In 2010 she brought me enough magical items to fill a foot locker. She was selling all of them--because, to her, none of them worked. I bought them because, when I held them in my hands, I immediately sensed that there was magic in all of them.

One year later I brought the items to a "magpipitik" (or "magpapaltik") in Cavite for affirmation. A "magpipitik" is a person who experiences electrical currents through his body while holding a magical item in his hands. All of my items were superb.

Two years later I brought the items to yet another "magpipitik", this one in Zambales, and the results were the same.