Please Be Careful (Part 2)

“Delikado sumakay sa jeep ‘pag gabi na! Mag-FX ka na lang”

“Hindi, mas delikado sa fx kasi sarado pa yun! At least sa jeep makaka-talon ka pa palabas!”

Whether you take a jeep or an fx on your way home beyond 11 or 12 MN, you can’t always say that one’s safer than the other. You should always be on-guard and aware of the people you’re aboard the vehicle with, because you can’t be too sure of your safety. There will probably be no one else to save you but yourself when something happens.

A friend of mine took a jeep home instead of an fx last Wednesday. It was, past 2 in the morning or so, in Aurora. He was in front, beside the driver. He heard screams from behind him, women going hysterical. He glanced at the mirror and saw 3 men with weapons – you already know what’s happening. Instantly he jumped off the jeep and ran away, but one of the hold-uppers went out and chased him – with a knife wrapped in a good morning towel.

He ran for his life. He tried to stop other jeeps so he could ride and leave the man behind, but not one jeep stopped. The man, due to his age, wasn’t able to catch up. He reached an intersection. Luckily a jeep was there. He jumped onto it and yelled that the man chasing him was a hold-upper. The driver stepped on it and they went further away from the man. He was lucky he wasn’t hurt. He had thoughts like, “What if the man had a gun instead?” “He would have pulled the trigger.” “I could be dead now.”

It’s not that I’m telling you NOT to ride the jeep nor the fx. I just want my readers to be extra cautious. We’ve heard/read about other traumatic stories shared by people who, unfortunately encountered experiences which they never expected to happen to them.

You do not want it to happen to you, too right? What to do? Accidents do happen. This is just timing. One thing you wouldn’t ever have knowledge of. There won’t be any warnings. Just ALWAYS be extra careful and on-guard especially when you’re alone, going home late and commuting.

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