I salute Pinoys... Welcome Back Kenneth!

After I questioned our LAHI on my last journal, folks, it's now time to salute the Filipino values.

Today, my cousin dropped by, rather climbed by our home para icheck ang aking gitarang pulpol, to check out some silly love songs and have a PS2 mano-y-mano.

After all done (well, not all, my effing PS2 was not in the mood to read pirated game disk so no game play), we went to the nearest sisig-tosilog eatery sa gilid ng Pasay Road.

To (try to) make this unbelievable story short, after eating we went separate ways.

I got back to work after lunch.

Whilst doing some spreadsheet, I needed to check my wallet and it's nowhere to be found. Then, it dawned on me. NA-WA-WA-LA WAL-LET KO. After 15 minutes of frantic & futile search, i'm ready to puke just thinking that the wallet is gone. Cash is not important, but the IDs, the cards, the receipts, photos and the most important... I got one sheet of paper in my wallet where all my internet passwords (emails, banking, user accounts, database passwords, all of 'em are written sa papel). Thinking how one could access all these, it is unimaginable to nth degree.

Then I went down to check sa oto baka nalimiutan ko kagabi dun. Wala! Then, I remember, baka nagdala pa ako ng wallet on our way to the eatery nearby during lunch. Though I am not even 50% postive a nagdala ako ng wallet. So there I went back.

Inside the eatery, I approached the old lady (let's call her Aling Chedeng, trip ko lang) and before I was able to even say something, she said... "ANO YUNG WALLET? "

Goodness gracious, what an honest bunch. Aling Chedeng and her crew returned my wallet and all the contents. Pati the lame P700 na kawawang laman ay nandun. All are in. I could not thank them enough. Really, how can I thank them. Sa lito ko, I did not even offer monetary rewards, and bak di din tanggapin. Siguro I will just eat there more often and give more tip than just the usual 10 - 15 bucks. I just said something, you people are all good, God bless you all.

On my part, 3 things learned:

1. I need to effing take care of my wallet.
2. I need to keep the paper password elsewhere and NOT in my wallet.
3. Do not underestimate the goodness and values of Filipinos, marami pa rin pa lang mabait, tapat, and righteous Pinoys.

Thou Shall Not Steal 25 Petot, Thou Shall Not Coveth Your Neighbours' Seat

Take It No. 1

I ordered processed water yesterday (ash wednesday - first day of the lent - a time of repentance) but I needed to take a bath, ako lang tao sa bahay and no one will be able to pay the water boy once he knocks on the door, rings the bell... and delivers the water. So, ang nakasanayan, ilabas sa may pinto/hallway ang empty container, put the P25.00 on top and like in the old days of barter trade, he'll just get the 25 bucks and leave the water there. This is the practice for months. Pero iba kahapon. Alas, even before I am done, at bago dumating ang waterboy, may isang taong kumuha ng P25.00. Ala Jay Leno... you know, the economy is so bad... when people are stealing P25.00. What the? Like 25.00? Isang C2?

Take It No. 2

Ash wed yesterday and we attended a mass. As expected, more people ang nandun, catholics are like that, pag may "special occasion" lang mas fully-packed ang church. Anyways, puno na inside, but they've setup monobloc seats outside the church. And so we were able to get 2 chairs. After few mins, it was SRO na. At the time of "reminding ash" eh no choice but iwanan ang valued monoblocs. But alas, after the ash crossing, pagbalik, the 2 ladies na nakatayo at our side gladly took the opportunity and our seats. Buti na lang, ash wednesday and the homily is to forgive. Otherwise, I could have asked them, "akala ko ash wednesday now, a** wednesday ba?"

Good Effin Morning Says My Secu

see, no mirror

Tangina talaga mga tao oh, ke bago bago ng Innova tinira na agad ang side mirrors. Gazillion sighs.

To make it worse, the sekyu rang up the intercom at around 4.30am to tell me the news eh 2am na ko nakatulog. I finished the DELAYED TELECAST of TnT and Air21.



Blame time:

Una, ala talaga 'pinas eh, the society is somewhat hate to say it, rotten. Wherever and whatever and whenever it is, sa government offices, private practice, sa copland, kanya kanya gulangan. (Kaya nga nakagawa ako ng entry na anatomy of hulidap. Ayun napost sa streetcred to where it's fits.)

Pangalawa, sa Toyota agent, she promised the free car cover, still no delivery of cover right now. My older car during its parking tenure, we usually put the cover on, then wrapped a chain sa side mirror and padlocked it. If it has cover, kahit cloth pa yan, may one level of protection eh.

Tatlo, ako for not allotting some bucks for the installation of the alarm. It needs to be equipped with that. Innova E comes with no keyless entry and alarm.

Apat, the sekyu. Pero mildly lang. I can't blame him too much, he can not possibly do roving 24hours. (At eto pa, 2x during our 4.30 pm phone chat, he offers that he'll just pay the mirrors.)

Lima, the developer of this building. Any condo has to have a CCTV. Kahit 4 channel CCTV lang. Deterence yun, malaman lang ng mangsisikwat ng side mirror na may surveillance e he'll have second thoughts.

A NOTE TO WOULD BE UNIT BUYERS OF ANY CONDO: DO NOT BUY A UNIT IF IT HAS NO CCTV. ( To contractors/developers, go to www.ecbuyph.com to get a DVR or CCTV.)

A phone call to Toyota dealer and the insurance is coming. Ill ask if the warranty can kick in in this situation. I'll canvas too for a new set of mirrors, alarms and a fuckin lockable side mirror grill.