Jun 04 2008
Home Security
I recently came across a study published last year suggesting that binge drinking is up significantly among those aged between 18 and 29 in Singapore.
The statistics seem to also suggest that while the number of “frequent” drinking men remains stable, the number of women drinking frequently is significantly up.
For the sake of this post, let me just define Binge drinking as “drinking with the intention of becoming intoxicated.” – Which is really fine by me, what we do with our own liver and bladder is our own business.
But binge drinking associated with social disturbance is another thing altogether
The part of Singapore I call home is generally a safe zone, unless there is a drunk person irresponsibly disturbing the peace.
I don’t drink.
I don’t even let alcohol even touch my lips because I always want to be responsible for my behaviour.
And I don’t like people who make being drunk an excuse for bad behaviour.
Last Sunday, while I was flying above the Pacific enroute to Singapore, an unidentified female next door neighbour unlawfully entered my home. At dawn.
A friend was looking after my place while I was away and was woken up when the female knocked a fan over.
She later climbed out of the window onto the front porch and out of my property while uttering “I’m looking for my purse.”
At 5:20 AM you don’t just break into your neighbour’s place to look for a purse, most of us would wait for daylight and politely knock.
She was obviously drunk and I am obviously angry that to this day, there has been no apology whatsoever. Not a note under my door, or my mail box to say a simple “sorry.”
I am almost tempted to slip a note under her door to ask if she eventually found her purse.
I reported the incident to security and they hinted it may not be the first time this unidentified woman had done something like this.
So I decided to report the incident to police and let them handle it. As I found out, unknowingly trespassing property is still unlawful entry.
Friends say I maybe making a big deal out of an isolated incident, but I need to protect my own property and my other neighbours, especially those with kids around.
If the unidentified woman can enter my place while I was overseas, she can very well enter another home and terrify the kids while they sleep.
My question is, how did she get up my gate and into my home?
I’m going to have to speak to my friend about our own security lapse – which led to the intruder coming into my home.
9 Responses to “Home Security”
hi timothy i chanced upon your blog. just a suggestion: perhaps you want to consider changing the font to a larger one? i find it a little too small, especially when you have to look thru pages of entries.
Hi Timothy,
thanks for sharing your story. Sounds interesting. Perhaps you can let us know how things turn out later.
Out of curiosity, why do you not drink?
Having left sedate Singapore to binge-drinking wonderland England, your story is far too commonplace here. Like you, a teetotaller, I have never felt the any urge to drink, but have been the ‘victim’ of such careless behaviour, on a daily basis in fact – having to bear with cakey tube seats soiled from someone having thrown up on at the night before, having to walk through alleys that have suffered many a bladder leakage, on my way to work in Covent Garden, the list goes on.
I was probably the first to toast (to a non-alcoholic beverage none the least) when they (i.e. good ol’ English folks) decided to have a nation wide ban on drinking in public transport as of 1st June. And for a problem to escalate this badly, Singapore needs to learn to tackle this social malaise, before we become faced with an anarchy of binge-drinkers like in London and other parts of England.
I share your annoyance and feel you did the best thing in making this a big deal…..
hi Tim
was surfing CNA online and stumbled onto your blog. Was just wondering if it was your friend who was at fault in leaving the door/window/gate open.
(did he/she have a party while you were away, got drunk and forgot to lock the house? just a thought
Keep up the good work at CNA.
hi Tim
was surfing CNA online and stumbled onto your blog. Was just wondering if it was your friend who was at fault in leaving the door/window/gate open.
(did he/she have a party while you were away, got drunk and forgot to lock the house? just a thought
Keep up the good work at CNA.
x
Hi Tim,
I just tried surfing CNA and found your blog, Interesting and Informative. Can you share some tips on coffee drinking since your an expert coffee drinker. Like which type is better or have less caffeine except of course the decaff types. I have not drink coffee in years to avoid/lessen my intake of caffeine. Since I drink a lot of diet sodas and sometimes fat burner although kinda weird.
btw tim
where to go find THAT”S IT
replay on the web
as i missed it everytime when i work
pls advice
and email if possible ehhe
feihong@fastmail.fm
Tim, I agree to swan’s comment… Maybe you should consider changing the size of your font as it is somewhat difficult to read… Some people might want to read your story but may think twice because of eye strain.
Anyway, this is a nice post. I have experienced the same thing before. Some drunk guys came into our backyard and ruin my lawn. I hate those kind of people. But i unfortunately we don’t have control over them. That’s why I just got a home protection system installed in my house — I thought that is the only way to protect myself from people like them.