That's about how I feel right now. This is because, for the first time (and hopefully last) I kena rompak! *insert expletive of choice here*
The story goes like this. Was driving last night, alone, after having a lovely dinner with friends. Stopped at a traffic light, and unfortunately there weren't any cars around at the time. Was facing to the right, or upwards at the lights, not too sure, when I heard a BANG! I looked to my left and saw that the passenger side window had been shattered and this skinny melayu boy had reached in and grabbed my bag. Since my bag is a sling, and has a long handle, I instinctively went for it and pulled hard, shouting many nasty things at the guy at the same time. We were tugging back and forth for a couple of seconds (still shouting at him, while he kept quiet, with this smug look on his face), when i realized i wasn't going to get it back, since he was actually holding the bag, and I was just holding the handle. So i let go. He ran behind my car where his friend was waiting on a bike, facing the other way. He hopped on, and they were gone. Meanwhile, i was frantically trying to u- turn on this tight road, for what seemed like forever, but by th
e time i was heading their way, they were nowhere to be seen. Sigh.....I went straight to the police station to make a report. I didn't have that many important things in my bag, but everything in my wallet has to be replaced (IC, license, atms etc..), which is the hassle. Plus, I loved that bag!
I think what surprises me most is that I wasn't scared. Sure I was panicking at the time, but mostly I was just really really angry. I still am. And I can't stop thinking about what I would've done had i had the chance to get my hands on him. All day I've been looking at guys on bikes, hoping that I might catch him. And of course there are all the 'i could've' thoughts running through my head. I could've driven off as soon as i heard the bang (and hopefully have dragged him along the gound with me). I could've reversed and run over their motorbike ( and hopefully run them over, a few times, as well). But really, it all happened so fast, I didn't have time to think. So i can't blame myself. But am stuck with this rage in me, and I don't like it. Sigh....
What to do lah.... All I can do now is be more careful. Just locking your doors doesn't count for shit anymore. A good advice I heard is to interlock your handbag with your seat belt.... Or keep a baseball bat in the car... How sad that it's come to that.
Anyways!!! In other news. Not much other news actually. But I did find this interesting
http://thenutgraph.com/why-malaysia-needs-the-isa .
Am hopefully heading into the jungles to shoot at the refugee camps on Sunday, so will post on that next.
Be safe everyone. Much love and peace.
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