Theft
on Jen VSO (Cambodia), 04/Feb/2010 05:57, 34 days ago
And the joys just keep coming. Having been inPhnomPenhfor two weeks, caught up with my girls, learnt some Khmer and generally had a nice time– I headed back home full of ideas for work.It did feel a bit weird coming back. I’vebeen surrounded by people for the last six weeks and now I’m by myself – and though I’vegot a small but lovely group of friends up inSisophon, it was still my birthday and I’m really starting to miss my life back home.So, as if by some special power– someone knew this and just when I was starting to feel better I get back from work and my house has been broken into. What worries me most is that iswasn’t opportunistic. Someone (or, judging by the footprints, several someones) thought it necessary to climb over my fence, onto my roof and to actually saw a hole into the wall of my bedroom. Fortunately I had my valuables locked up in a drawer in my wardrobe – so theydidn’t get anything worthwhile. In fact, as I keep discovering things that they have taken, these include:My bin liners (presumably to carry my stuff in)A topA skirtSome pretty fabric I was going to get trousers made fromSome manky cushionsPeanut butterDried noodlesx3yoghurts, x3 tins of coconut milk, x1 tin of sweetcornMy ironThey left:The TVA collection of DVDsA motorbikeI don’t know what to make of it to be honest. My landlady was great, she was round in a shot – she insisted on staying the night, the hole has been fixed and barbed wire now goes round the whole fence and on the roof where they climbed. It’s not as pretty as it used to be, but it’s secure. But the feeling that someone wanted to get into my house so badlyun-nerves me. And they did it in broad daylight. On my birthday (although of course theydidn’t know that, just bad timing I guess). I don’t know what to think anymore. I wanted to come here so badly, but now? Well, I just don’t know.