Sunday, June 4, 2006

My new toys, muggers and doing a good deed

Shopping for toys
Off to Divisoria/168 Mall to see if I can find soccer uniforms we can use in our next tournament. However halfway through my Chowking longanisa meal I decided not to go to 168, instead head to Adidas Sportkamp where they are holding a warehouse sale.

Didn't find what I was looking for, but picked up some goodies anyway. I pegged myself to a P1,000 budget and below are the stuff the I got.

- Kinetic Wristband set (P250, sale price P150)
- Pursuit SL Sleevless Shirt (P795, sale price P397.50)
- F50 X-Lite Shin guards (P795, sale price P397.5o)

Net: P945 (saved P55)

The wristband set (last one in the basket) comes in 5 individual pieces (black, green, khaki, orange and mint green). Now I have a matching wristband for every soccer jersey in my cabinet, hehe.
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The good and the bad
On my way home, from my seat on the bus I saw a guy being mugged by four indigents along Roxas Blvd. in Baclaran. They were groping his pants (for his cellphone I'm sure) and took his wallet. Poor guy looked like a highschool kid on his way to a date. They returned his wallet when they were satisfied and walked away as people around seemed to ignore the whole incident.

God, I wish i had better X-Men powers, but my Gay-Dar wouldn't be any use in this situation. I could interfere, but would anyone help me? The only martial arts I know is "Sayonatsi" (short for "say-na-tsinelas-ko-takbo!"). There were also no cops around, whom I could have shown a camera photo of the suspects(that is, If I had the presence of mind to take one).

I felt bad about doing nothing. He could have been me 15 years ago. Would have you done something?

Later on along Coastal Road somebody called Lenon handed me a small note and it read:

If this was a ploy for me to shell out P12, it worked. After missing an opportunity to do a good deed, I just couldn't let a second one pass and got a pack of special macapuno(which looked dry and old). I gave it to Pam and it made made her forget I left her with the kids all day when I got home.

The P12 was well worth it (Thanks Lenon!).