Crime

Last Monday, February 7 at the office while working overtime, I was duped and robbed of cash, hubby's mobile 3G phone, and important identification, passbooks, and passports. First things first during crimes like this in the Philippines, the victim reports to the police, not so much to obtain justice (asa ka pa?), but to hasten issuance of bank requirements for lost passbooks: police report, Affidavit of Loss, etc.

Imagine my chagrined when the documenting officer asked me to return for the police report after 3 days. He had to thank his lady fate I was not the one licensed to use a firearm... otherwise, it could have been a bloodier day... Anyway, I was built to have my way (hah!) and with a little wit, had my Affidavit issued in several hours...

After about a week, a good natured truck driver returned the robbed clutch bag with its important document contents, sans, of course, the cash and the gadget.

My kids discussed about the act for quite a few times and one discussion went something like this:

Ivong: Di ba Mamang, ibinalik ng pulis yong bag mo ano? (Isn't it Mom that a police returned your bag?)
Jezreel: Neee, saan. Saan nga pulis daydiay! Tao! Tao 'niya Mang? (Oh no! It's not a police. It's a human! It's human Mom, right?)

p.s.
My kids speak Ilocano, Tagalog and English in mixed format. They're al'right.