I got the incident recorded in the barangay. No complaints yet but for the record, so if this happens again, then there is a strong evidence of the recurrence.
As what I mentioned last time, people here in the countryside, almost everyone here are relatives with one another and tree line for the blood relation is vast. When I came to the barangay to have the incident recorded everyone know the trespasser immediately, who his immediate relatives are, where he actually lives (turns out he has a previous residence area still existing apart from here in our neighborhood).
The initial vibe of the place is tense after people in the barangay identified the trespasser with the ID I have shown them. When I said that I am not complaining yet but just wanting the incident to be recorded first and if this happens again that is the time I will escalate. Then the tensed vibe immediately shifted to people smiling again.
I also included the incident where this neighbor was shouting around and eventually went to my sister's gate and cursed the dog all captured in CCTV which as past 3 weeks or a month already. In this way, the record will show previous incidents of unbecoming in the neighborhood. I thought my sister went to the barangay last time about this specific incident but she told she didn't so better that I also included this in the blotter this morning.
People don't know me here, even at the barangay, they know my mother and my sister but not me because my mother stayed here for 20 years already but I only came to settle here much recently.
Better to have this recorded in the right channels legally just in case because I realized, people most of the time portray me as the bad guy and stories gets flipped in their favor and against me.
Now that the record is in place, next time it happens, there is now a supporting evidence that a previous incidents did happen of unbecoming of the neighbor and the trespassing act in our territory.
It is not enough that you do right in incidents here, it is a must that you also show that you did some level of tolerance before you acted to escalate because people here can perceive how you acted and if they think you abused the situation even though you didn't, the whole family, the whole relatives, the whole clan, even spanning provinces around the north will be your enemy and people can be traced to political figures down their consanguinity tree, network, or graph.
Well, happy Tuesday people 🤣
