Thief

A scary thing happened last Thursday. The 4 of us had gone out for a car ride to pump petrol and then try out a noodle shop downtown. While we were out, Ah Kong and Ah Ma stayed downstairs to watch the Winter Olympics.

We got back and I told Mei-mei to go shower as it was nearly 9pm and the next day was a school day. Mei-mei went up and then came down to ask Ko-ko why he had left his room and bathroom windows open. He said that he did not. So he went up to have a look and lo and behold.. the windows were wide open. Daddy went up to have a look and it dawned on him that someone had broken into the house.

We quickly gathered our "weapons" (an assortment of cane and hockey sticks and even Ko-ko's Katana) to arm ourselves in case the thieves were still in the house. We searched and search the closets, bathrooms and all the rooms and found nothing. Then a check indicated that the thieves had taken the ang pows I had kept in my drawer. Some (with cash) had dropped on the floor but was not taken. The safe in my closet had also been moved. 

Ah Ma called the police who arrived a while later. She also informed the neighbour in case the thieves climbed over to their house compound. 

Ever since that evening, we have been sleeping in Ko-ko and Mei-mei's room as that was where the thieves had entered. The roof at the back was very close to the boundary wall with our back neighbour (whose house was vacant). Daddy has since contacted the iron grill maker who will come in the next few days.

Today the police came after Ah Ma made an official police report. They dusted for fingerprints on the window which was suspected to be the escape route. Oh my, your room was certainly dusty with a layer of black dust. Kakak, daddy and I had to clean up the dust and wipe up the surfaces (without the fan turned on so that the dust will not fly around). 

We are thankful that not much was lost. We had laptops and watches lying all over the rooms but only the ang pow were taken. And most importantly no lives were harmed. I shudder to imagine what may have happened had we come back earlier or had Mei-mei encountered the thief when she went up.