pasukan na naman
it's the ber months. i usually like the ber months since it means it's nearing christmas. on the down side, it also means more frequent criminal activities.
today's a sunday.
around 7am this morning a neighbor was knocking at the gate. my father went out to talk with him. when my father returned, he shared the news that our neighbor saw 2 men standing outside our gate around 6am. my dad was also informed that the boy selling newspapers saw one of the men jumped over the wall to get inside the front yard. my dad realized the door handle of our gate was already unlocked before he went out to talk with our neighbor. my dad locked the gates last night.
this wasn't the first time we had some house intrusion. early last saturday, around 2:30am, my sister-in-law who was visiting saw a man's leg over the wall. a man was about to jump in to get into the front yard.
we felt the incidents were related. yung last week, testing. yung kanina, monitoring o checking out the premises kasi nakapasok e. we had the feeling they'll be returning. this time with a van and some more men tagged along. we assumed this would happen before the week reaches its end. mukhang titirahin yung internet shop namin. by my estimate, kaya limasin lahat ng mga computer sa shop in 3-5 min if there were 5 men who would be doing it. 3 men going inside, 1 lookout standing by the gate, and 1 driver keeping the van going.
haay, bad trip. puro pa kami babae. tatay ko lang lalake. kao-opera ka lang. if this goes down, i'd be as useful as an old woman on crutches. inis. buti sana kung maliksi ako ngayon. haay ulit, wrong timing.
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di kumahol ung mga aso. we have 3 dogs. walang kumahol. ung last week, nung nakatungtong na sa bakod yung lalake, si pogs, one of the dogs, nakatingin lang daw sabi ng sister-in-law ko. sabi tuloy ng kapatid ko, baka dating bespren ni pogs yung sumasampa sa bakod. hahahahahah!!! none of the dogs were ever caged. si macmac lang naka-experience ng na-leash, nung nag-party dito. kelangan ata talga nakukulong ang aso para tumapang.
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napasok na rin dati tong bakod. some 4-5 years back. holy week nun, april. walang tao rito for a few days. pag uwi namin, sira yung screen wire nang isang bintana. may butas. yung bintanang yun katabing-katabi nung backdoor. sinubukan siguro ilusot yung kamay sa bintana para abutin yung lock sa pinto. di sila nakapasok. di nila naabot yung lock sa loob.
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earlier that same year, pinasok din kami sa bulacan. magpa-pasukan nun, june. sunday, around 7:30am.
my sister left leaving both the front door and the gates unlocked. later, my mom heard the front screen door open. she later wondered why it's taking my sister too long to return to the room if she was returning for something. may nakalimutan ba? she stood up and went out to the living room.
next thing i know she was shouting curses and she did not stop screaming. kala ko inaaway lang niya tatay ko. except then, i saw my dad run from the other room to go to the sala. tapos may mga kalabugan na. napatayo na rin ako. takbo sa sala.
from the sala, i saw my parents on the street. they were banging their fists against the window of an L300. the L300 sped away. i ran outside. our neighbors coming from church, it was a sunday, watched as everything took place. then my mom shouted, 'magnanakaw!'
my dad then ran back to the house. kinuha yung sasakyan tapos hinabol yung van. our neighbors assisted my mom as she was slumped on the street. my brother was nowhere in sight. i immediately went inside the house. isip ko baka may nakapasok sa kwarto tinututukan na yung kapatid ko. wala naman. he was asleep. lasing ata.
after waking up my brother, we waited for my dad to return. my mom was talking with the neigbors. there were already people on the street. wondering what happened. then, my dad arrived. walang windshield yung sasakyan. wasak. may butas yung salamin sa likod. he later said that when he was following the van, one of the guys propped his head out the window, pointed a gun at him, and then fired. he ducked. the bullet completely smashed the windshield and it exited the back window.
they later found out the L300 was registered to someone in pampanga. the cops asked my dad for php100 for fuel in order to make a visit to the van's owner. when my dad returned to the precinct to ask for updates, the cops informed him they weren't able to go since they had no vehicle. sabi nila kung pwede gamitin na lang daw sasakyan ng tatay ko. my dad declined. he said they might identify our vehicle and then get back at us. the case ended there.
weeks after the incident, we turned paranoid. we closed all the lights inside the house before going to sleep. even the lights at the altar. (this was the advise given by our neighbor's night guard. he said the advantage here is you know the setting inside your house as opposed to the burglars/robbers who were unfamiliar with the house's setup) back then, small noises would make my mom ask, 'did you hear that?' when everyone's asleep and i'd hear something, i'd stand up, walk in the dark towards the sala, scan moving silhouettes in the dark, and then turn to check things outside. parang guwardiya sa torre. kala mo may giyera. i wasn't scared then. i'd rather know if there were indeed people lurking in the dark so as to alert the others in the house rather then be surprised we've already got some strangers inside the living room again. (yep, my mom was shouting then kasi may lalaki sa sala. hinuhugot na yung sound system. he ran carrying one of the speakers. naka-porma nga raw sabi ng nanay ko. maong saka polo. mukhang gigimik) anyways, ganun din yung iba sa bahay. once, i woke up in the middle of the night and saw a dark figure staring out the living room window. one of the family members acting guard. the burglars didn't return tho. guess, my folks were successful in driving them away.
later on, we padlocked the gates and got ourselves some dogs. a few weeks after that, we decided we're tired of getting paranoid.
until now. haay...feeling ko naghahanda ulit kami.
lesson learned.
>madalas ang nakawan pag holy week, magpapasko (ber months), o magpa-pasukan.
>sunday morning madaling pumasok sa bahay ng iba. tahimik talga pag sunday morning.
>kung minsan, magandang kinukulong ang aso para tumapang.
today's a sunday.
around 7am this morning a neighbor was knocking at the gate. my father went out to talk with him. when my father returned, he shared the news that our neighbor saw 2 men standing outside our gate around 6am. my dad was also informed that the boy selling newspapers saw one of the men jumped over the wall to get inside the front yard. my dad realized the door handle of our gate was already unlocked before he went out to talk with our neighbor. my dad locked the gates last night.
this wasn't the first time we had some house intrusion. early last saturday, around 2:30am, my sister-in-law who was visiting saw a man's leg over the wall. a man was about to jump in to get into the front yard.
we felt the incidents were related. yung last week, testing. yung kanina, monitoring o checking out the premises kasi nakapasok e. we had the feeling they'll be returning. this time with a van and some more men tagged along. we assumed this would happen before the week reaches its end. mukhang titirahin yung internet shop namin. by my estimate, kaya limasin lahat ng mga computer sa shop in 3-5 min if there were 5 men who would be doing it. 3 men going inside, 1 lookout standing by the gate, and 1 driver keeping the van going.
haay, bad trip. puro pa kami babae. tatay ko lang lalake. kao-opera ka lang. if this goes down, i'd be as useful as an old woman on crutches. inis. buti sana kung maliksi ako ngayon. haay ulit, wrong timing.
******************
di kumahol ung mga aso. we have 3 dogs. walang kumahol. ung last week, nung nakatungtong na sa bakod yung lalake, si pogs, one of the dogs, nakatingin lang daw sabi ng sister-in-law ko. sabi tuloy ng kapatid ko, baka dating bespren ni pogs yung sumasampa sa bakod. hahahahahah!!! none of the dogs were ever caged. si macmac lang naka-experience ng na-leash, nung nag-party dito. kelangan ata talga nakukulong ang aso para tumapang.
*******************
napasok na rin dati tong bakod. some 4-5 years back. holy week nun, april. walang tao rito for a few days. pag uwi namin, sira yung screen wire nang isang bintana. may butas. yung bintanang yun katabing-katabi nung backdoor. sinubukan siguro ilusot yung kamay sa bintana para abutin yung lock sa pinto. di sila nakapasok. di nila naabot yung lock sa loob.
*******************
earlier that same year, pinasok din kami sa bulacan. magpa-pasukan nun, june. sunday, around 7:30am.
my sister left leaving both the front door and the gates unlocked. later, my mom heard the front screen door open. she later wondered why it's taking my sister too long to return to the room if she was returning for something. may nakalimutan ba? she stood up and went out to the living room.
next thing i know she was shouting curses and she did not stop screaming. kala ko inaaway lang niya tatay ko. except then, i saw my dad run from the other room to go to the sala. tapos may mga kalabugan na. napatayo na rin ako. takbo sa sala.
from the sala, i saw my parents on the street. they were banging their fists against the window of an L300. the L300 sped away. i ran outside. our neighbors coming from church, it was a sunday, watched as everything took place. then my mom shouted, 'magnanakaw!'
my dad then ran back to the house. kinuha yung sasakyan tapos hinabol yung van. our neighbors assisted my mom as she was slumped on the street. my brother was nowhere in sight. i immediately went inside the house. isip ko baka may nakapasok sa kwarto tinututukan na yung kapatid ko. wala naman. he was asleep. lasing ata.
after waking up my brother, we waited for my dad to return. my mom was talking with the neigbors. there were already people on the street. wondering what happened. then, my dad arrived. walang windshield yung sasakyan. wasak. may butas yung salamin sa likod. he later said that when he was following the van, one of the guys propped his head out the window, pointed a gun at him, and then fired. he ducked. the bullet completely smashed the windshield and it exited the back window.
they later found out the L300 was registered to someone in pampanga. the cops asked my dad for php100 for fuel in order to make a visit to the van's owner. when my dad returned to the precinct to ask for updates, the cops informed him they weren't able to go since they had no vehicle. sabi nila kung pwede gamitin na lang daw sasakyan ng tatay ko. my dad declined. he said they might identify our vehicle and then get back at us. the case ended there.
weeks after the incident, we turned paranoid. we closed all the lights inside the house before going to sleep. even the lights at the altar. (this was the advise given by our neighbor's night guard. he said the advantage here is you know the setting inside your house as opposed to the burglars/robbers who were unfamiliar with the house's setup) back then, small noises would make my mom ask, 'did you hear that?' when everyone's asleep and i'd hear something, i'd stand up, walk in the dark towards the sala, scan moving silhouettes in the dark, and then turn to check things outside. parang guwardiya sa torre. kala mo may giyera. i wasn't scared then. i'd rather know if there were indeed people lurking in the dark so as to alert the others in the house rather then be surprised we've already got some strangers inside the living room again. (yep, my mom was shouting then kasi may lalaki sa sala. hinuhugot na yung sound system. he ran carrying one of the speakers. naka-porma nga raw sabi ng nanay ko. maong saka polo. mukhang gigimik) anyways, ganun din yung iba sa bahay. once, i woke up in the middle of the night and saw a dark figure staring out the living room window. one of the family members acting guard. the burglars didn't return tho. guess, my folks were successful in driving them away.
later on, we padlocked the gates and got ourselves some dogs. a few weeks after that, we decided we're tired of getting paranoid.
until now. haay...feeling ko naghahanda ulit kami.
..i can feel the line that was stitched across my tummy. damn this stress.
********************lesson learned.
>madalas ang nakawan pag holy week, magpapasko (ber months), o magpa-pasukan.
>sunday morning madaling pumasok sa bahay ng iba. tahimik talga pag sunday morning.
>kung minsan, magandang kinukulong ang aso para tumapang.
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posted by cath at 8:40 PM
6 Comments:
hala ka, tita c! baka alam ng mga magnanakaw na marami kayong paghahatian na mana... di ba dati uuwi ka ng maaga dahil sa may pag-uusapan kayo sa mana!
kumuha na kayo ng security guard. pwede kang manghingi ng discount kay manuel!
ingat kayo diyan.
hi cathy, baka pede nyo ireport sa pulis at magrequest kyo ng night watch at least for the entire week. d ba sa US ganun? dito kaya sa pilipins pede? hehe. but kidding aside, baka dapat ng ireport nyo sa pulis. saka ibahin nyo ung ayos ng bakuran nyo. like lagyan nyo ng mga cactus sa paso sa malapit sa bakod. para pag may nagover the bakod ulit..maalerto kyo pag sumigaw sha ng 'aray'!
ingat kyo jan.
thanks guys! :)
hahahahah!! luku ka jub. heheh..wala ko YM ni ger e. hehehe..
kung pwede sana kr kaya lang medyo familiar na magulang ko how the police works. napasukan na kami dati e. nanghingi muna bago ilakad yung imbestigasyon. medyo mahirap ata yung night watch na request. :)and to think yung isang kapatid ng nanay ko dating police, yung isang kapatid niya taga-bureau of jail, tapos yung pinsan ko nasa ganung line of work din. mmm..
hahahha!! naisip din namin yung change of bakuran. isip nila hukayin yng lupa san sha luma-landing para magulat siya na lumubog na yung lupa at matipalok o mapilayan man lang sha. :D
kinausap na ng tatay ko yung baranggay. saka nga yung pag-ikot ng patrol dun sa lugar. ni-request na rin niya na kung tumawag kami puntahan kami agad. may mga balak na paggawa yung nanay ko dun, hinihintay na lang yung gagawa.
it's a commercial area, nananakawan na rin pala yung ibang establishments in the area. yung mga lugar na walang guwardiya. yung grocery nga, ang ninakaw yung aso niya. hahaha...we learned about it kasi binibenta niya sa min yung kulungan ng aso.
haay...christmas..
miss ko na kayo!!! sobrang gusto ko na gumaling.
hating scar tissue~~~~
eiiiiiiiii cath...panu ka tatakbo ha at saka blog ka ng blog mabinat ka noh!tumigil ka kaya at magpahinga ka ng todo at bonggang bongga!...miss u
hey cath! mukang you've got everything covered na nga. mukang expert na kyo sa anti-nakaw tactics haha. hehe gusto ko ung iisipin ng magnanakaw na lumubog ang lupa idea hehe. pero grabe nu ang lakas ng loob nila magnakaw nasa commercial area pa nmn kyo. how much more ung mga nasa mejo liblib. naku ingatan mo c pogs baka nakawin! sabagay sa loob ng bahay nmn ata sha natutulog.
in fairness, for that week, sabi ko matutulog si pogs sa labas ng bahay. siya lang mag-isa. sa mga aso kasi siya na yung malaki. hehehe...para matuto din siya magbantay. kaya lang baka mga adik yung mga yun, kaya after a few days balik ulit sa loob ng bahay si pogz. :D
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