With the entire Luzon under ‘enhanced community quarantine’ due to the rapid spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, more stringent rules are now being imposed on the public to help contain the spread of the disease. Among these are the suspension of all manner of public transportation and the strict implementation of home quarantine, both of which restrict mobility.
Growing up, I have this really weird misconception about pawnshops. When I was still young, I usually overheard it from my parents talking about pawning watches and jewelries whenever we would be needing additional money for tuitions fees and other stuff. Somehow, as there last resort for money problems.
Watching TV and on how pawnshops are being portrayed could be another scenario, where usually the antagonist would be seen in front of a pawn shop in his or her most desperate situation. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the pawnshop itself is bad, in fact, it could be considered to be like a superhero that saves the day. I guess what strikes me the most is the people who goes there, in dire need to pawn a very valuable item just to have an ample amount of money to be used for a more important matter. As you might have know, letting go of something precious, is just sometimes heartbreaking.
Anyway, adulthood might struck me a bit late but it already gave me enough ideas about the pawning system and on its importance in the community. Continue reading and will tell you more about my first time experience and my recent discoveries.
My family is very lucky to withstand different disasters that occurs in the past. I think the worst that we got was when the flood eaten almost half of the house where you would be seeing us clinging to our lives at the rooftop. I was still a kid back then and floods where like a huge pool that I consider. So just imagine my excitement whenever there’s a flood in our area.
But of course as we grow older we realizes the grave cost of a disaster. We tend to hope for it not to ever happen again. And we realizes the importance of disaster preparedness. You will never know when one will hit and disaster or emergencies can always happen to anyone.