Actually it happened yesterday dawn. My uncle’s Suzuki jeep got stolen. Aiyoo… Stupid thief, stole an almost 15 years old car that has so many problems, engine problem, clutch problem… The car was a “cut” car (kereta potong). It means the car was cut into parts before sending over here from Japan and was re-assembled by welding every part to one piece. Good thing they didn’t steal our cars which was parked as the same place.
We had one Suzuki jeep more than 10 years ago too. It’s a much newer model than my uncle’s. It was also stolen. Worst still, the car was towed away from our garage instead of driven away coz the battery was dead that time, supposed to get the battery changed the next day. The court hearings had been going on for more than a decade too and never settled until recently, I think… As didn’t hear my father says anything about it anymore and he didn’t go to the court like he used to anymore. They kept adjorned the hearings due to many “unforeseen circumstances” and had dragged for more than a decade. There were too many people involved even those people that supposed to uphold the law.
Our “car” that got stolen was found in one of the division in Sarawak, I can’t remember where, could be Bintulu. One innocent guy bought it and got involved in an accident that caused the jeep to suffer serious damages. This leads to further investigations as this case involved several jeeps of the same model. Why “car”? This is because the jeep was re-assembled. The body belonged to someone else; the engine belonged to another person; the chassis number belonged to another person; the interior belonged yet again to someone else. -_-” I forgot which part was ours. So… Imagine that… So many people involved!
Afraid of your safety now? So many crimes happened recently. Alysha house was broken in few days back; Nien’s friend got snatched yesterday; another uncle’s cars'(2 cars! A Perdana and Ford Ranger) windscreens was smashed last year end on the same night; my aunt got snatched few years back… So many cases, can’t finish listing them out. I’m sure everyone has at least know somebody that had became a victim of these crimes. How safe are we these days?*SIGH*
For the Chinese, when they are announcing their engagement, they will give friends and relatives boxes/packets of “engagement sweets”. Usually there are two types of sweet in the box/packet. One is the hard type and one is the powdery type. The hard type is made from hard toffee and peanuts. The powdery type is Kacang Tumbuk/Kong T’ng. They are both wrapped in red coloured papers that usually would stain your hand red. However, nowadays some people don’t use these instead they are replaced with sweets and chocolates packed nicely in boxes or gift wrappers/bags.