MULTIPLY SUNSET

Hi Multiply!

I've learned that you'd  be removing the social networking stuff from your site. I was kinda disappointed. Although most of my contacts here in multiply no longer use its social networking function, I continued to patronize your site. But I must understand, it  was a hard business decision for you. Anyway, thank you for serving as my diary for the past years. I hope you would prosper on your future endeavor. I wish you all the best.

P.S. please provide some easy option to transfer blogs, pictures, videos, etc. on other site. Thank you!

THE CURSE OF THE XPERIA EXPERIENCE

Just last Tuesday, July 31, 2012, I experienced my first holdup. Nasa FX ako with Dada. As the FX goes to Quiapo bridge from Metropolitan theater, a guy wearing cap and has huge backpack declared holdup and pointed a gun to everyone. He asked for everyone's cellphone. Yup only cellphones. He got Dada's phone and her ring. Akala ko makakaligtas na ko but then he shouted at me "hoy ikaw di ka pa nagbibigay!" and then he hit me my thigh. Ganun pala yun, you'll be caught off guard. Nakalimutan ko lahat ng naisip kong gawin in case nga na makaencounter ako ng holdup. I was shocked siguro. At first, I wondered if the gun was not fake. But at the time, I think I would want to know. I wouldn't want to risk my life if it's really a gun. It was just a cellphone. Makakabili pa naman ako. He got all our things as the FX decended the bridge. As the FX pulled over, he walked as if nothing happened. We reported the incident to the police station but it's frustrating that the police said he could not leave the station since he's the only police there. He said he texted already his colleagues. Gawd, text lang?! Don't they have radios and to think na rampant holdapan dun, walang nakatao?! I can't help but think that they were accomplice. Out of frustration, di na kami nagpablotter and we just headed home.

It was a traumatic experience for me. Ganun pala yun, the next day pa talaga magsisink in lahat ng nangyari. Sana ginawa ko to. What if ganito ginawa ko. Kasabwat nya kaya katabi ko. Pano na contacts ko. Totoo kaya baril niya. Nakakainis. I know, I am thankful that we're still alive and cellphone lang yun. Nakakainis lang bakit may mga ganung tao na ninanakaw pinaghirapan ng iba. mas malaki naman katawan niya kesa sakin. It's frustrating. Pag gising mo, naiisip mo pa rin nangyari. sa tuwing sasakay ka sa public transpo, nagiging suspicious ka na. I can't relax anymore. Nakakastress. I hope I would get over it soon.

Maybe I wasn't that strong person. Maybe I was too trusting.

And then it strengthen my belief that the worst invention of man is gun.