I was sitting at my workstation doing my routines at work peacefully when I overheard a conversation that two of my officemates had. They were talking about money. That was not uncommon, especially for us Filipinos who are trying very hard to make the most out of what is left of our salaries after we send our money to the Philippines. But something other than that caught my attention. They were talking about currencies of other gulf countries… countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain. I decided to listen in, trying very hard to confirm the suspicions on my head. And when I finally heard one say something about one currency, it was more than enough for me bear. I twisted my seat to face the two people talking at the workstation just beside mine. I interrupted them, still trying to make sense out of the incoherent things that I’ve heard. “Who’s going to have one currency?” I asked the guy who seemed to be the person who was spreading the news. “The GCC countries, Saudi Ar