Hi! Ola! Salut!These are our ramblings....
We’ve been living in our neighbourhood for few years already.. Mrs has been here for erm.. almost two decades perhaps? Although it is not really cheap to rent a house here, we always think it is the best option.. near with Mrs’ parents, easy-access, no-bottle-neck 24-7 traffic-jam, shopping MALLS just a shout away, clinics, good paediatrician, specialist center nearby, safe neighbourhood… safe neighbourhood?? hmmmmm.. not really..
a neighbor’s maid just in front of MiL’s house was murdered inside the house before dusk last year, a friend’s FiL’s one-month-old, approx. 100km mileage car was stolen from inside his electronic-gated house, so did a friend’s mother’s car..
In conclusion.. it is not the safest ; (but well, probably still safer than some other places..)
Recently, some responsible neighbours circulated flyers to propose to close access with boom-gates and patrolling guards.. Residents are expected to pay service fee of around RM50 per month.. great effort.. ermm.. but why??
We moved to a landed property for many reasons and locked inside-out is not one of it .. Why do we need to change our lifestyle because of some minority penyangaks who are stupid and greedy enough to intrude our safe-haven?
I remember one Tok Guru reminded ladies to wear more decent clothes to prevent molest and rape cases.. he was heavily criticized and bombarded by many who think covered or not; rapist would still find their ways to do their business.. and how about now? Guarded or not?
I envy a friend of mine who live across the continent, (*in manchesteruk to be exact) who has a beautiful decorative gate in front of his house.. by decorative I mean decorative.. the gate which remains forever open.. and oh btw.. his house is the only one with gate in the neighbourhood..
Here in our own beautiful country.. a gated, iron-grilled, house with alarm and CCTV is no longer safe.. we need Titanium locks, barricades, rottweilers, patrol-guards and so on..
I’m pretty sure in case of emergency such as fire, we dont have time to figure out which key goes to which 10 padlocks that locked our front door..
and then what’s next? Twitter? helicopter-patrol? bullet-proof car? armed-bodyguards? a pet tiger?? (opppss.. too much MW)
I wonder why we have to live in our own country in such fear.. this is not a third-world country.. we have built the tallest twin-tower in the world, implemented the world’s first smart identity card, for godsake!
I’m still wondering why..
Something must be wrong somewhere.. what is the root cause?
(to be continued)
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