Friday, April 20, 2007
So here's the story...
Many of you have been asking me "What happened??!"
So... perhaps I should be accountable to you all and tell the story now that I've slept and woken up and procrastinated all day until now.
After work at Scusami on Thursday morning to early afternoon, I made my way over to Monash Caulfield. See, Libby, Anna and myself usually meet for a coffee and an informal discussion prior to class.
This time, however, Libby had asked Dr Angelo to come have a look at her bibliography.
I found Libby sitting on her own outside Mama Duke Cafe, and joined her. Angelo was running late, as was Anna, so I turned on my laptop and went through my presentation with her, just to check if my main points were ok. After that, I e-mailed my powerpoint slides to myself and put the laptop back in my bag as Dr Angelo was approaching.
Since they had to go through Libby's work, I volunteered to go and get the coffee. I insisted that it was my round, but in the end, Angelo wouldn't have a coffee unless he was allowed to treat us students, so I ended up taking a $20 off him and fetching the coffees.
So I'm waiting for the coffees and at one point look back to where Angelo and Libby are meant to be sitting, and find they are not there... but I don't really think anything of it. Then I see Libby coming back. When she sees me in the line, she runs to me and tells me my bag was just stolen.
So a few minutes later, we've got a few security guards asking us to repeat what happened, and in a few minutes more, a police officer, who then calls a detective and also his friends from the squad (perhaps he got bored?).
What had happened? Well, apparently, Libby was in the act of pulling her bibliography from her folder when she noticed from the corner of her eye that my bag was taken off the table. She initially thought it was me, but then wondered why I was back so quickly from getting coffees and why I had so brisquely snatched my bag.
So she turned, saw that someone had put my bag on his back, and was running away towards the main road. So she ran after him, and then Angelo ran after them both. Angelo managed to overtake Libby and actually eventually catch up with the person across the main road, but then, he pulls out a knife. So that was that.
But I guess it's better to stay positive, huh? I may have lost my laptop, my phone, my housekeys, my make-up bag (which MAY have been worth more than the phone!), my research and ... erm... a pair of dirty underwear and socks... *blush*... and research (that's the bummer!)
...but...
I had my wallet on me at the cafe.
My iPod was around my neck.
Just about a month ago, I backed up all the photos on my laptop, and hadn't taken more photos since, until Kenny's farewell (which I still hadn't uploaded).
I had just e-mailed my presentation to myself.
and, most importantly...
I baked apple crumble for everyone the night before, and the thief didn't have the sense to take the apple crumble. At least we all had apple crumble during the lecture!
But now I am feeling slightly down, because I'm stuck here at home waiting for the locksmiths to arrive :(
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