This day is special for all mothers and I had nothing so special planned but to have a day out with the whole family. I was teasing my brother that he will treat us for lunch so my mother will not need to cook lunch and he willingly obliged.
TIME: 10am
My brother gave us the money to purchase lechon manok and ice cream. I told my mother if we can go to NCCC uyanguren first to see if they are selling a certain textile that I am looking for. I needed something to cover the dashboard of my car because the heat of the sun would bounce directly to my face every time I would drive the car on a hot day. I ended up buying 2 dew foam pillows coz they did not have what I was looking for. As I was paying the cashier, a guard approached the cashier and they were talking about a fire nearby. I asked them where the fire was. They said it was in the Lizada entrance. What???!! My car is parked there. My mother and I rushed down and out of the store for fear that it might be a big fire. Fortunately it was just a minor fire.
So we headed to Bo. Obrero to buy lechon manok from Nochies before we headed for Victoria Plaza to buy ice cream.
TIME: 11am
We arrived at Victoria Plaza. I told my mother that we try to inquire about the textile at the textile department of the Mall first before we proceed to the grocery to buy the ice cream. Still no textile for my dashboard, but we have the ice cream.
TIME: 12nn
We are at the carpark. I turned on my engine, pressed the hazard button and started backing. As I was changing to first gear to move forward, I heard a bump. What the!!!! A car bumped me! I did not see a car backing while I was backing. Where did he come from??? My mother immediately jumped off the car and the driver of the honda CRV that bumped us did not even bother to get down his car. My mother knocked hard on his window to let him get off the car. Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma got off and he started acting arrogantly. He started blurting out things that he was Vice president of BPI (so?!). That he knew people from TMC. Darn! he even mention.. "wala na kase si Popo" (referring to Mr. Celso "Popo" Gempesaw who died of a heart attack last week). In my mind I was thinking what the hell does a dead man have to do with this?! Then he started calling people on his cellphone.
He even called the mall owner. What??? Is the mall owner responsible for what he did? The security guards came and they got my drivers license and asked for his license. It took him quite some time to show his license. As the guard was holding his license and copying his details, I took at peek at his license and it turned out to be an expired drivers license!!!! It expired last February 2009. He is driving with an expired license!!! After more than 30 minutes, the police (PO2 Lantajo) from the traffic department came and got our certificate of registration and drivers license. Then we were instructed to proceed to the Sta. Ana Police station.
When I arrived at the police station with my brother, I informed PO2 Lantajo that Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma was driving with an expired license. I hope he takes note of that in his report. The damage was not really that big (my car got a dent on the drivers side while his car had no trace of damage at all coz it was his spare tire hard casing that bumped into my car) and I also have my own car Insurance. It's just that this guy really got into my nerves!! Perhaps he was thinking he can scare me off with his connections??? Well he is absolutely wrong! We should follow proper procedures and he is not going to get away with it.
What irritated me more was he kept bragging about his position with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). Such a stupid thing to do! He happens to be talking to one of their bank clients and I'm so pissed off I'm thinking of closing my bank account from their bank. Yeah he has a very high position with BPI and he should have known better how to act like a respectable professional!
TIME: 2:30PM
We fetched my sister's family from their house and proceeded to SM. We strolled around, bought a few stuffs and ate snacks at pizza hut. After eating our snacks, went up to worlds of fun. My nephew was so excited coz we agreed that everybody will ride the bump car, except for my father who was playing bingo at the bingo hall. It was the first time of my sister, mother and bro in law to ride a bump car. hehehe.. They were asking me several questions - how does it move forward? do we step on something to make it run? hahaha! Of the 9 bumpcars.. only 4 were functioning. Good enough for the 4 rides that we took.
TIME: 6:30PM
We went down to Antonio's Grill to have dinner. Unfortunately, the place is full. So we decided to just go for Bigby's. We ordered baby back ribs and fishermans catch. Our orders came and we were quite surprised with the appearance of the baby back ribs.. Hmmm it looked fatty.. errr... As we sliced it, it was kinda hard.. and there was more fat inside.. it did not taste that good though. This was our first time to eat at Bigby's SM, but we have already tried eating several times at Bigby's torres. We even joked maybe it was a grandmother backribs that they used since we are celebrating mothers day today. While we paid our bill, we informed the owner (she was not in uniform but she helped in serving and giving out the bill coz the place was so busy) about the backribs and she just said "ah ok we will just tell them" tell who? the commissary? hmmm.. their baby backribs is definitely not at par with the baby back ribs of Rancheros grill.
Well this day is one unforgettable day for the bad and good things that happened. A piece of advice to all drivers out there. Do not be fooled by these people who would want to scare you off when you get into a vehicular accident like what happened to me. Call the proper authorities and have it documented properly. As I was talking to PO2 Lantajo earlier, he mentioned there have been several incidents of car owners not being able to claim the damages from the person responsible for the damage since they did not course it through the TMG. Also, do not just accept any calling cards or whatsoever from these people while they tell you to just contact them. Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma did give me a calling card but I verified from a friend who was also working for BPI. Yes he is from BPI.
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