| From my coin collection hobby to the stock | | | | was a hole in one of the bamboo posts in our |
| market. I was born in 1959, that time, money | | | | house. This has become a practice of collecting |
| was not easy for a family of 7 including my | | | | coins and saving it and eventually I opened a bank |
| parents especially in the province. I remember | | | | account for myself especially when one of the |
| going to school with 5 cents as my allowance | | | | banks accepts 5 pesos as initial deposit. Little by |
| sometimes 3 cents though during that time one | | | | little it earned interests as I also believe in the |
| can buy a candy at 1 cent a piece, though at | | | | book of proverbs that says, |
| times I exchanged my pad paper for a piece of | | | | "Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who |
| guava from my classmates residing in barrios | | | | gathers money little by little makes it grow." |
| where guavas, star apples, sweet potatoes as | | | | This has surprised me a lot. I read articles about |
| their snacks. | | | | rags to riches stories which motivated me to |
| Unknowingly, I learned the art of barter trading | | | | learn and learn more. I started with coins then |
| through a piece of pad paper for one guava or | | | | earning hundreds then thousands and eventually |
| banana as my snacks. With that practice, I saved | | | | be able to trade in the stock market. |
| my 3 to 5 cents allowance. My piggy bank before | | | | |