where’s my protection????

many of you know i got mugged some months back….which left me with 12 stitches on my left arm and on crutches for a few weeks…..thanks, God, that it was only that long. one day in hospital, a number of intrusive treatments into the swollen-till-bigger-than-coconut knee, ct? scan into the knee, many, many trips to the hospital for physio, lots of golfless days, and hardly any tennis till now………

and for what? maybe a few hundred ringgit, my mobile phone, and other very-mahfan-to-replace documents!! and subsequent paranoia about leaving the house, walking around anywhere outside between car and destination and this nagging feeling that i am actually less afraid of walking the streets of NY than those of TTDI…….or SS2,.. or anywhere around KL. and it is so sad. this was the land we were so proud of, so secure in…..this is now the land where if i walk around, i feel exposed, unprotected

and everyday the newspapers reinforce my discomfort and my fears

and i keep worrying about the safetyof my kids, of my friends, of all the youths who come monday nights to ccc meetings, especially the girls.

unfortunately, my fears are still not unfounded.

last sunday, my maid marlyn had her day off. we all went to watch Pluck at Actor’s Studio, without Nat. after we came home and i went to the kitchen, Marlyn looked a little strange…found out that she had been robbed at knife-point, had her handbag taken, then returned after she begged for the return of her documents….but her money and phone were taken from her pockets, and her chain pulled off at knifepoint.

it’s as if another one bites the dust, but life goes on. the thiefs still triumph and continue in their reign of terror on women, AND men……guys who work their butts off, manual labourers, lorry drivers, etc, who get slashed and severely injured after they collect their wages on payday

and countless other victims get reported in the papers daily, sans arms, sans legs sometimes. bandages and patches all over

and the thiefs? the snatchers, they go scott-free

or some do get caught and their punishments seem very minimal

hey powers that be……when can we start to feel safe again????what are you guys doing about the safety of people like us….AND people like you…….and your wives, daughters, your mothers, friends, neighbours, ….even your enemies

come on, guys…..DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!

~ by halfahalf on November 15, 2006.