In luck and pushing one's luck!

A friend of mine told me that what happened to my son was really regarded as bad luck...I said no...I see it as pure luck indeed! My son was so lucky enough to leave the scene unscathed. That's very important. I don't know how to deal with it if they had harmed him physically. I will curse them til they die. They are the real menace of our society. Very dangerous and very annoying threat to everybody's lives. We live in this country where sad to say, rampant of street robberies are cuddled. Not to mention unimaginable killings, sex exploitation and the likes. Our government should look or find ways to put a stop on this or somehow lessen or at least to deploy man lang some police in those areas that cuddle thieves. Light posts should be inspected regularly so as to shoo away hangers on, who sniff and when zonked out will find prey for easy money.
**One example is Tara Santelecis. The poor victim was shot in the head at close range, (comatosed...very horrible...I wonder how she's now doing)... when she fought for her laptop from her e#*l-attacker. Wala bang pamilya ang mga taong ito? Wala ba silang konsenya? Wala ba silang natutunan man lang values sa kanilang mga magulang? Wala ba silang takot sa Diyos? Wala ba silang pangarap? Anong klaseng buhay ang pinamumulat nila sa kanilang mga anak?

Idle hands are the devil's tools ("Collections" 1808)
Idle brains are the devil's workhouses (T. Fuller 1732)
If the Devil finds a Man idle, he'll set him at work (J. Kelly, "Scottish Proverbs," 1721)

**One sure reason why they end up like this is being jobless. Kapag nga naman nagugutom na mga anak nila, wala ng konsye-konsyensya. This is one way to express their disappointment in life. Paano naman sila tatanggapin eh kahit nga janitorial jobs kailangan yata eh college graduate ka? So hindi pwede. Kung call center naku mas lalong di pwede. Eloquency counts here. So where will we put those blames? E di sa government natin, san pa ba? Some high officials pocketed large amount of government reserves. It would be a great help for some development and some projects or even to start a cottage industry program to help those who need to find jobs for subsistence. Kaya ayun, ang pinakamadali nga naman ay ang mang-agaw ng cellphone ng me cellphone. Easy money kasi. Easy to sell.
**Government earn a lot of criticisms and disappointment from private citizen like me. Eh wala na tayong ginawa kundi to splurge government funds to investigate and reinvestigate this and that anomalies. A lot of plundering cases, now we have Bolante to grill. Hay naku...ako as much as I can help it ayoko ng bumoto (ayoko naman masayang yung aking right to vote). In the end, we're just be helping future thieves. Kawawang Pinoy...kawawang Pinas...napakayaman natin kung tutuusin pero we landed as #5 sa pinaka-naghihirap na bansa...why?

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
Author: Evan Esar