LAP 10: THE MATERIAL/ECONOMICAL SELF

Instructor/Professor: DR. ANNIE P. JACALAN

Subject: Understanding the Self.
Name: Nikho Schin C. Valle
Course: BSED
Year & Section: 1A

B. ACTIVITY:
Debit Card Challenge
List down what you like in the shopping spree. Then put a mark on the left side of each
item with the following categories:
B- f the item is related with your body
C-if the item is related with clothes
F- if the item is related or intended to your family
H- if the item is related with home

Rice (exactly 35kg)-F

Can goods (especially tuna, beef loaf, and sardines. 10 pieces each)-F
Noodles, bihon, and tanghon (5kg each)-F
Shampoo and body soap (10 bottles of shampoo and 20 body soaps)-F
Toothpaste (1 tube)-F
Coffee and milk (1 pack each)-F
Sugar (2 kilos)-F
Detergent and chemical that can be used for cleaning (5 bottles each)-H
Onions, garlic, and other seasonings which I can use every time I cook (about 2 1/2
weeks supply because most of these rots in a short period of time)-H
1 kg chicken 1 kg pork (that I can cook when I go home. Pork chicken adobo)-F
Deodorant (Avon Black suede)-B
Body spray (any brand)-B

Perfume (wild fire Avon)-B

Clothes which I can use daily (just enough that I don’t have to wash and wear my
clothes. 5 pieces of t-shirts, 5 pieces of polo shirt, 5 pieces of pants, and 2 shoes)-C

C.ANALYSIS:
What is your purpose for going shopping either shopping in malls or online shopping?
Let one of your family members read your list. Ask her/him to write a quick impression
of yourself.

My purpose of going shopping in the mall is to buy all the necessary needs at home and
the things that my mother and I can use daily. My mother read my list and she said that:
“hm oh kay mao man gyud kini imong gapamaliton ug naa kay kwarta, pero nganong
wa man nimo gilista ug apil ang 3 ka nova ug 3 ka piatos na junk foods na imoang
gapaliton. Unya di ug naa kay kwarta karon di naman kayka gapalit ug sanina kay
mauna naman ang bugas ug sud-an. Pero overall mao man gyud ni imoang
gapamaliton unya kasagaran sad ani kinahanglan nato so okay ra.”

F.APPLICATION/ASSESSMENT:

Which among the categories above you have the most in your list?
The things that is for my family has the most number on my list.

What do you think these things tell you about yourself?

Personally I think that the results tell me that I am the kind of consumer who buys the
necessary needs for me and my mother’s daily living. After all I don’t buy things which I
find unnecessary maybe except for the junk foods that my mother mentioned, but as of
now I don’t buy junk foods anymore along with my food supplies because that was an
unhealthy habit. And when my mother commented that I don’t buy so much clothes
anymore it’s because I have to prioritize our needs over my personal wants because
money is hard to earn these days. And as I’ve said before, I really think that my list tells
that I’m a consumer who buys the essential stuff for my family and home along with
some little personal needs.