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Ligaya
05 March 2012 @ 12:01 am
Short updates because my birthday's coming up.  
First, my Awesome Boss Lady enrolled all of us in Krav Maga classes, 10 sessions to be taken in 3- to 4-weeks' time. I will be forever grateful and will forever wear my scars as badges of pride. (I may also enroll in swimming lessons on my own soon. I will do it one-on-one style and will not be joining a class though -- I hated having to take swimming classes with my peers when I was younger because I nearly drowned quite publicly as a child and I remember that during the classes nobody even had an ounce of sympathy to get work me out of the fear [info]xfridays_childx I hate to say this but I completely blame you and our younger sister for this DX)

Second, I have TWO crazy trips to manage -- South Korea this coming week for work, and Singapore towards the end of the month with friends. I am totally hopelessly broke and totally out of leaves now hahaha.

Third, yes I got the criminal lawyer. He agreed to bring down his fees a tiny bit. And best of all my cousin still loves me anyway. Again I am forever grateful. Unfortunately, still no appearances from the respondents though, and no leads on the other criminals either. DX

Fourth, congratulations to the lovely [info]mithlin_megil for still letting me be a part of her awesome wedding ESPECIALLY after my incident and even with all the trolling [info]chocolate_daze and I did during the preparations hohoho, and to [info]jactinglim and [info]ericvids for the wonderful engagement sadly we cannot guarantee that we won't be trolling your wedding either! ♡♡♡

Fifth, I was supposed to come up with a list on what I REALLY, TRULY want for my birthday this year, but I still need to fix that lol.

And on that note... for friends who know both my mobile number and BBM PIN and live here in the Philippines (and for those who would like to reconnect with me), imbitado kayong pumunta sa aking tahanan sa aking kaarawan (ika-17 ng Marso). Mangyari po lamang na magdala kayo ng pagkain/inumin na maaaring pakinabangan nating lahat, at sa mobile/BBM ako sagutin. Maraming salamat po. ♡♡♡

Okay, gotta work again.
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Stage: Boku no Heya, mi Casa
Mood: sleepysleepy
Music: "Kick-Ass" on HBO
 
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Ligaya
14 January 2012 @ 02:12 am
Addendum to my previous entry, or the gal who tries to reclaim her life (picspam ahead, no cuts!)  
Days after I was able to post this, we caught one of the four men who held me up.

His name is Pablito Manatad. He was supposed to be driving TYL 409 on 22 Dec but he was Badong/Man #1. He's from the Visayas but lives in Quezon City.

He is muscular and heavy-set but has a big gut. He also has a rose tattoo on his left shoulder/arm, and is apparently part of the mostly-Visayan Scorpion Gang that has connections all the way to Cavite.

He was caught because the taxi cab was caught for a traffic violation. The impounding police called us when they realised that the cab was the hold-up cab that they had had an alert released for. The drivers were asked to be there while the owner had to verify if it was a double plate since it was caught when the original was at the garage.

However, the others are still out there even if he has spilled their whereabouts. Please pray and share information about this unceasingly so that more people can defend themselves and even turn these crooks in. And please pray for myself and those of us who have chosen to fight back -- I am learning as early as now that it's a hard, long, lonely, tiring, uphill and costly battle, but if we want to change the system and empower others like ourselves, we will have to do what must be done. 

Thank you very much.




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Mood: awakeawake
 
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Ligaya
02 January 2012 @ 08:18 pm
Hold-up incident report (or, the gal who lived)  
I wish this were untrue, and I wish I could undo this, but it needs to be shared.


At around 7:00 pm on 22 December 2011, Thursday, I withdrew money from Security Bank Annapolis GH branch, near my office. At 7:30-ish pm, I was hailing a cab across Richbelt Terraces. I only remember the cab being a beat-up white four-door sedan car with plate number TYL 409. I can't recall who the driver was at the time and the name of the cab as written on the cab body outside sadly. I do now recall the locks were faulty (I locked all four doors), that the front windshield had the "cleanfuel" sticker (signifying it's using LPG gas power instead of gasoline), and black rubber at the back windows. The seats were all black leather and had the taxi information, which should be printed legibly as mandated by Philippine law, all blurry/erased.


We made the turn from Annapolis, to EDSA, and then the U-turn under Ortigas flyover. We entered corner to White Plains, at Temple Drive, past People Power Monument. At a vacant lot nearby (before Meralco), and ironically while I was in the middle of texting my family my whereabouts, four men came in and they kicked him out of the cab.



  • Man 1 (guy by my right, alias "Badong"):
    Crew cut, chiseled face, somewhat pointy chin, small eyes, muscular build but
    slightly big stomach, with stubble, dark-skinned

  • Man 2 (guy by my left): Dark-skinned, round young-ish face, chubby cheeks, bulging eyes, no beard/moustache, short hair parted at the middle, wearing blue long-sleeved Adidas sweater with white stripes at shoulders and sleeves, had a baseball cap that looked a lot like the red Air Asia cap with white text, pudgy arms and legs

  • Man 3/”Boss”: Square face, flat cheeks, moustached stereotypical bad guy minus the big beard, dark-skinned, far-set bulging eyes, light moustache, beard, wearing blue long-sleeved Adidas sweater with white stripes at shoulders and sleeves with what seems to be like a white shirt inside, with grey beanie hat, gravelly voice, muscular arms, pudgy legs, always holding on to a pipe (tubo, the one they use for the sinks)

  • Man 4/designated driver ("Bobot"): White cap, white shirt, circular glasses, features remind me of Brod Pete (a local comedian), thin, dark-skinned


    • I heard someone say “pasensya na (I’m sorry)” but I don’t recall who it is. I do recall the perpetrators drove me around EDSA from Ortigas Avenue to Quezon City, as far as the U-turn right before SM North. They kept threatening to
    bring me to Bulacan (a province where I actually DO have kin, but it's got a bad reputation for being a place where bodies are trashed) and rape me especially when I initially refused to give them my belongings. They took my ATM cards, my credit card, my black BlackBerry Torch 9800 with black Otter protective case, my personal Nokia phones (one is a pink 6020, the other is a black 2700 Classic), my Sony Cyber-shot silver T-100 digital camera, and my black Sony Vaio laptop. After “Boss” made some calls via mobile (they were very clever at keeping the numbers hidden), the gang dropped “Boss” off at Cubao walkway underpass, EDSA southbound (major thoroughfare) at around 9:00 pm so he could withdraw money. He came back and tried to strangle, punch, slap, throw shoes/slippers at me and generally beat me up when he couldn't get my credit card's cash advance PIN out of me (it's fairly new and I don't memorize the PIN at all). They took turns trying to beat me up at some point, except for Driver because he was driving. I fought back, and they told me they would rape me because I wouldn't give them enough money (they needed PhP20,000 and even used Typhoon Sendong as a reason to hold me up). At around 10:00 pm they turned into NIA Road near the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Quezon City, and threw me out the cab. When Boss tried to hit me with a pipe/tubo, I vaguely remember clawing and kicking back, taking whatever was left of my things, and ran. I found myself at the Quezon City Post Office security guard house (at the gate), and made phone calls to the QC PD, my mother's office, and the houses of [info]lovediesel and Azalea as those were the only numbers I could contact.

    With my family finally arriving around 11:30 pm to almost midnight due to the terrible traffic jam, I went to the QC Police Department at Kamuning/EDSA. We waited for a graying-haired 40-ish cop in a white undershirt and police uniform pants named SPO4 Patricio Sanoza (Sanyosa) to whom I gave my statement, which is attached. I told him about what I recall about the cab, but he did not ask at all about identifying the criminals.

    My SIMs have all been blocked/disabled, as have my ATM and credit cards. Unfortunately they have switched off all phones so I am not sure if they can be traced at this point. I have just found out that someone now owns the Torch, and that she bought it at a grey-market sales spot called St. Francis Square. The The police are able to trace the ATM withdrawal transactions at Metrobank Valencia Hills though. I am cooperating with another branch of the QCPD in catching the perpetrators.

    The following day, a friend gave this information about the cab that held me up Plate Number: TYL 409 / E#: 2E-3254892 / C#: EE110-8009918 / Moving Vehicle #: 138000000225318 / Col: Freedom White / Sticker #: 2011122773755 / Moving Vehicle Type: Car / TradeName: / Make: Toyota/ Series: COROLLA XL M/T / Year Model: 2001 / Moving Vehicle Class: FOR - HIRE / Org: MARVIN SANTOS. / Official Receipt #: 000201111852482 / CR#: 000000005541645 / Body Type: SEDAN - 4-DOOR / FReg Date: 09-25-2001 / LRegDate: 09-30-2011 / Fuel: GAS / Route: MARIKINA ANY PT TO LUZON / Franchise #: 96-945 / FEDate: 12-31-2007 / Total Apps: 0 / Total Alarms: 0 / Customer ID: CO1378000031312 / Address: 10 MAYSAN ST. VALENZUELA

    Separately, I dropped by the QCPD Kamuning once more to get the official, correct copy of the police report I originally filed. There I met a woman named Donna Araujo who was held up on Christmas Day from Main Avenue in Cubao and dropped off at Balete Drive which is very similar to what happened to me. I am trying to get her assistance as she saw the name of the car, which is made purely of consonant
    letters.


    Please stay safe everyone. Hope your Christmas is better than mine. I've seen posts where people blame me for not being vigilant -- excuse me, but I was held up right in the middle of sending my parents an SMS where I was riding, the point here is not whether or not I should've been vigilant but that they still ambushed me anyway even after acting towards my own self-preservation!


    And to these motherfuckers who hurt me and others like me, I hope and pray you lose everything you hold dear -- every body part, every item, every person, every business, every bit of cash, and every generation of your beloved families and clans -- as befits the punishment you have long tried to avoid.




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Stage: Mi Casa
Mood: infuriatedinfuriated
 
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Ligaya
31 December 2011 @ 11:59 pm
Beware The Visitor.  



Quote for truth as Friends-Only Banner
Image by my sister. I'll make a graphically-enhanced version when I have more time, I promise.

Of course, the more honest entries are available only to the closest of friends and family who I know are used to this behaviour. So if you think you can handle them please feel free to add me.

Thank you for your understanding.

 
 
Stage: Boku no Heya, Mi Casa
 
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Ligaya
16 November 2011 @ 12:11 am
Writer's Block: It's payday!  

What would you do if you had a million dollars?

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OMG I wish this would actually come true very soon (like, within the next 2 months soon)! T0T

If I had a million dollars, I would, in this order:
1) Save 30% for myself
2) Settle my debts (should be less than 5% of the US$1,000,000)
3) Donate 20% to the advocacies that I actively support (all Philippine-based and Philippine-oriented)
4) Fly to the US and enjoy a month with [info]interploy and [info], not necessarily in that order ... or better yet, persuade both of them to return with me to the Philippines! (should cost lest than 10% of US$1,000,000)
5) Upgrade my computer (should be less than 1% of the US$1,000,000)
6) Buy new shoes (I break an average of 4 pairs a year. I wish I was kidding. Also, should cost less than 1% of the US$1,000,000)
7) Invest 10% in the stock market (NOT playing it) and in government-issued retail treasury bonds
8) Invest 10% as seed money for my future with [info]interploy
9) Give away the remaining 10% to deserving individuals, not necessarily those belonging to the poverty line, of my choosing

Friends, how would YOU spend your million dollars? X3
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Stage: Boku No Heya, Mi Casa
Mood: sleepysleepy
 
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Ligaya
19 August 2011 @ 04:45 am
Writer's Block: Born to be wild  

What’s the coolest way you’ve celebrated your birthday?

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17th March 2010. I was inside one of the hospital bunks of the Malinta Tunnel during the Philippine media launch of HBO's THE PACIFIC. Afterwards we had a great lunch and toured historic Corregidor Island, where cannons and barracks and memorials are testament to the island's - and my country's - pivotal role in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Yes, my birthday was awesome. Yay HBO Asia. dXDb
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Stage: Topeka, KS
Mood: cheerfulcheerful
 
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Ligaya
03 July 2011 @ 11:57 am
I'm tired of wakes and funerals, again.  
Azalea the former Shadowmaiden now lost her Dad to cancer. They only found out recently after they got tests (after her brother died), and he was terminal by then, especially because those harmless-looking nodes on his face never really bothered to announce themselves as painful malignant lumps.

A classmate of mine in high school lost her son, the first nephew/grandson on both her and her husband's families. He wasn't even 5 months a month old.

Most people don't know this but my other literary hero was Alejandro Roces Jr. Sadly, his death was what jarred me to return to the young, chipper, impressionable writer I was almost 20 years ago.
 
 
Mood: cynicalcynical
 
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Ligaya
12 January 2011 @ 11:49 pm
Stop! Meme tiemz. XD  
So it's the first month of the year and I don't make a decent post. Ah well! :P

I owe this to [info]dyoklako. Tagging [info]interploy, [info]dukesawolf, [info]doux_baisers, [info]silverlightstar, [info]yojichan, [info]ayafreya, [info]ericvids, [info]freehold, [info]kimivalkyrie, [info]sushioverdose, [info]supakawaiigurl, [info]kuroshin, [info]panda_monium and [info]ilovetakahana. Whew! =_=0

( Stop! Meme tiemz! )

Shit, the melatonin wore off while answering this. Oops. X_x
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Stage: Boku no Heya, mi Casa
Mood: awakeawake
 
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Ligaya
24 December 2010 @ 02:32 pm
(lines)  
I'm feeling a bit ill from the non-stop rains and ill at ease but don't let me damper your mood.

♥♥♥ Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! ♥♥♥

By the way, I apologise to those who sent SMS messages, I am currently abroad and I don't want either side to spend more on texting than necessary. ^^0
 
 
Stage: United States, Nevada, Las Vegas
Mood: awakeawake
 
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Ligaya
02 December 2010 @ 10:42 pm
Apparently, African societies are more liberal.  
I need to blog something relatively light or I just might go batty. X_x

As some of you already know, I call [info]mithlin_megil, [info]jactinglim, [info]chocolate_daze and [info]velvetdelirium mai waifus.

But apparently, in Africa, women can take wives of their own. The goal of the women who take on the "husband" role is to have their "wives" bear children for them, to secure the "husband's" lineage.

Well, the more you know... XD

So, waifus, what do we do? :>
 
 
Mood: amusedamused
Music: random jazz on iTunes in my comp
 
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