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How can I forget this very sad incident that happened in my life almost 20 years ago?

It was the most shocking All Saints day happening that almost made me and my wife crazy.

The night of October 31 was raining. We have a dog, two kids and a maid.

Our home then is a bungalow type that was recently built and still needs a lot of improvements. It was like a row house unit that all walls and two rooms and a comfort room.

Our maid has to sleep in the sofa for lack of sleeping quarter.

The night of October 31 was raining. The reason may be why we have sleep soundly.

I could sense there were people moving but I can’t seem to force myself to wake up.

Moments later, upon waking up I just realized that we have been robbed upon seeing our steel cabinet drawer was open. My wife was used to placing our set of keys in our wall just above our headboard.

In shock I hurriedly woke up my wife and our maid.

The robbers sneak through the window by removing jalousie glasses, step on the sofa where our maid was sleeping. Go to our room and get jewelry box from our steel cabinet.

I saw my wallet lying neatly in our dining table minus all my cash money. My salary, my hard earned money just disappear taken by those son of a gun robbers.

All of our jewelry’s gone just like a blink of an eye. My wife’s used them very seldom for fear of being taken by snatchers.

My wife found her jewelry box about 10 feet away from our backdoor. These robbers just wanted the contents and not the container. Should I thank them for this?

That moment I felt like a child who was lost in a jungle never knowing what to do until I realized that my wife was already on the floor sitting and in hysterical mode crying and shouting.

I have to be strong and be positive in front of her. I have to explain to her that maybe it was a good thing that we never woke up during the robbery.  Maybe we could end up dead?

A few minutes more we were able to recover from our initial shock. Report the incident to the nearest police station and proceed to the South Cemetery by borrowing money from our neighbor.

What I have learned from this incident?

1. According to the Police, dog’s sense of smell deteriorated when it was raining. A robber knows this fact better than me.
2. Put metal grills on your windows.
3. Never place your keys for everyone to see and got hold of.
4. Reporting to the Police is just a waste of time.
5. Never buy your jewelry if you don’t intend to use them.
6. It is safer to place your jewelry in a box than in a jewelry box.
7. Turn over all your salary to your wife (I am just kidding here).

Have a safe All Saints Day celebration everyone.

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