Zamboangeños Robbed Me Twice in a Day

Zamboanga City should be dear to me. I finished my college there. I completed my academic requirements in my M.A. Science Education in the same city. There, I have found lots of friends and made memories to cherish for life.

In a fateful day, so never expected by me - two people there robbed me. November 4, 2010 was the day I was bound for Zamboanga to claim my PRC ID and enroll at GSIS for the latest e-card.

Having decided that we had to be back at GSIS by 3 pm, we proceeded to PRC in Baliwasan. Upon knowing that we couldn't get in because of what we were wearing, we decided that one of us would just bring our SPA. We had to print a copy, and we had to go to an internet cafe to have it done. When I got to the cafe, there were many people inside, and I did not notice that I was already picked of my wallet. The wallet contained a considerable amount of money plus ATM cards and my driver's license. I felt like I was ripped of my clothes at the time and I was so helpless with the situation. I wanted to go home right at that moment. I just had to stay further for my GSIS transaction.

I was already robbed; but I had to stay further, to have me enrolled at GSIS, at least to have the consolation of my coming to the city. While on the line for the ID processing there at the GSIS, we were dismayed by how the attending personnel was doing. He was like delaying time. He even took a snack, while seeing a line of his clients waiting for him. Then we just heard that the company would have a meeting at 4:30 pm. Again, I was robbed. This time, robbed of the chance to enroll for GSIS UMID. That personnel could have given me just 5 minutes; he didn't. He was so afraid of his boss.

Now, Zamboanga to me has been changed forever. I suddenly recalled all the partiality it had brought to me when I was still studying there. That day of November 4, I was robbed twice. But the city has robbed me many times already.