What Can You Buy With 1 Million Pesos?

As we all know, our beloved(?) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a few of her entourage went to the United States to visit US President Barrack Obama. Before going back to the Philippines where a lot of Filipinos were mourning the death of Ex-President Corazon Aquino, there she was, splurging like there's no tomorrow -- spending $20,000 US Dollars on just 1 dinner. Converted, this is roughly amounting to 1 million pesos.

Theoretical breakdown of the bill -- Arroyo's Dinner at Le Cirque
source: quezon.ph

I would like to start something called, "What can you buy with 1 million pesos?"


Let me contribute some of my ideas:
> According to ABS-CBN news last night, this can buy cup noodles and feed approximately 150,000 people.

> With 1 million pesos, you can let 10 in-need scholars study college and later on, let them work for the government to improve our country.

> With 1 million pesos, you can create a simple soup kitchen where people could line up everyday to ask for a little food. (Then eventually, people would donate to the soup kitchen so this could operate for a longer period of time.)

See the potential of that amount? Now imagine, a President of a 3rd world country, spending one million pesos on one dinner at Le Cirque. How selfish could she be?

Share your ideas! What can you buy with 1 million pesos?

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