Retold Story

I am writing about the story I have heard from a friend..

He was too lonely that day and called me up aS he needed someone to talk to about personal matters.

He told me a story of his life that happened only once for the first time and he was hoping not to have that same experience ever.

This friend of mine is a call center agent. He is working somewhere in Pasay City. He is staying along Taft avenue renting a single room.

That night was too quiet. Actually, it was around past 2 am and he was going to the office. It was rainy then so, it was a little cold and windy.

He was waiting for a jeep at the corner of a dark street. His heart was pounding and feeling uneasy. The truth was, he was afraid and nervous. However, there were few cabs and jeepneys around so he waited patiently. Until a jeep came along but it was full. Then while waiting for another one, one man approached him from behind and grad his neck holding this knife as he pointed it on my friend's neck. My friend was really really terrified and dont know what to do, he just said.. " kunin nio na po yung gusto niong kunin,wag nio lang akong saktan".. if I remember clearly.
So this man, check out his bag and took his wallet and cellphone. This man was not alone, there was another younger man that him as look out. Not being contented from the things that my friend had, this man took also his wrist watch, it's NIKE.

Now my friend, no money, no cellphone, was brave enough to go to work still. Good thing, he had some money on the pocket, so he managed to go to work.

In the office, he talked to his TL about what happened to him, my friend cried. It was like the incident just sinked in to him. He said, he was shaking and "tulala". His team-mates heard about what happened to him and offered help. Wow!, I said, your teamates were really helpful. Glad that you belong to that team.

After his shift, he went to the baranggay hall and reported the incident. Shocked, the policeman's report was in English.. hehehe

He also told the story to the owner of the house where he stayed and told them that it was not the first time that it happened, perhaps, it was common to that place to have incident like that. Badly, it happened to him.

So the next shift, my friend woke up early and slept in his office's sleeping quarter and waited for his time.

Soooooo.. the lesson was...
Be vigilant. Be careful. Dont stay in a dark corner of street and dont dress up like a millionare. Whhooo!