A gesture of an overseas Filipina worker who is based in Dubai has struck a chord with an old man from Pasig City after she gifted him a cellphone that he had been wanting to buy for his grandchild.

Last March, Monica Raon Santos, an accountant manager at an engineering firm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, saw on Facebook the story of the old man named Lolo Lucio.

The old man braved to travel from Pasig to a mall in Santa Mesa even at his weak knees to buy his grandchild a cellphone. He brought with him a bunch of P20 and P100 bills to buy it, but his money fell short of almost P400 to take it home.

Kean Estacio Jonson, the salesman, who assisted Lolo Lucio shared on Facebook last March 20: “Kanina si tatay wala man lang pumapansin sa kanya habang ako naman naka salubong ko sya nag tanong siya sakin sabi nya iho san ba pwedeng bumili ng Vivo. Sabi ko ‘Tay tara dun tayo sa store.”

He noticed that Lolo Lucio was already having a difficulty in talking and walking at that time.

At the store, the old man handed him a slip of paper. “Nabasa ko lang sa dala niyang papel “Vivo”. [Ta]pos nung bibili na sya pag labas ng pera puro 20 pesos at 100 pesos na naka tali ng goma. Sabi nya inipon pa daw nya yun para mabil[h]an nya yung apo nya ng cellphone,” Johnson said.

“[K]aso kulang yung pera nya. Ang price kasi ng unit na bibilin nya ay 5,990, pero ang dala nyang pera ay 5,600 lang,” the salesman added.

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