Wednesday, April 1, 2009

i curse them...

Dear all,

30 March 2009 (Monday) was like any other day, everything seems normal, i left office around 820pm-830pm. it was raining so i had to use my umbrella to walk to my car. My car was parked at the last lot on the philip wain reserved car park right behind the Milenium Tower building, at the corner next to the loading bay.

i am always very cautious. i always lock my car door when i drive, pump petrol, or even to stop for a few seconds just to drop a letter into the roadside mail box.

but it was raining on 30 March 2009, around 830pm. so i'd need to close my umbrella before i could shut my car door and lock it. just at that very split second, a dark-skinned, 5'3", 55-60kg, small-built guy, with black tees and black helmet, opened my front passenger door (left) and grabbed my handbag, which was still hung on my left arm. To avoid any unnecessary complexity, i let my handbag go. that scumbag shut my car door and ran towards his mate who was waiting for him on a kapchai. i screamed my lungs out during the whole incident. there was a guy standing next to his car, which was parked about 20ft away from me. Before the guy could turn his head to check out what happened, the scumbag was no where in sight.

i quickly locked my car, drove to the side entrance of Milenium Tower (the HSBC entrance) and inform one of the security guard. I drove straight to the pondok police at pusat bandar damansara but it was closed. i went straight to bangsar police station. while driving i've managed to block all my ATMs, credit cards, and my phone (i had another phone with me, thank goodness to that). I made a police report at bangsar police station (Jalan Telawi) at around 8:35pm and then i had to go to the Travers Police Station to meet up with Insp Fairul for further questioning.

these are the advice given by the inspector:
= make a police report IMMEDIATELY right after the snatch crime happens
= you may want to skip the deactivation / blocking instruction to your phone company or your banks and your credit card carriers
= let the thieves use the phone or credit cards, as all transaction made after the time of the reported crime will be waived by the banks and telcos (i was informed that the banks and telcos have insured these losses). this is the only way for the police dept to trace all the scumbags. and due to the fact that most people will be panic and the first thing that comes to their mind is to block / deactivate their phone, ATMs and credit cards, so it is harder for the police dept to locate these scumbags.

his advice seems logical, and i really should hope what the inspector was telling me is true, as this involves resources and technology ability. i certainly would love to see the drop of crime rate, and hope that no one else should go through the same ordeal, it was really traumatising.

i am writing this mail to warn everyone (men or women included) to be extra careful, and to share what I've learnt from this experience:
a) worth to invest in good alarm system for your car, esp those that can only open the driver's side door and the rest still remain locked.
b) do not keep your house key in your bag, esp when your IC or mails/bills that have your full address
c) have your phone and your car key in your hand when you walk to your car
d) be alert with your surroundings
e) do not park your car too close by to walls which will slow you down from getting into the car and lock your car immediately
f) keep some spare change in your car, in case you've lost your phone and can use the spare change to call someone for help. also this is useful when you make police report as you'll have to pay RM2 for each report (dont complaint, we have other bigger "complain-able" issue in our system) (insp fairul donated RM2 to help me paid for my report).
g) stay calm and let the scumbag take the money, instead of harming you. dont try to play hero. i was lucky as the scumbag wasn't holding a parang.
h) if you are alone, is good to have someone to stay with you for the night, at least, as it will be quite traumatising

i curse all scumbags, i curse them to cirit birit no matter what they eat. i hope they trip and fall whenever they walk. i hope they fell when they ride their bikes. i hope they wont get killed in road accident but neither can they live. i am furious with the whole thing. i hope non of you will have to experience anything like this, although my case wasn't as scary / horrible as others.

i was informed that there was a similar snatch crime happened on the same day, same place just before what happened to me.

Monday, March 23, 2009

My 125 Boys

i work with these boys. imagine being me....

Saturday, March 21, 2009

健康快乐

大家好,我是suki。我是偏头痛患者。

偏头痛患者大多数是女性,曾读过一篇报导,每4名女性中,其中一位就有可能是偏头痛患者。而男性成为病患的几率就较低,大概每15名中,才有一名可能是病患。偏头痛是遗传病,我家里就有好多位幸运的第四位。我三位姑姑,我两位表姐,还有我,都是偏头痛病患。都是痛起来想杀人的那种。

其他人如何我不晓得,我知道我的偏头痛有点神经,以前还好一点,痛的时候是慢慢由小痛变成差不多挺痛再变成很痛然后变成他妈的痛死人。可是后来就不跟着次序走了,爽爽就突然来个你好我现在给你一点点痛,然后突然两分钟后变成他妈的痛。所以我常常都自备药物,稍微一点点头痛,不管是普通头痛还是颈项稍微酸痛,我就马上嗑药,因为不想疼痛加剧,不想到后来吞下去锝止痛药都吐了出来,疼痛止不到,还更痛苦;因为太想到急救室去打止痛针,一支针让我飘飘欲仙耗掉我一天得精神与时间,所以能免则免,免得上瘾。

昨天早上从凌晨5时开始,到现在,还没中断过,嗑了几次止痛药却无法彻底给去掉疼痛,反而若有若无欲拒还迎。真够力,要不就完全发作出来给我痛个够打支针一了百了,要不完全给我走。吗的。

Sunday, March 15, 2009

咖啡花茶

曾经有位好朋友说,咱们做soho一族的,案前没一杯香浓好茶,怎么对得起自己啊?喔哈哈,我这位好朋友真可爱,我想着她的时候就会拿出她送我的茶,小小一包用纱布包着茶叶花瓣的茶包,用沸水将杯子烫一烫之后,才轻轻地将珍贵的美丽茶包放在杯里,倒入热水,看着杯子里的烟,隐隐约约地送来茶香。果然,就像她所说的,一杯好茶在手,突然间我感觉高贵了许多灵感也来了连平时三轮车夫的坐姿,也改成了贵夫人双膝合并、再以45度摆个有前有后能展现完美小腿曲线(虽然在桌子底下没人瞧得见)的坐姿。嘻嘻。

好朋友也知道我其实并非如此有文化,所以就在送我美丽soho茶包的时候,顺便也送我一包咖啡,知道我是可以拿个口边漆已开始剥落的旧杯子,只要是咖啡管他什么咖啡,都可以喝得津津有味的人。哈哈我当然是咖啡照喝花茶也不放过的人。特别是在这个天气很好的星期天下午,有好朋友的茶与咖啡,我就可以专心写稿;案前那封刚收到的牛皮信封里头说我正式成为自由人的公文,不再让我沮丧。