Papu's, a restaurant in the daytime, becomes a bar at night.
everywhere during a barangay inspection, added Marquez. The modus, said Marquez, was to slip a packet of vetsin into the unsuspecting victim’s drink, which, when combined with a high level of alcohol, would make the drink toxic and render the victim unconscious. “May mga nalalasing na mga estudyante (We have students who get drunk),” said Marquez, referencing a women’s college in the Katipunan area, whose students are often victims. “Dinadala nalang namin sa bahay ([So] we just take them home).” Parking with drugs Tim* and Elliot* are both college students who admit to smoking marijuana in their free time. While their main sources for the weed are people outside their usual circle, they can always count on the “parking boys” of Katipunan for a quick fix.
This drink is the highlight of this college student's schoolwork-filled week.
Both boys, however, assert that they do not buy the weed themselves, but ask a ‘middleman’ to do it for them. “I usually just give money to someone whom I know will be buying weed,” said Tim. “I ask them to
before. “Hintay kami sa car tapos yung boy pumunta sa isang lugar na hindi ko alam kung saan (We waited in the car while the boy went somewhere else, I don’t know where). “Balik siya mga 10 to 15 minutes, tapos ginamit yung 'handshake technique' para mabigay yung stuff (He came back after 10, 15 minutes and used the ‘handshake technique’ to give us the weed).” Marquez, on the other hand, said that the main source of weed that the barangay knew of was the Meat Shop. “May mga nakatago na marijuana sa aircon units (There was marijuana hidden in the air-conditioning units),” said Marquez of the scene during a routine barangay inspecjust buy for me as well.” tion of the place. “May kasama ako na kilala yung Marquez said that the barangay parking boys (I was with someone is still on the lookout for any violawho knew the parking boys),” said tions in the said drinking places. Elliot, who has witnessed one of his friends buying from a parking boy *Names changed to protect privacy.
“May nakatago na marijuana sa aircon”