The day so far...

I woke up this morning determined to close my blog as I felt I had nothing more to write...but the day seems to have started with a bang, it is just 9.30 a.m. and so far...the water supply to my area has been cut off, due to some work being carried out at the mains( no water today and tomorrow, is the gloomy forecast)...my sister almost got mugged...I got extortion comments from, Ahem, Ahem, a far east country...have a townhall to attend in office, followed by Christmas Lunch ...yippie happy days!!!

My sister works for the Singapore location and has to be in office before six thirty in the morning, as she was travelling in the auto rickshaw (my family is dedicated to doing our bit for the economy by travelling by rickshaw, thereby ensuring income to the poor marginalised class of rickshaw drivers), she felt rather than saw that a motor cycle was moving rather close to her rickshaw. It was on her left, then went to her right, almost like a big cat stalking its prey. Then before she knew it, she saw a shadow like a head very close to her rickshaw door and a hand clamped down on her handbag and tried to drag it away!!!

She screamed, let me assure you I have heard her scream as a child, it is of the variety that freezes the blood in your veins...the jarring scream unsettled the would be thieves and woke up her still in dream land rickshaw driver... the thieves looked the otherway so she would not be able to identify them and sped off, the rickshaw driver transformed himself into a jockey and soon they arrived at her office, the rickshaw almost foaming at the mouth like a race horse...

More later...