl and her one and only pig, Mayang. Goes to the other mountain to pick peppers to sell for an extra 150php income. Has no one to talk to until the kids get home. She loaned my brother 15k when john needed it to get married and was broke ever since. john never paid her back. Recently, i heard they only have anchovies and milo for food. Shatters my heart knowing i can't do shit yet. I'm gonna give her 100M php so she can run a poultry/cattle/pig business and a huge (not really a mansion) home with an infinity pool (hehe) as she deserves, for her and my other 2 young sisters. The house will have my dad's urn in the heart of it as a a constant reminder that my dad is still the king of the house. Mom won't have to feed the pig herself, she can now have people working for her. I'm also gonna give her a Fortuner (toyota i guess) to drive just in case she needs to check on her business. :)

My sister Rachel (ching) - 2nd year high school. Soon, she'll be going to college. Intelligent young lady but with a sharp tongue, always in a bad mood. :) Really geeky and technical for her age, i guess that she got it from us. I'm gonna prepare 2M php for her college fund + 50M php for her future savings which for the time being will be under my mom's care until such a time when mom sees her fit to handle her own money. Plus her custom room in my mom's house.

Sarah my youngest baby sister. - She is now in the 5th grade and is a genius. Always sent to different schools, joining and competing in math, science and English bees. Never asked for anything more. Very understanding and mature for her age. Was right beside my dad when he died and i can't even picture it in my mind. She and Ching deserve much more so I will send them both to the best schools. I missed so many of her birthdays already. 2M php for college + 50M php for future savings plus her own custom room. :)

Daddy - I know he's not here anymore. But I know that if he was still alive, he'd want me to print his book - "The British Scepter and the American Birthright", "The Passover Question", "When Will Christ Return", and the "Trium God Dogma". I don't know what nor how to do that but i promise i will do my best to do it. I might also sent 1m php to his church, as how he would've wanted it. I love you daddy. I would print a huge portrait of you to be displayed on top of your urn in our new home.

Mitchel Baltazar (my best friend) - together we shared our dreams, thoughts, philosophies and opinions about everything. What I can't tell my fiance, i tell him. The only other person aside my fiance who believes in me with unwavering faith, and criticizes me in my face. He gives it to me straight, with no flattery or agenda, may it be good or bad. A best friend in every meaning of the word, a true friend. Also struggling, just like me, to make ends meet. the unsung hero of their house, as his dad does not know he is the bread winner yet still treats him like shit. He pays for his brother's hospital loans, etc. A kind and loving dad to his daughter and his son, also wishing he could give them the best. We both dream of owning a super computer and the best entertainment lounge in the land. :) Although one thing I hate about this guy is he will be forever stuck in love with Windows XP and will never think of changing his OS to Windows 7. Aaargh. What the fuck man?! It's 2013!!! I'll give this guy 50M php to settle all of the financial problems that really isn't supposed to be his, then take off and soar on his own. Then we will talk about putting a good business in (probably in photography/design) that we will run together.

Tita Del (my fiance's mother) - i know somewhat she doesn't like me because of how I am now but I get it. She just wants the best for her daughter. But still she tries to be nice to me. I know how much she sacrificed for her family and I can still feel that overflowing love for her daughter until now. Now that she's retired, Sometimes they don't have food. And most of the time she's alone at home thinking of how to make ends meet. I'd like to help her with 50M so she can pay her debts, renovate the house, and start a new business.

Lee (my fiance's older brother) - this guy always sees me wearing his clothes (as sometimes I don't have money to buy a detergent to do the laundry yet) but never says shit about it. He helped my fiance through school and nursing reviews and I can still see how much she loves her baby sister unil now. Times hasn't been too good for this lad either, ever since he quit from his job as a team leader in HP Teletech, he still hasn't had much luck. He tried to work as an email customer support representative but I guess this guy just has a spirit of a Samurai, born in the wrong century. He holds his head up high with his little internet shop business that almost earns nothing. I know that if I give this guy 25M php, he'll put MOST of it into good use because he has a mind of an entrepreneur. :)

Fernando Quartermain and Dru - Fernando picked me up when I got terminated from my last job for NO REASON. He gave me jobs to do in Flash as a sideline and most of the time pays me out of his own pocket. If it weren't for the sidelines that he gives me, I would've gone insane by now. Until now, i still do jobs for this guy. This guy is a lot of things really, but if there is one thing that he is NOT, is that he is never selfish. Always pays for our meals and snacks. Always pays me ahead of time and even though I owe him 3kphp, he never says anything, still pays me ahead of time. A very good and creative animator/artist, he now works with PsychoBear studios, a company that makes games for the iPod/iPad. His hourly rate is 7$ per hour and he just works at home. And for someone who lives in the Philippines, that is a friggin sweet deal! But I feel that this guy, really is lonely on the inside. He hides it by his overenergeticness, never ending loud stories, hours and hours of pc gaming, magic the gathering cards, Japanese porn and anime. This guy is really a nice person but doesnt have any other social interaction aside from us. (me, dru and a couple more of his guy friends). He rents a very small room with only his pc and his bed. I know this guy deserves a lot more. Imma give him 20M plus an i7 desktop computer with a huge samsung SA950 monitor and awesome surround speakers for his new pad which I will suggest that he buys with his money. And I will also make this guy my business partner in a Flash Games / Animation business that were going to put up. + a samsung galaxy s3 so he can throw away his phone lat looks like it was begging him for death the last 10 years or so.
Dru: Fernando's buddy and now has been a good friend. Way better listener than fernando, i often tell him things that I am shy to tell Fernando like, "can you please ask him if I can borrow 2kphp". I feel that this guy lets me do the Flash jobs instead coz he knows that I need it more. Imma give this guy 10M so he can start his internet shop business near a school + an i7 DELL XPS gaming laptop with the most awesome keyboard and mouse. Also a Galaxy s3.

Some of my former students that helped me out will receive 1M php each and an invitation to a "thank you for helping me get though" party to be held @ my new place:

Blas
Audiboy
Ryle
Gee
Aie
Rickson
Lei

and last, but definitely not least -

Bhear: you and I are one so all I have is yours too. you have always believed in me. waited for me. strived with me. laughed and cried with me. never left me. always been faithful, loving and loyal to me. You deserve soooo much more. For the past 5 years, we just go to the local malls, eat at mcdonals, we window shop, yet can't buy any item more than 1k. you always show me youre as happy as eating haagen dasz even you're just eating a 2php iced candy. Someday when we rise, i promise you, we will go not only to boracay but to italy, france and japan. Places that we only used to see when we look at beautiful desktop wallpapers of those places, holding hands, dreaming together. And finally, ill be able to marry you in the Manila Cathedral filled with all the Stargazers that you want. I'll be able to shelter you with a cozy home, for us and our child, and you will never ever have to worry about breakfast lunch or dinner, tuition fees, rent and bill due dates, pawning our watches and selling our phones just to get by. We'll put up the restaurant you always wanted to have, and we'll finally have cable TV at home. We'll taste all the foods that we only see on the lifestyle channel and discover travel and living. We'll buy that bed that you want so much, the one made of wood, the one that you always see in horror movies. I'll have you decorate and customize the bedroom and the kitchen the way you want it, as long as you let me customize the living room. :) Wow, there is just so much that we will share together. I'm so happy to have you in my life baby. I love you.

I plan to go and meet with these people in a span of 2 days. But generally, I will invite all of them to (the bhears') new house for a get to know party for everyone that has been a huge part of my life. Exclusive only to the people listed above. It will be a night of sophistication, ruckus and wild partying. The next day, i will hire a mini bus for all of us so we can all go shopping together with me buying @ a 1m peso each limit.

Me: I will put up a free training center for the poor (or not) with connections to most of the call centers in the Philippines and other jobs as well. To increase their confidence and communication skills and help them change their lives. It will be the best training center in the Philippines that produces the most outstanding people. I might even put up the best call center in the Philippines with only the best customer service reps and technicians (both in skill and in attitude) with Microsoft as the main client.

After this, we will go back to our own lives. But it will be 19 lives that will be changed forever. 19 lives having their own businesses, a brighter future and better place to live in, for them and their generations to come.

Total amount of expenses: 5billion pesos. I still have 205billion pesos.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Dear Mr. Gates

I am thinking that the probability of you reading this letter is 1:the value of your company in Philippine pesos.
However, out of desperation, i come to think of crazy things, such as how imbalanced the world is when it comes to rich and poor people.
How much difference is your monthly income compared to my entire life of savings.
How you donated 16Billion dollars to charity.
Your achievements. Your contributions to the world. You will and forever will be Bill Gates.

I don't want to bore you with my sad stories and all the negativity i have in my life.
And I won't say that I'm the unluckiest of men either.
However in my crazy daydreaming, I was thinking - how impossible is it to ask Bill Gates for 5billiion dollars? What if you really did give me 5 billion dollars?
If this letter, somehow out of some stroke of crazy luck, did catch your eye and you got the chance to read this despite of your crazy busy time, will you even consider giving me $5B?

The probability is too crazy but writing this letter still means that the chances are still not at 0%.

That said, you might be asking what I would do if I got $5B? Why $5B?

Honestly, I don't know why i thought of a $5B figure. But i know that that would be enough to live through this lifetime in content.

Boring as it may sound but i love the people around me.  Not everyone, but there are a certain number of peeps that I owe my being to. People who kept me away from insanity and inspires me to move on. I want to feel what it is like to give a friend something more than a large Gulp in 7-11. I want to feel what it is like to go on a date with my fiance other than @ the local mall. I want to feel what it is like to cook beef for my mother, for the first time.

If I had $5B, I will be able to change the lives of my love ones and the other people around me forever.

I don't want to much into details because none of these make much sense except for this:

Imagine yourself picking your nose and getting a medium-sized booger. You flick your booger to the ground and it hits an ant. The ant takes the booger home and feeds it to his family. Never did the ant family expect, even in their wildest dreams that a day would come when they can finally taste a booger. Until they grow old and die, they will be forever happy. Something you can always produce was already a lifetime achievement for the ant.

If you took the time to read this, thank you, Mr. Gates.

I know this letter is totally one-sided and i can't think of any benefit that this will bring to you and/or your company. I have no intentions of telling anyone that you gave me money, they will not believe me anyway. Only guarantee is that I will not spend the money on the bad stuff that other sudden rich guys spend their money on in the movies.

I believe there is still a chance this might happen.

Sincerely,

James
Cavite, Philippines