Happy Wedding Anniversary Mils and Bacon!!!

I finally got my stuffs in place.

I can't believe it only took me about 2 hours or so to get my MyKad and driver's license done. Bravo! I was afraid that they would charge me RM100 for the lost MyKad but they didn't! Maybe because I made a police report indicating that I was robbed and didn't lose it due to my own carelessness.

I even got a replacement for my laptop. Now it's in black (Previously white).

The day after the theft, Chip and I went to mph and got another copy book I was reading halfway. Damn thief.

We were browsing through cameras in Sony Style and I think.... I think I know which one I want! But I've decided to shop around and look through other brands as well before I commit to another camera. YaY! Initially, before my camera was taken away from me, I was contemplating on upgrading to an entry-level DSLR (Canon EOS450D). However, now that I'm camera-less and as Bots pointed out that I value features and a speed type of photographer, I should go for a compact first I think he's right.

So there, everything is slowly getting back to order. There's still that fear whenever I come back late at night and I get a little suspicious when there's a motorbike riding behind very closely. I've become more alert to my surroundings. Basically, I shouldn't 'frog out' whenever I'm out.

Thank you to all for your concerns and for helping me through this! *HUGS*

This time I was face-to-face with the thief.

It was Friday, 8pm. I left office and headed home using Jalan Damansara, the toll-free road next to Eastin Hotel. As usual, I placed my laptop and handbag on the front passenger seat. Traffic was unusually heavy that night. Thinking that it was too dark to grab my book out of my handbag for a quick read, I toyed with my cellphone, browsing themes I exchanged with my colleague that afternoon. When I had to drive, I’d place my cellphone in the tiny side socket of my cardoor.

I was contemplating whether I should go home straight or ask where Chip was to join him for dinner. On second thoughts, I really did want to go home and freshen up before dinner. We even made plans to make a trip to PD to visit some friends that night. I decided to head home instead.

As I got onto my street, I took out my set of housekeys and auto-gate remote control from my middle compartment of my car. I pressed the button and the two gates of my front entrance slowly opened wide. I drove in to my usual parking space; a tiny space that is parked very close to the pillar and flower bed. It takes a lot of skill to drive up to my little spot but I always manage to get through without hurting my car!

I press the button of my remote control again for the gates to close. My engine was still running as I switch off my lights, air-con and radio. My car doors were still locked. I turned to my left to with the intentions of grabbing my bags when I noticed at the side of my eyes someone running into my driveway. The person was approaching the left side of my car. In a quick second, I was already wondering who could it be? If it was my sister, brother-in-law or a friend, they wouldn’t want to wait for me at the side of my car.

Next thing I knew, I was face-to-face with a dark figure. The porch lights were switched on but it was too dark for me to distinguish anything more than a silhouette with a helmet. I knew something was very wrong when he lifted up his two hands and smashed the front left window. Glass shattered. I screamed. His hands went through the broken glass and took my bags from the seat. I leaned to my left, trying to grab hold of any bags but he was too quick for me. He managed to escape while my gate was still in the midst of closing.

It was either my gate was so damn slow or he was so damn fast and experienced. I would say both.

I was terrified. I press on my car horn. My gate was about to close. Rational thinking came to place: “Audrey, open the gate again before you drive out to catch him.”

And so I did but by the time I carefully drove my car out from its tight corner, it was obviously too late. He was gone. I have no idea if he had an accomplice or he was on a bike. I guess he had both.

I drove out of my street and into the next and I knew I was just chasing after a ghost rider. With my side window opened bare, it wasn’t safe for me or worth the risk driving around alone. Luckily I had my phone with me (remember, I took it out of my handbag) and phoned Chip, my parents and my sister and waited at home for them. Shaken and frighten, I was lucky to get out of this situation unhurt. Small cuts on my fingers when the glass shattered but other than that, I was OK.

All in all, I lost the following:

·          My laptop with all my office work and personal photos!

·          My purse – credit cards, ATM, MyKad, driver’s license, shopping cards

·          My Sony T-100 camera *sob sob sob* and two memory sticks and photos of sis’ birthday

·          RM 250 cash

·          My Dragonlance book

·          My thumbdrive and blur-blur doodoll

·          A cross that I found in my postbox

I may have lost almost RM5k worth of stuff but I’m thankful that that was all that was taken from me. A lot of ‘what ifs’ situations came in my mind…

What if the gate closed in time and he couldn’t escape.. what would he have done to me?

What if he was bolder and asked me to open the doors to my house… what would he have done to me?

What if the glass injured me…

All things happen for a reason and maybe it was to prevent something else from happening…

Maybe it was to prevent us from driving to PD…

Maybe it was to get my parents and sister & family to come home at that time…

Maybe it was for me to get a new laptop and a new cam? Haa..

Maybe it was a test of relationships between those who genuinely cared and those who pretended to…

Possibilities aplenty (maybe it’s just as simple as me being unobservant and careless) but I’m taking this positively rather than to live in fear forever. The faceless helmet-wearing silhouette haunts me every once in a while. Then again, I can’t help but to repeat how absolutely thankful I am that I came out of this unhurt J

So ladies, do not place your bags on the passenger seat even if you are in the car. It’s better to leave them on the floor of your car or boot.