Last Sunday, I lost my cellphone (Nokia 6150 with antenna & worn housing) in the church. I realized the phone was not with me only a few minutes since I last used it and I couldn't tell how it was taken from me. Someone got interested in my outdated phone, to think that so many attractive phones make mine look rubbish. Well, probably to the thief, as it was to me, it was vintage.
That phone had such a high sentimental value. It was given to me third-hand 3 years ago. It suited me perfectly and so I never wanted to replace it. It wasn't complicated to use. I didn't have to overprotect it from snatchers or from damage to sensitive & expensive parts. But it was now gone, along with the cherished things I put there. Its lost made me truly sad but I already accepted that it would never be recovered.
While still sad for not having my own phone yet (I couldn't buy a new one so I borrowed mama's for the meantime), I lost my shabby wallet this afternoon in the office. Isn't it my lucky week?
It happened just after lunch break. When I couldn't find my wallet in my bag, I declared so to my officemates. That was when 3 of them recalled they saw a woman earlier who went to my table like she was searching for something. They didn't suspect she was stealing as she could have been just one of our clients. (Our office is used to having visitors and clients who seek advice, follow-up actions on documents, request for notarization, etc.) I lost around 700pesos. The most painful was losing all my IDs and important cards. Some were totally irreplaceable. How could I not be deeply sad.
The wallet was a cheap one. That's not where I really put my money. Cash is in my purse and in my bag's inside pocket. The bills in my wallet were the crispy bills I kept like savings. Actually, it surprised me the previous night to have found a 500bill in the part where I keep some ID pictures. I discovered it last night as I was searching for a pocketsize photo I wanted to measure the size of. I thought I only have a couple of 50s or 100s there.
I lost so many important things in the wallet but it hurts me to discuss it. I couldn't start enumerating them all. I don't want to. Those things are gone. But when I prepare my affidavit of loss later, for purposes of replacing my cards, it cannot be helped.
You could say I had been careless, or stupid, or was karma-ed for being victimized twice within 5 days. Or you could even mention them jokingly, but it would never be nice to hear. Some people could be harsh, I realized again. It was bad enough that you lost things you value, without having to feel you deserved it for whatever reason. Anyway, there would always be friends who would really help and bring comfort.
I pray that there would be no more losses after these. I would be super extra careful from now on, but I would avoid becoming paranoid. Though I imagined it would have made me mad if it was my whole bag that was stolen!! (I may have to make some changes in my daily luggage.)
That phone had such a high sentimental value. It was given to me third-hand 3 years ago. It suited me perfectly and so I never wanted to replace it. It wasn't complicated to use. I didn't have to overprotect it from snatchers or from damage to sensitive & expensive parts. But it was now gone, along with the cherished things I put there. Its lost made me truly sad but I already accepted that it would never be recovered.
While still sad for not having my own phone yet (I couldn't buy a new one so I borrowed mama's for the meantime), I lost my shabby wallet this afternoon in the office. Isn't it my lucky week?
It happened just after lunch break. When I couldn't find my wallet in my bag, I declared so to my officemates. That was when 3 of them recalled they saw a woman earlier who went to my table like she was searching for something. They didn't suspect she was stealing as she could have been just one of our clients. (Our office is used to having visitors and clients who seek advice, follow-up actions on documents, request for notarization, etc.) I lost around 700pesos. The most painful was losing all my IDs and important cards. Some were totally irreplaceable. How could I not be deeply sad.
The wallet was a cheap one. That's not where I really put my money. Cash is in my purse and in my bag's inside pocket. The bills in my wallet were the crispy bills I kept like savings. Actually, it surprised me the previous night to have found a 500bill in the part where I keep some ID pictures. I discovered it last night as I was searching for a pocketsize photo I wanted to measure the size of. I thought I only have a couple of 50s or 100s there.
I lost so many important things in the wallet but it hurts me to discuss it. I couldn't start enumerating them all. I don't want to. Those things are gone. But when I prepare my affidavit of loss later, for purposes of replacing my cards, it cannot be helped.
You could say I had been careless, or stupid, or was karma-ed for being victimized twice within 5 days. Or you could even mention them jokingly, but it would never be nice to hear. Some people could be harsh, I realized again. It was bad enough that you lost things you value, without having to feel you deserved it for whatever reason. Anyway, there would always be friends who would really help and bring comfort.
I pray that there would be no more losses after these. I would be super extra careful from now on, but I would avoid becoming paranoid. Though I imagined it would have made me mad if it was my whole bag that was stolen!! (I may have to make some changes in my daily luggage.)
