Passenger Talesstories about my experiences as a traveler and passenger

It has been more than a week already since I got pickpocketed. What a way to start a week! Kuya Alvin was not able to use his car because of color-coding so I had to commute to the office. I was hurrying to catch our official service in Katipunan. While getting on the jeepney in Ligaya, I felt something or maybe it was my instinct that made me put my knapsack in front of me. But I saw that the front pocket was already open. When I was able to sit down, I checked my bag for my coin purse, which I usually put there. I was glad when I saw that it was still there. This happened very fast. Unfortunately, I was five minutes late so I was not able to ride our service. When I got to the office, I told my friends about my experience and how nothing was taken. The next night I passed by Mercury Drug to buy medicine. The salesman asked me if I had a Suki card. I searched the front pocket of my knapsack for my cardholder but I couldn’t find it. I told the salesman that I must have left it at home. It was a few more seconds before it sank in that maybe that was what the pickpocketer took from my bag. All the way home I was still hopefull that I left it at home but at the back of my mind I knew that I did not take it out my bag the whole weekend. When I got home, I checked out the places where I may have put my cardholder but I could not find it. Not only did I lose my Suki Card but also 2 atms, a credit card, GSIS and health cards, voter’s, alumni and old school IDs, SM advantage and Bench card. I also lost some business cards of people I want to get in touch with. Now, I wish that the pickpocketer got my coin purse instead, which only held around a hundred pesos, than all my cards, which are very hard and not to mention expensive to replace. This was the second time that this happened to me this year. The first time was inside the MRT where my coin purse was lifted. I was using the same knapsack and the purse was also in the front pocket. The money was less than Php100 but my coin purse was inexpensive but new. I guess I must have gotten less attentive since arriving from Korea, where we were not very careful about our things. Now, I have retired my knapsack for the time being and using another knapsack. I no longer put my coin purse in the front pocket. As for my cards, I’m still in the process of replacing them.