(Almost) Nicked in the Nick of Time

Nov. 25, 2011
Around 2:00 p.m.

Boarding the train at GMA-Kamuning Station, I had my iTouch playing when, out of protective habit, I groped for my pockets & learned that one of which was almost empty. In a snap, I alarmingly checked why & saw this guy fishing my iTouch out. With a glare, I instantly grabbed it back as we both hopped in between the closing doors of the train.

Mabilis ang mga pangyayari. He pretended to be rummaging something in his knapsack (worn on his front), which I suspect was his modus operandi to hook my iTouch's cord onto attaching it with his busyness with his bag.

Inside the train, I continued to throw him questioning stares and observed that he seemed disoriented. Thus the display of a restless behavior, pointing at some guy, whom I even doubted an accomplice but apparently NOT, as the latter is held closer by what looked like his girlfriend and the former (the thief) alighted the train ALONE right at the next station (Cubao). 

In this video, notice how he must have detected me trying to camcord him (for ID purposes) and turned his back directly onto my direction.

Beware and please report to the police once you see this familiar face.