Yesterday morning we discovered that we've been robbed. I was too naive to keep the terrace door unlocked (it's closed but unlocked), thinking that nobody would dare try to enter our house through the terrace. Imagine, our second floor is 12-feet high from the ground and yung harang ng terrace is about 3 feet high. Besides, people ramdomly pass by the streets so I thought no one would dare climb that high coz it would have been easy for passersby to notice them. Anyway, several valuable items were stolen...a cheap dvd player (with orig starwars III dvd in it), 12" acer laptop (na sira ang lcd but working), Paul's lumix cam. a pellet gun, cardreader, several SDs, Yuan's remote control truck, and Yuro's newly opened can of milk (wala talagang patawad!). It was weakening to discover that much was stolen but I was thankful that we're all safe.
Early this morning, Yuan woke me up with teary eyes saying "Mommy nilalamig po ako". My first reaction was to check if he has fever, fortunately he has none. So I just covered him with blanket and hugged him for a while. When I thought he was already sleeping, I went back to my side of the bed but still watched him as he sleep. I noticed he wasn't really asleep yet. He opened his eyes and saw me smiling at him, he then closed them again. After a while he opened his eyes again so I felt he really couldn't sleep. So I asked him "Kuya, may masakit ba?" and he answered "wala po". I continued the conversation by saying "Bakit nung ginising mo ko kanina umiiyak ka?" Then he went near me and said, "Mommy natatakot po ako." So I asked him, "Saan ka natatakot? Nagdream ka ba?". And he said, "Mommy bakit kinuha ng bad guy yung player?" The moment he said this, I was teary eyed myself. I didn't think that the robbery would have such impact on him. To be perfectly honest, I am scared too. Scared that these robbers would have the courage to break into our house again and hurt us. Although nothing that bad has happened in our neighborhood, I really cannot be sure these days. Anyway, holding back my tears I answered Yuan "Meron talagang mga ganong tao anak. Kumukuha sila ng mga gamit na hindi naman sa kanila. Pero hindi tama iyon. Kasi pinaghihirapan yun ni Daddy tapos kukunin lang nila. Hwag kang matakot, player lang naman yun eh, pwede tayong bumili uli. Ang importante nandito tayong lahat at hinding hindi ko kayo ibibigay sa bad guy."
"Mommy, natatakot ako kasi masakit ipin ko, Di ba pag sumakit uli bubunutin na?" (This is the third time that he experienced tootache)
"Opo, kailangan na yang bunutin. Hwag kang matakot, pag bubunutin, nandun lang si Mommy, babantayan kita"
I woke up Paul and asked him to buy Ponstan for kids and paracetamol as well. I told Paul " Daddy, palock na lang ng pinto pag-alis mo. "
Then Yuan asked me "Mommy, saan dumaan yung bad guy?"
I answered "sa terrace po"
Yuan: "nalock mo na?"
Me: "Opo. Natatakot ka pa ba?"
Yuan: "Hindi na po."
Me: Sige, antay lang natin si Daddy para makainom ka ng gamot para mawala na sakit ng ipin mo then after school, punta tayo sa dentist.
He was able to sleep right after he has taken Ponstan.