An unexpected Sunday afternoon

i thought it would be a boring weekend. today woke up at 12 noon. mum cooked asam fish. had that, watched japan hour, then headed to sleep again. until 4pm when i was woken up by a phonecall looking for my mum. realised the entire house was empty. i thought everyone went out without me ): then, my mum came back and found out from her that someone stole my neighbour's bicycle, which was located at 4th floor. lol! brother was downstairs with the police.. and i soooo had my journalist instincts. immediately tidied hair and wore decent clothes (was in grey pajamas still x: ) and rushed down to see a police car with 2 policemen, steven (our managing agent) and uncle raymond (victim). it wasn't serious lar, the atmosphere! even uncle raymond took it easy. (uncle raymond joked that the thief did a bicycle exchange with him. lol!) see, the thing was, its not about the bike.. but the security of the condo. then, just nice deepak came back (i swear, deepak reaallllyy looks like George Clooney, but the indian version. v charming man) and he also wanted to see the CCTV footage. raymond's 2 daughters also came and we all went down to see the footage! seriously, was quite joke. and i was actually still awake when that incident happened leh! x= happened at 3am. ok, here's the footage (for the benefit of you kaypoh people!!):

at about 3am, this guy (clad in black polo tee, jeans, white shoes, white specs, quite tall, skinny), rode a bicycle until our housegate outside and looked around to see if anyone was looking. he took out a hammer, put it across the gate into our compound and then climbed up the gate in 1 step and just jumped over. then, we can still see him walk into the lift lobby. (that fellow didnt even noticed the CCTV leh! we were joking that he might have thought the cameras were spoilt since they looked really old, good decoy!) then, after about 10 minutes, he came down with a bicycle. we can still see him adjusting the seat (cus he was shorter than uncle raymond) and noticing if the light was working.. and then he rode off from the side gate and off he went! LOL! then he left his bicycle by the side of our house! SO funny!

luckily, our doors cannot be opened from the outside, but can only be opened from the inside, which is prolly why he cant come in. so, maybe he didnt want his trip wasted, he took the bike and left (save himself some dignity).but its quite scary lor. imagine if i closed the window later abit and he would see me. -sucks breath in-

so, the most interesting bit of the whole thing was, after a while.. another police car came and the forensic guy came with his tools and glove and started dusting for fingerprints. and i swear, every car that went past our house was like slowing down and wondering what happened. it looked like some homicide case lor! somemore, they put the "A" and "B" at where the bicycle was, as though it was a homicide case or something! LOL! the attention was pretty exhilarating lor! x= i bet, this will be in the heads of all those kaypoh people, causing them to have insomnia because they must be racking their brains, "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED THERE? MURDER? RAPE? RAPE AND MURDER???" teehee. x=

they needed to bring the bike back as evidence. lol! but couldnt squeeze into the police car. lol! so, the 2 cops went back first.. leaving the poor guy with the bike. then after about 15 minutes, they came back with a van (another attention grabbing moment, cus the van is those vans u'll see on tv .. to catch the criminals kind) and they were gone. so interesting! i dont mean to be shallow and ignorant la. but then, it really totally spiced my afternoon up. even uncle raymond said so! but well, on a serious note, it does remind us to keep the safety of our homes in mind lor. yeah. ok, i made a couple of observations through that short hour or so, here goes:

1. Deepak really is very charming! though he's married and old and has a kid, but he really is the kind of guy i would like to be on a date with. (NOT HIM! but that kind of genre) .. the kind of guy that makes me feel ignorant! (p/s: i do not have a crush on him la. its just, his gel-ed up hair, plus well-groomed face and stuff.. very very very.. michael buble/george clooney/il divo but with a knowledgable brain kind of guy!)



2. Uncle raymond looks like brandon wong (coincidentally exactly same name as the brandon i know. but this is the mediacorp actor). very fucking alike i tell u! just wear some specs and put some facial hair, and THERE YOU HAVE IT!



3. Uncle raymond was like "so, you're in sec 2 or sec 3 ar?" HAAAAAAAAAAAA! TOTALLY STROKED MY EGO! HAHAHAHHA! i was like "im 20 years old already x:" and he's like.. sorry! then i said "thanks!! no need to be sorry!" HAHAHHAHHAHAH! WOOOT!

4. OMG. i found out that, fuck! i should have gone to a JC! i was looking at the forensic guy dusting for fingerprints. OMFG. i swear to god, last time, i really LOVED chemistry. and i told juju (my tutor) that i wanna be a forensic person! then she was like, GOOD! go for it etc. then, yes, stupid me, wanna be what accountant! omg la! i really kept looking at him sweeping the thing for evidence and prolly taking it back to the lab for more testing! HOW FUCKING INTERESTING! omg!!!! regretted my career path lar!!!!!!!!! i mean, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME! driving the police car to ur regular neighbourhood, taking out my briefcase, putting on those gloves, looking all smart and calm and just dusting for evidence! NAISE! good game lor. nice, shirley. well done. I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH IT! maybe, I SHOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR SCIENCE DEGREE IN UNI LOR! sekali can go public uni anyway. ZOMG. too late. case closed.

5. that attention i was basking in, FELT GOOOOD~

thats all. LOL! damn eggciting right! was totally involved in the process also! naise like fuck. oh fuck, gotta study for econs tonight. 2 more weeks till exams.

This is Shirley Lim, reporting, from Shirley's crib!