Christmas preparations start at least 2 months before, well, christmas. Cops have become more vigilant in harassing traffic violators, for their "christmas collections". I've been hearing about a lot of mugging incidents lately, more rampant than usual. Just last week, my former professor in German was riding a bus from Laguna to Makati. Just as she was about to disembark at Ayala, four gunmen got on and started waving their weapons wildly and gesturing that everyone hand over all their valuables. My professor had 8k on her and she managed to slip 5k in her shoe unnoticed. She handed over the 3k and her cellphone. I consider hiding that money a brave thing, although if she had gotten caught and shot and killed because of it, most people would say it was stupid. After collecting everything there was to collect, one of the gunmen instructed the bus driver to take them to Cubao, where the thieves finally took their leave. No one was killed. My professor took a cab back to Makati because she had a class waiting.
Also I've been hearing reports of lone passengers hailing cabs and upon getting in, the driver asks them to move to the center "to distribute the weight evenly". The passenger, probably tired and absent minded, complies. When the cabbie stops at a dimly lit corner or a traffic light, two people appear out of nowhere and get in on either side, flanking the passenger, leaving no room for escape. They take what they can and drop the poor passenger off somewhere, sometimes giving him just enough money to get home, if they feel that they've gotten enough cash. Compassionate bastards.
If you haven't got enough cash on you, then they drive around till they come across a cash machine and instruct the victim to clean out the account.
This is very worrying considering I ride cabs all the time.
Keep your eyes peeled people. Buy pepper spray or something. And look poor. I don't know.
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