Do you have an experience snatched or lost your celfones?Hold-up?

I'm probably the unluckiest person here. I've experienced having my jewelries snatched, three times and I've lost seven cellphones in five years. I guess I'm still lucky somehow because I've never been held up. Hope it doesn't happen to me, ever.

the night of december 18, 2001 was very unfortunate. after spending the day with my bestfriend at the mall (as i just arrived back in the philippines after 5 months in indonesia), we went separate ways at around 10:30pm. it happened when i was waiting for a cab in a very crowded area along the highway near a traffic police outpost. an empty jeepney was coming in my direction so i stepped back a few meters then 5 guys singled me out in the crowd. two guys grabbed each side of me, my shoulder and my arm. and the fifth guy pointed a knife at me asking for my cellfone. my immediate reaction is, "how dare you...". i shrieked and asked for help, but nobody did. it was traumatic coz i couldn't sleep well for the next 3 months and i always cry whenever i remembered the incident. more than the cellfone, i lost my sense of security and peace of mind at that night. never again did i pass that road. it has become my most hated of all places.

you won't believe me but it happened to me three times already..yup! I lost 3 cellphones to snatchers and I guess more than the cellphone, I am more concerned of the traumatic effect it has on me. When I ride public jeepney (which I dreaded for quite a long time since I experineced that "slashing bag") I look at the passengers and see if there's a look of ahold upper or snatcher..I'm so concious that I hold on to my dear bag tightly. I just hope our streets (manila) will be cleared of these kind of people..It's really scary.

I almost experience being hold-up before when I was still working in Cebu.I was walking along the street near the mall when 2 persons approaching me and 1 person was following at my back.Then I had noticed that 1 guy on my front is signaling the guy at my back.I know that was a set up for hold up ,thus I run towards the opposite street then the guy at my back followed me.All of a sudden a jeepney is passing by and I stopped the jeepney and rode in it without knowing where would it be heading.Thanks God I am save by those hold uppers.