On the subject of humility. You know when some people are faking on how affluent, wealthy some humans are... you can feel if they are just sort of trying to uplift their status as if they owned almost everything in this world. Always showing off what they've got as if they have all the money they can buy.
I know of some people who are like that. They are the "upstarts" the conceited! Mayabang! Sobra!! LOL.
I know those kind of humans. Sobrang mayayabang. Nakarating lang ng Canada parang feeling millionare and billionare ang mga attitude. Kung yung mga tunay na mayayaman feeling modest and frugal lang sila. Then suddenly economic crisis happened, the pulp mills closed down, the sawmills closed down and suddenly their houses were on foreclosures by the bank. These are the very unrepentant humans who are showing and blabbing about their homes, their condos turned out their houses and condos were owned by banks. Well. nadamay lang yung iba. Meron din namang iba na frugal kahit mayaman sila hindi sila mayabang. Kuripot lang. Parang yung uncle ko na ang yaman yaman nya, he owned tracts of land in Naga, lawyer sya pero ang bait-bait, very generous at very humble pa.
I remember one of those upstarts trying to belittle me, "your husband is White Canadian and your family just renting a house?" Yeah, those kind of upstarts who said some nasty comments who lost their homes, their condos because they were owned by banks and they cannot repay mortgages. They think that they are paying mortgages and had down-payment their houses are owned already. HINDI NO! YOU OWNED THE HOUSE IF YOU ARE FULLY PAID!
There's nothing wrong with renting a house/condo/ or apartment for as long as you are paying the homeowner on regular basis. My husband was once a residential manager for townhouses/apartment and houses and he knew and I knew how to manage 75 units and 75 families (more than 150 tenants within span of 24-25 years) (yung ibang tenants ayaw ng magmove out!) with different needs with different problems from dysfunctional, divorcees dealing with custody battle and all the illegal parties and noises that go with it. Being the Residential Manager for those 75 units were the most stressful and challenging job ever and if you don't have managerial knowledge and skills you wont be able to deal with it.
Maraming nagtatanong kung ano bang ibang trabaho ng asawa ko. So yun nga, he was a resident manager and before that let me tell you na:
My husband started working at age 16 in his parents owned logging camp. The business was co-owned with their uncle. When my husband was in his mid 30's he was a supervisor for Skeena Cellulose. He left the pulp mill because of better opportunity in another company. Then he moved to a Stevedoring company as a Manager (managed longshoremen in the loading/shipping grains, pulp and paper, kraft, logs and lumber for export).
We moved to the island because he wants to be closer to his aging parents. It was easy for him to find job because he is highly skilled and his work experiences are top notch excellent. That's how he became a Resident Manager for a Realty Company.
He had police training with the RCMP because of the by-laws involved in the peace and order in dealing with "difficult to handle tenants."
Now that's too much information right?
May nagtanong pa. Medyo intimidating ang tanong. Bakit daw hindi kami yumaman. Alam mo kasi hindi corrupt ang asawa ko. He paid taxes!! Hindi sya madamot. Pag may nanghiram sa kanya ng pera pinahihiram nya kaso hindi na nagbabayad yung mga nanghiram. Marami rin syang natulungan sa work. He employed too many workers in many of those places where he worked kaso mga walang utang na loob yung iba. Marami rin syang natulungang tenants because he was not judgmental. He doesn't care about who they are as long as they are humans with moral compass or humans who happened to be in need of shelter to live. He had so much compassion for those people who happened to lose their jobs due to the closing and shutdown of the pulp mills and sawmills. Our family helped those who need help. It is not our duty but we became "the social workers" for those people in need and the Ministry just checked on them if those families get the help they need. OMG! Long story. That long 24-25 years of service could make more than 500 pages of a book. Maybe thousands of pages!