In that post I listed several categories of DRAMA ..<\/p>\n
Category 10 .. SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES ..<\/p>\n
Category 9.75 .. LOSS OF A LAPTOP ..<\/p>\n
Category 9.5 .. LOSS OF A PASSPORT ..<\/p>\n
Category 9.0 .. LOSS OF MONEY \/ CREDIT AND\/OR ATM CARDS ..<\/p>\n
The vital and the critical players ..<\/p>\n
First .. No question .. Amaraa<\/strong><\/span> .. saved-the-day ..<\/p>\n Second .. Changer<\/strong><\/span> .. Was the ACTION MAN ..<\/p>\n I had a rather bothersome day today. One of my neighbors asked Happy if he (my neighbor) could get Wi-Fi in his room of our\u00a0shared\u00a0apartment. Happy called Changer .. Changer called me. I said .. “Sure. After all it is Happy’s apartment.”<\/p>\n Assumptions. I assumed he would get Wi-Fi\u00a0IN\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>his room. He came over to my room and spent several hours<\/strong><\/span> fussing and fidgeting with the Dell Desk Top Computer I have the use of. To no avail I guess because the next thing I knew he was back with a friend. The two of them fussed and fidgeted and solved it. Wi-Fi in their room.<\/p>\n Small problem .. They had Wi-Fi and I had\u00a0NO\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>internet. Totally unacceptable to me. So they made-me-whole. I had internet again. As I was about to leave to go downtown to mail some post cards my neighbor appeared. He indicated he wanted to come into my room since the Wi-Fi was now in my room. I said .. “I must go out and you cannot come into my room.”<\/p>\n Having these two in-my-room up-close-and-personal was just a bit disturbing. I wanted peace and quiet so that I could really concentrate on my writing post cards. But .. What Is .. IS<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0.. I neither tipped over nor did I die<\/strong><\/span> .. But they were with-me literally for about four (4) hours of my afternoon.<\/p>\n At 6:30pm off I went on the bus downtown to mail my post cards. I was NOT feeling exactly 100% but I had taken a short nap and felt basically OK .. I am not going out IF I feel distracted .. I stay in!<\/p>\n Into the post office ..<\/p>\n I put my post cards into the International Drop Box ..<\/p>\n I stepped over to the post card and stamp counter and selected forty (40) post cards and (40) stamps ..<\/p>\n “Sir that will be 66,000 Tug (US $ 33.47)” .. The post cards were 550 Tug each. The stamps were 1100 Tug each. The total for each post card with stamp was \u00a01,650 Tug or US $ 0.83+<\/strong> ..<\/p>\n Not that I did not trust her .. Of course I did .. She has been serving me for several weeks now ..<\/p>\n BUT ..\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>I just wanted to ‘crunch-some-numbers<\/strong><\/span>‘ to check things out.<\/p>\n I casually reached down for my cell phone to use it as a calculator ..<\/p>\n TIME STOPPED .. MY PULSE STOPPED .. MY HEART SKIPPED-A-BEAT ..<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n MY .. \u00a0CELL .. \u00a0PHONE .. \u00a0WAS .. \u00a0GONE !!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I had become the victim of a pick-pocket. A first ever for me. Never ever have I been successfully pick-pocketed.<\/p>\n I .. HAD .. NO .. PHONE .. NUMBERS ..\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I could not call anyone .. I did not even know my own phone number<\/strong><\/span> ..<\/p>\n “Don’t panic Captain. It is only a cell phone.” I have a train to catch tomorrow and I sure will miss having a cell phone to be in contact with all of my support group. Well .. one step at a time .. I must get back to my apartment ..<\/p>\n I rode the bus home with my post cards (I used the postal clerk’s calculator to confirm she was spot-on-accurate) ..<\/p>\n I got home and WAS I LUCKY ..\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>Amara was home!<\/p>\n “Amaraa please telephone Changer.” .. Thank the Good Lord Amaraa and I are buddies and the two of us use Changer as our translator. Amaraa has talked to Changer several times daily for the past few weeks.<\/p>\n Without Amaraa I was\u00a0DEAD-IN-THE-WATER ..<\/strong><\/p>\n “Changer this is Cap. My cell phone was stolen from me on the bus.” .. “I have a second cell phone with me Changer. It is fully functional. I need to get another SIM Card.”<\/p>\n “Cap I will be over immediately.” .. “I have had three of my own cell phones stolen. My daughter the same. I know exactly what-to-do here.” He was over like Jack Flash .. we went directly to the main downtown Mobi.Com office because it was one of only three in Ulaanbaatar that is open past 8pm.<\/p>\n Changer explained to the representative what had happened .. I gave her my passport. She said .. “Here is a new SIM card with your same telephone number and all of your funds on your pre-paid card are intact. That will be 5,000 Tug (US $ 2.54)”<\/p>\n We tried it out .. it worked for outgoing and incoming cards ..<\/p>\n PATTI ..\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Your Hong Kong Nokia cell phone saved the day big time.<\/p>\n “I am so happy to have been of service to you Cap.”<\/p>\n![\"DSCN4298[1]\"](\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN42981-600x450.jpg\")
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