Stolen!!!

I had been contemplating if to go out today and finally, when PX was leaving, I decided to just go ahead and bring Renee out since we've planned to let her skip school tomorrow(thinking to bring her somewhere). This proved to be not a wise move as it cost me my important documents !!!

I was shopping for vegetables and my bag, though both handles clasped tightly together on the trolley hook(thus narrowing its opening), was without a zipper and that perhaps, made it easier for the thief to grab whatever they were looking for - in this case, my wallet. I had just turned around to choose the vegetables and something nugged at me to look into my bag and check for my wallet. Then it striked me, it was gone! It's funny, it wasn't that crowded but there were people around, including some staff standing at the 'counter stalls' facing me and it seemed like no one had witnessed anything! A maid standing nearby with a child in stroller said she didn't see anything as well, arrrggggghhhhh...

I approached the Cold Storage staff but they couldn't do anything and not wanting to waste anytime there, I went up to OCBC bank to make a report but was told to use the phone there(placed near the ATM machine) and though they were sympathetic, they took sooo long to complete the cancellation of my cards. After I've informed the other banks, I went down to the mall's customer service and again, they also can't do much I supposed and I only left my particulars and details of my lost items(the important ones) so that in the event that any of the items were returned, they could contact me.

Next, I crossed over to SK hub to file a police report. Again, they took a long time to finish the report and although the officer said that they will investigate into the matter, I doubt there's much they could or even will do about it... It's not a big matter, to them, afterall.

When we got back to the mall, I thought, luckily I still had some red packets in my bag(for standbys) which I could use to pay for the vegetables that we had gone there for in the 1st place and so, we went back to CS. Then whilst que-ing up, Renee said she needed to pee, oh man, this is the 2nd time during our short period there, arrgggh. No choice, I had to put the vege back but good thing was that, they were still at the exact spot when I tried my luck going back there later.

It was at the point when she told me that she needed the loo again that I finally almost broke down out of sheer exhaustion/exasperation, but sensing her fear, I tried my best to control myself. And I told myself thereafter that I have to stay calm as I still need to drive back...

This incident had kinda scared Renee and poor her, gotta follow me around making the reports. She had cried when she learnt of the loss and I tried to calm her down by kept telling her that it's

alright and it's not her fault at all, haiz... She must have been very tired and hving only gone to bed not too long ago, I told hubby that we'll just let her skip tomorrow's class. Besides, I have no mood and I don't think I could sleep tonight - in fact, I'm depending on the chocolates now for some form of comfort...

What I only hope now is that the someone who stole my wallet would PLEASSSE return my IDs and whatever cards/contents that are in it to me. I've just found out that I might have to pay S$300 to have my ID card replaced, not to mention that I'd still need to get another wallet, Oh man!!!

I'm trying to take this incident in good stride in the sense that it might be a case of 'Por Cai Dan Zai' but the loss not only caused me to burn a big hole in my pocket, it's also extremely troublesome for me to have those important documents replaced(gotta wait a few months for the ID to be replaced even!), geez! I really hope I could have at least my ID card(it's the most costly and most troublesome) back! Please, please, pleeeaaassseee, :...(