Thievery

I would like to share with friends in this network about my unfortunate even last Friday September 17. There was thief(ves) sneaked into my house and stole my bag through the window. I lost a lot of materials including bank cards, ID cards, membership card, phones, hard disk, flash, and many other things. It was extremely terrible for me as i was sleeping in the room while the thief took actions. In the early morning, i did not even notice what I lost until I prepared myself to go to work and I wondered where I kept my bag. Only that time that I know my bag was stolen by a thief through the window.

I moved to my current house (Trapeang Chhouk village) in August 2006. I remembered that during that time, there was not many houses compared to now. The road was also bad. However, there was no such thievery happened in the village. I was living in the house alone while my husband took fellowship for 6 months in Chhieng Mai. I usually leave for work at 8 am and come back at 7 pm. There was no one in my house except two dogs. I fed the dogs only two time a day, one in the morning and another in the evening. I felt so comfortable and have never felt worried about robbery or thievery.

In 2008 and 2009, more and more houses were built and many people moved in that made my village more crowded. The road in front of my house was also constructed nicely. Starting from that time that thievery acts exist. I think people movement (in and out) may have both bad and good consequences.

Sometimes, i feel it is very unfortunate to live in Cambodia where rule of law is rarely followed. On the other hand, it is not uncommon for many developing countries; some developing countries the situation is even worst. There is nothing we can do but trying to live and adapt to the situation. For example, after thievery in my house, i rented blacksmith to build extra fence surrounded my house and build up net covered the balcony. Talking about building a net covered the balcony, i hate that idea earlier because it makes me feel like a detaining room. Now, i could not avoid it as I have to accept that this is Cambodia, i have to live and cope with the situation rather than try to run away from it.