I have been living in my 10th Floor Condominium for the past 10 years and I always thought of it as a safe haven from a dangerous and cruel world out there. My unit has been broken into once but at that time, not much was stolen from me since I didn’t have many valuable assets.

Recently there have been a couple of cases of burglary and one happened right opposite my unit. Nothing much was stolen since the owner of that unit has already moved out. My wife then started to feel unsafe about our unit as we have acquired many valuable things since our marriage last year. She kept asking me to fix an alarm or tighten the security but I kept delaying it. I guess I never thought it would happen to us.

On Wednesday (14/11/07) I received a call from my mum as I was leaving office. She asked in a hurried voice if I had locked my door and I answered that I definitely did. I suspected that something was wrong immediately. My mum then proceeded to tell me that my unit has been unlocked and broken into.

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