ninakawan kami!

i had to say it in tagalog because it sounds more emphatic that way...

this had been a crazy week for us. last friday, early am, our house had been entered by a robber who got some very valuable gadgets including my mac ibook g4, psp, my son's new cellphone, the same son's new adidas backpack, the same son's new mp4 (mostly his christmas gifts) and my husband's canon eos300 (which was one of our best wedding gifts).

the previous night had been busy for me since without a maid, i was doing a lot of housechores, the yaya was with jm & mike helping out with kyle. they played in the balcony for a while before sleeping. around 4am (i finished in the washing machine about 2am already), i had this instinct to check on my 2 big boys in their room right after a breastfeeding session with kyle. i didn't understand why as normally i am too tired to get up. i looked at them sleep for a while wondering how they had grown up so fast, now 14 & 12... then, i went back inside the room, went to the restroom for a while and slept at the foot of the bed (where i thought, now i can have a better sleeping position, i normally sleep between jm & kyle and most of the night feeding kyle which makes my back ache). a few minutes after i lay down, i heard my younger son screaming. i ran out thinking they were again arguing / fighting. the first words my eldest told me was, "ma, ninakawan tayo." i woke mike up and then saw the balcony door swung open. my heart sank when i saw the laptop missing. the cellphone & mp4 were easy to replace though the sentimental value of those being gifts were hard for my 2nd son. the psp, aside from it's value and being a gift to my husband, was painful to lose for my eldest son as he just spent about 4t on upgrading the unit, buying a 4gb memory stick and loading games plus new accessories.

good thing it was only some items... the new macbook was still there, our portable dvd player and stuff downstairs (mike's laptop, all our cellphones, ipod, my camera and photoprinter among others. obviously the robber climbed up our balcony and found the door open (maybe it wasn't pushed well when it was closed). half of me was thankful that all of us were safe and only a few items are lost. but the other half was scared because the psp and cellphone was just near the heads of my sleeping kids...

sunday morning, mike found out his camera was missing. this made the feeling worse. the last backup i made in the laptop was september so we lost all pictures thereafter plus some very important files. there are also pictures from the holidays in mike's camera which have not yet been downloaded....

barangay, then police, then soco came... but what do you expect? we have clear suspects but none was done...

i'm totally excited in moving to a condo in 2 months and migrating in a few years.... really, i understand that everything has a purpose.