unfortunate sunday

It started with the family’s abrupt decision to go shopping. And so we rode a bus to the mall after church service. A day in the mall wasn’t very eventful but still for someone like us whose daily lives just switch between home and work recently it may be considered a good break. We got out of the mall by 7PM and learned that all vans bound back to our city had already left and none other will arrive. This is an unpleasant surprise because the last time I went with a colleague, transport was available until 9PM. So we waited for a bus in front of the mall for half an hour but to no avail. Cutting the story short, we were able to get a ride past 9 o’clock and boy was it inconvenient! Imagine there were 6 of us squeezed in the back of the AUV which would only be comfortable for four but since all the passengers are just as eager to get home, we all endured the inconvenience.

From the cab’s unloading area, we rode a tricycle. Feeling giddy from the uncomfortable travel, I started getting ready for bed and as I changed my clothes I found out that my cell phone’s missing. I tried ringing it using my sister’s handset hoping that the rider would hear it and pick it up. But it just rang on until it went dead because the call is not answered. I’m certain that it slipped from my pocket in the tricycle because it was still in my left pocket when we got off the AUV.

I immediately gave up my hopes of retrieving it because foremost, tricycles roam around the city and pick passengers in succession. Second its battery is not fully charged thus would be drained soon. The only consolation was that both the phone and the SIM card is secured with a PIN so whoever finds it would have no use for it unless he’s quite techie to know how to deactivate the locks

I am saddened by the loss of my phone which I bought on credit and paid for several months and which had been a big help in my
studies since I used it for Internet connection at home. It had even been a handy camera for several photos for this blog. Now, gone with it were the dates and messages which mean much to me.