Chapter 7: S500i Sony Ericsson

Written on 25 February 2008













On 15 – 22 February 2008, I went to KK and Labuan for Holidays. At the same time, I wanna get my Jack’s Stuff T Shirts. On 17 February 2008, Benjamin and Chris (C Walkers) were asking me out for lunch in Delifrance at Warisan Square (nearby Centerpoint). Benjamin asked me to teach him how to use the Sony Vegas 7 (Movie editing software) , while Chris was getting C Walk songs from my S500i phone. We were very close to each other because the table was so small for us.

Warisan Square, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia









While I was teaching Benjamin, I found out that my phone was LOST! We were searching the place high and low for several times. Then a waitress came to us saying that there was a Filipino standing besides us just few minutes ago. Chris began to scold the waitress for not informing us earlier. Then Benjamin was angry, saying “He is a Filipino, and we are Chinese. Obviously, we are not the same at all. We are not friends! And we didn’t come in the café together.”

The funniest thing is that the waitress replied, “I saw him taking your phone away…”












Without finishing the sentence, Chris shouted, “YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US EARLIER!” After knowing the details of how Filipino dressed, Chris and Benjamin immediately called out his friends and went out to find the Filipino. I was left alone in the café and thinking about the whole matter.

We were in the café. There were many people around us. The Filipino was so daring to enter a place to steal my phone. The phone was just right in front of me, and yet all of us didn’t even notice any movement of theft. Indeed, that guy is a great pickpocket.

The waitresses in the café came to apologize to me for not informing us earlier. They expected to receive an insane scolding from me. However, I didn’t scold them. I was so CALM! I smiled to them in return, saying, “It’s ok. What is gone, it’s gone. It will never return. Let it be.”









I began to think of some moral values in this matter:

1) When you got problems, and people around you had known your problems, they will stay away from it. They saw the pickpocket, but they remain silent. This is sin of nature - Selfishness.

2) It’s useless to be angry when anything had already happened. Why not we think of a brighter way and think positively? It’s just a phone. We can buy a new one. Furthermore, my God, Jesus is indeed a God of blessings. Amen!

3) Jesus really knows that I want to change a new phone. S500i isn’t my best choice. I want the latest Sony Ericsson Shaky Phone (W580i).

4) Since my phone was gone, that Filipino was in sin. I prayed that God will forgive him for he did not know what he was doing. I prayed that God’s mercy and grace will fall upon that guy. Even though Benjamin and Chris found that pickpocket, I will not hate him. I will not give him BLUE EYES too. I rather share the gospel of Jesus to him.









The waitresses and the people were astonished by my smile and calmness. I just thought in my mind, “Jesus is my good God. He will bless me always.” While I was praying for that Filipino, I felt that Jesus says I did a right thing. And I sense a strong mercy from Jesus because I love and forgive that guy.

Jesus loves us and forgives us though we sin against Him. What a Great God! I just prayed that Filipino will turn into a Christian and stay away from evil desires. And sin no more…











In conclusion, though Benjamin and Chris could not find that Filipino, Jesus blessed me with a Sony Ericsson Shaky Phone. They were so surprised that Jesus is indeed a God of blessings. And they said one thing to me, “Jack, you are so cool. You can be so calm. How did you do it?”
It is because my life is in the hands of Jesus.