There really IS some good left in this world.

This happened yesterday, Saturday, July 26, 2008.

I woke up at about 9:30 in the morning, still dazed from "helping" out with last night's event, Music fest Quatro. My mom immediately approached me as she saw me sitting up from my bed. She then asked me, "Ate, did you lose your wallet?"

Of course, I said, "huh?"

"No, seriously ate, did you?" she asked again.

"Why pala ma?" I asked, already confused with such question.

"Ate, somebody called about 10 minutes ago, asking me if I knew any Laura Diaz. The lady at the other end of the phone told me her son, a ballot vender, found a wallet at Ponciano St. last night." mom said as she went to the bathroom to wash her face.

I followed her, still half asleep and trying to absorb the information. Thinking out loud, I said, " Hmmmm. Maybe I did ma! I still remember getting my last money from my wallet to pay the cab driver for taking me home. Then maybe my wallet fell as I struggled to pull the net up while I was holding my laptop at the same time… yeah ma, maybe! So the boy just found it outside our house!" concluding the episode last night.

"Funny thing is," mom continued, "the lady said that she was hesitant to tell me of the loss, since there was no money inside, afraid that I might think they stole your wallet. Rest assured, I told them that I knew you really had no money inside your wallet, aside for the small amount of money you said you paid for the cab. Nothing to worry, I told the lady." mom laughed.

Then mom told me that this family lives in Tibungco, just outside Panacan. We can only get it when my dad's free, meaning, we can only get it on a Sunday.

Praise God!! My whole life is in that wallet, my pictures, my license, my PRC card, my claim stab for Cebu Doc and PRC to process my visa screen application! Though there's no money, everything is there!

Want to know something funny? I only got to look inside my bag after I had the conversation with mommy dearest.

There really IS some GOOD left in this world. Praise God for them and their family!