Comments on: MAGNANAKAW!!!

By: trishlovesbread

trishlovesbread — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:58:47 +0000

What awful news Marketman! It might be a good idea for your entire household (or neighborhood) to think up an emergency plan–like a fire drill but for potential burglars. I was only a few years older than your kid when our neighbor was burglarized and I was scared for weeks! Going through the “burglar drill” helped though, it empowered me and the likewise terrified household help. :-)

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:14:57 +0000

Ayayay… that happened to us too, not in Antipolo though. Several times actually. The worst… we slept through it all (bedrooms upstairs). By the time we woke up, everything on the ground floor was… no TV, no VHS player (wala pa DVD nun), no microwave… they even took my brother’s mountain bike.

By: Crissy

Crissy — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:27:20 +0000

Sir MM,

I may not know which village you live in, but I’m glad nobody was injured during that incident. Someone broke in our house too, about 12 years ago and I was only in Grade 3. We always leave our lights outside on and our bedrooms locked. They took the allowance from our wallets since we left our school bags in the sala.

Quite a lot of responses from this entry…

Thanks for sharing the story, at least we can learn from that experience and be cautious.

By: eugene

eugene — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:37:35 +0000

MM If your living in a village or subdivision with guard on gates you should file a report on the village association for lack of security. so that there will be an investigation on the guards guarding the village on that night. sometimes the guards and thief are “makasangkot”. disgranted guard or guard that would leave soon..

By: maddie

maddie — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:54:04 +0000

And because of the fishpan being brought up again and now with the added anti-burglar value, I just got myself one at SM!

By: Bay_leaf

Bay_leaf — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:52:27 +0000

i’m sure he wanted to raid your kitchen, MM, but came in through the bathroom window! ;)

keep a pepper spray around your house. will give you ample time to tie him up and put him in a big kawa! lol.

By: Luwee

Luwee — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:33:56 +0000

Thank God you are all safe, that’s the most important thing. Burglars, thieves, pickpockets, holduppers, and other bad elements are on the move. It is a sign of hard times. About a month ago, it was raining hard and we were parked inside a subdivision in Paranaque, we parked our car near the village entrance as the streets were too narrow. When we got back to the car, the spare tire of our SUV was gone. The following day, my brother-in-laws car was parked by the road side outside the Molave Center of Opus Dei. His left his laptop on the back seat. When he got back, the back seat glass window was forced open, his laptop was gone and so was his digital camera, PALM, and the bag containing his backup discs which were all at the rear compartment. Although we could joke about it all, we must also be more careful and vigilant. I sympathize with the poor and their present state but I believe it is not they who are doing this kind of things.

Anyway, thanks everyone and MM for all the jokes and good humor, laughter is still and really is a good medicine for dampened spirits.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:38:18 +0000

I keep imagining what was happening when you scream and hit the burglar with the fish pan that sounds like: Yaaaaaaaahhh!!! Boinnnggggg! Siguradong hilo ang loko, Baka naman gutom lang,, Sarap kasi ng mga luto mo.

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:00:26 +0000

Hey, alb! Fun-neee n cute!

MM, being burgled isn’t funny. (I should know, lost most of my jewelry when we were)But remember, prudence is always the best part of valor. Better to scream unintelligibly than risk getting hurt. (But hitting him with a fish pan while thinking of “her” would have been oh so satisfying! )

By: alb

alb — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:30:19 +0000

Ay naku! Was that your house? A thousand pardons, Market! I thought I was breaking into my house… Si misis, she locks me out if I’m not home by 9pm… But your aria scared the hell out of me!