我的第一张saman

礼拜天回家的路上，我一贯如常的在马路上奔驰（不要鄙视我的SLK，ok！！），在康乐花园的高速公路上看到长长的车龙， 心想“不是吧，礼拜天都会堵车？肯定是发生意外了”。我无所谓，继续在炎热的天气在车内下享受冷气，哼哼歌曲。

过了200米左右，看到原来又有交通警察在拦车，所谓的检查车辆，还不是他们最擅长的诡计索取贿赂，也不叫是什么诡计了，肯本就是公认的事实。我无所谓，反正我又没有犯法，也没有违规，很快交通就会顺畅无阻，很快就会回到家了。

怎么知道？！怎么知道交警竟然把我拦着，让我把车驶到边上。我还很冷静的，关掉收音机，打开窗口。 “Selamat Tengahari， Cik” 警察很快的就来到我车旁，“Sila tunjuk lesen memandu, Cik”现在的公务员都很客户，很有礼貌，也很有耐性， 当然啦， 前马上要到手，心里还不是哈哈大笑吗！

接下来发生的对话，大家应该也有经验，不用我长篇大论的。“Cik sudah melepasi had laju sehingga 93km, had laju di sini 80km sahaja” 我假装无知的问说“Yakah？Di mana？”警察叔叔，很巧妙的每个警察叔叔都顶着大大的肚腩，留着黑黑的胡须，好像一个饼摸做出来似的。 接下来他问“Boleh saman？”，我心里在想如果我说Tak Boleh的话难道你对说“Ok， cik boleh jalan sekarang。”

我偏偏不想给这些烂警察机会minum teh，我冷冷的说“Boleh”，一点哀求的成分也没有，根本是死性难改的那种态度回答他。他拿起本子，正经八百的拿起手里的笔开始装模作样的。我也没有兴趣去管他怎么写，心里在想什么时候有时间去还就算了。谁知道他一个转身。。怎么啦？怎么啦？到底怎么了嘛？他说“Kali ini bagi amaran， lain kali jaga sikit ya”

我愣了一下？怎么啦？这个月的saman quota 满了吗？还是警察叔叔自己心里有鬼？我想，应该不是有鬼，是有神！还有谁能够把相差几秒就发出来的传票收回去？是全能的神吧。

Why is this happening?

Today I got home and my mom told me that one of the neighbours was snatched out side her house few hours ago. Gosh, it was just one row behind our house, “Three man on a motorcycle whack the old lady on her back with a stick of wood of metal and took away her hand gold necklace from her..”

And she continued, “No serious injuries reported, and by the way your sister also got robbed few days ago.” Huh? What on earth is this?!?!?!??! I was snatched just two months ago and now my sister? In the same housing estate and literally the same road that we walk pass every day?

My brother looked at me left right center and said “Make sure you don’t wear any jewelry on the road, these people are crazy now.” According to my sister, she was walking out with her two children to buy some groceries at the shop lot near our house. She saw a motorcycle driving very slowly towards her and she could smell something fishy went on, she kept herself closer to the side of the road and she saw the motorcyclist turning into another road.

Before she could even let go her suspicious breath, the motorcyclist came again from the corner, and the culprit at the back took out a “saw-like object” and grab her golden necklace away. She was shouting and struggling but once again the robbers went away easily without anyone noticing. Guess what, the two robbers were not wearing any helmets and my sister could look straight into their face (but so what, police can’t do anything to help at all)

I do not know why this phenomenon is happening all around? Even now that two months has passed by, I am still paranoid whenever any motorcyclist coming any where between 50 meters radar from me. One of my colleagues in office was robbed in the middle of the road while she was waiting for the traffic light to turn green. What happened was the motorcyclist broke the side window with his bare hand to take her handbag away, and I just had the phobia whenever my car stops for any traffic light any time any where.

Repot Polis (II)

It has been three days since I last posted the blog on snatch theft incident I suffered from, at first I wanted to write about the aftermath of the case: I fell sick and very sick for three days.

After settling the police report I went back home to bath and rest, but I feel severe pain in the bones, I thought I must be the rain that causes me flu and sore throat and subsequently body ache. I didn’t bother to think because I was still traumatized by the lost stuff.

It was only later the night I realized I have fallen sick when I feel my body shivering from the say 30 degree hot weather. My brother brought me to see doctor and the lady said I was having high fever of 38.9 degree and suggest me to take a jab, I resisted and took some medicine home

I wake up next morning with the same sickness and I went to see another doctor, more medicine given (9 types altogether). All the sickness I could think off came to me: fever, flu, sore throat, headache, cough, diarrhea, not to mention to strain on my arm that I found that much later.

So I was sleeping and eating medicine and sleeping and eating medicine and the circle went on and on for three full days. I asked “ God, why do you allow this happen to me?” The instant feeling of my bag being snatched keep haunting me and make me paranoid to leave the house. (Especially the location of the theft is a road I must pass through to go in and out of my house)

Today as I began to seek for God’s comfort in songs and psalm, I started to understand that I have been setting my mind on the wrong focus. I have been thinking on how much loses I suffered, I have been thinking on how could I have prevented it from happening, but this only allows devil to amplified the trouble and uses fear and doubt to attack my faith.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, the scripture says “Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Jesus Christ”. At first I do not understand and I tried very hard to figure out what have I done wrong that God wants to chasten me this way.

I came across this meaningful article on the web that says crying and mourning does not help the situation and the people around us don’t appreciate it either. Only through praising God in times of trouble we can bring us into God’s throne for a personal consultation and breaks the devil’s grip on the situation.

God wants us to praise him in bad times because it shows our trust on Him. It shows that we believe His promises to carry us through. The author says “When we praise God, we focus on His proven character and His faithfulness to His promises. We demonstrate that we put more trust in God's promises than in our problems. That is faith. And our Lord responds to faith.”

Now I can see the whole incident from a different shed of light:

- I have not suffered any injuries except a small cut on the arm
- I have not withdraw money from the bank as I intended to
- I have just tainted the bag just not too long ago
- I have not bought the wallet with my own money
- I have not bought a new handphone according to plan
- I have downloaded all the photos from the camera before this
- I have enjoyed so much “family warmth” during the sick days

I troubled almost every family member of mine, to send me to police station, to send me to see doctor, to borrow me handphone, to cook for me porridge, to lend me money, and to give me lots of tender loving care. And we talked and spent time like I have not done for a long time, and the amazing thing is I found out how easy it is to say “thank you” to my family sincerely.

Lord, I praise you for your faithfulness and love toward me. I thank you for taking charge of my problems in every difficult situation. Please forgive me for setting my mind on the damage done and release me from the trauma and anger I have upon this incident, Lord. Help me to walk in your truth, protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing can frighten me or worry me, I pray, amen.

Repot Polis

Kata Aduan:

Pada jam lebih kurang 2:30 petang 04/01/09 semasa saya sedang berjalan kaki di Taman Suntex, Cheras untuk pergi ke kereta saya tiba-tiba telah datang dari arah belakang sebuah m/sikal no WMH 5624, jenis tidak pasti, warna biru yang dinaiki oleh bangsa tiday pasti telah manarik beg tangan saya dan selepas itu terus melarikan diri ke arah mana saya tidak pasti. Di dalam beg tangan saya mengandungi:-
1) Beg tangan Gucci
2) Dompet Prada
3) Handphone Vodafone 720
4) Handphone LG KG 800
5) Camera Sony T710
6) Wifi USB Card
7) Kad Pengenalan
8) Lesen Memandu
9) Kad ATM Maybank
10) Kad Kredit Maybank / Citibank
11) Wang tunai

Sekian laporan saya.

Today is indeed a sad day for me, my bag was snatched as described in the above mentioned police report, no injuries reported, just a slight bruises on my right hand (in which I don’t even have camera to take photos for you to see).

Of course the worst damage was made in the heart, to which all contacts are lost. Yes friends who treat you as friend will contact you no matter how. But there are some friends whom you may not have kept in touch, but you just don’t want to forget them.

What made me upset was the troubles it take to get all the replacement identity card, credit card, atm card and all other cards. Even to make the police report we had to go to two different police stations because one of them are officially “offline”.

I do not know why and how I did not take out the camera which is of no use already from the handbag, only if I could have taken it out the day before, it saves so much to the damages I suffered from. The same applies for the Wifi USB adapter and Free Movie Vouchers I didn’t mention in the report.

However, I consider myself lucky for not buying a new handphone in time, it was always in my itinerary to buy a new handphone for myself as the LG chocolate is dying off long time ago. Too bad for the limited edition Vodafone given by the companyL

Not to even mention about the Gucci handbag and Prada wallet which constitutes to the biggest lost in this incident.

I can only look at it in the most positive light I can see, to let go the past and start a new year with new handbag, new handphone and new everything else. Not a bad idea after all ya?