I still remember the last time I lost a wallet. If I remember it right, it was on the 21 Dec 2002. It was Christmas holidays and we were back at Baguio City (the place where I spent my primary 4 and 5 days) So we were just walking around, looking for the mini-cafe where we used to spend a huge portion of our after-school hours. It was so fly because the weather was perfect. Chilly, but not mouth-chattering bone-freezing chilly. Cloudy, but not dark mood-spoiler cloudy. I was super at high because I was set to meet someone the next day. So I offered to give my cousin a treat. Just midday snack, a burger and root beer float, my god that was heaven. But just then, in the middle of that noisy crowd all out on a Saturday, just then, I realized that my wallet was gone. The feeling was sickening, like falling off a chair just when you're taking a seat and someone pulled the chair away, but only realizing that no one actually pulled it away it's just that you missed it by an inch. And right then and there I stopped. God I felt like crying. And all I managed was a weak, pathetic 'let's just go back home' kind of sob. So we did.

Anyway let me talk about the wallet. It was given by the very cousin right there with me. Well, I actually forced her to give it to me a few months back. It's a Garfield wallet, moss green (or olive green, I'm not good with colours) with copper brown lining. There was no coin compartment but it was pretty fly. I was in love with it, I swear to god I was! I lost it together with P3000.00 huge huge money, because I was only 12 back then and P3000 was like a really huge deal. There were many other memorabilia kept in it, like my P4 school ID, Ryan's P5 school ID, Daniel's first love letter, and Ryan's Ghostfighter bookmark. I swear those stuffs are so much valuable than the stupid P3000 x100!

I've found the nearest copycat of that wallet though, a good few months back. Well it's not garfield and it isn't moss green (or olive green, I really don't know) but it's brown and it's as good as it gets, plus the lining is copper brown too and plus plus there's no coin compartment either. But just like its A-list model, it was gone without my even knowing. But the thing is I'm not even the least bit sad. Really I'm not. I've lost one before haven't I?

It is just a second best, after all.