The morning begin on quite a sour note as I got reminded once again that there are always mean, selfish people around despite the fact that I do try to make the world a colourful and happy one.

So there I was, having my hands full as usual – bag over shoulders, jacket slung over arm, heavy paperbag that has food for breakfast, lunch and possibly healthy snacking time in hand, and oh my Fossil pouch that has my ez link card on the other hand.

So while walking to the bus stop (funny how all my stories start with my walk to the bus stop), I decided that I want my itouch to accompany me on my walk. I dug into my bag for the black pouch that held my darling gadget. Stuck the earphones into my ear and got lost in my own happy place on the way to the bus stop.

When I reached the bus stop, I wanted to put the itouch back into its pouch but alas it wasn’t there! Half my mind thought I could have left the pouch on my bed but the other half argued that I could never had left the itouch in my bag without any protection from being potentially scratched.

A small part of me thought I dropped it along the way without realising because I was carrying way too many things. But another part of me dismissed the idea.

I wanted to track back my path but was afraid to miss my bus. But at the same time I was feeling so uneasy, because I simply hate it when my things go missing.

But I just waited for the bus even though my mind was all over the place thinking of all the possibilities. Soon enough, my bus came and I decided to keep an eye on the path I took as the bus whizzed by.

To my absolute horror, I spotted my black pouch on the pavement! Hurriedly, I called my mum and ask her to go out and get it for me before someone else does. No way was I going to lose my lovely black pouch that I got from by trip to the states!

Of course I got a earful from my mum. Duh.

Two minutes later she called me to tell me she got it and asked me what was inside.

I told her that there were two red packets inside and a rubber casing for the itouch that FP got for me though I didn’t get around to using it.

She told me that the pouch was Completely Empty when she found it!! I was in disbelief as I can’t imagine anyone doing that in such a short amount of time!

It got me really upset because those two red packets were from FP’s mum and grandma, and I wasn’t even intending to spend them. I place it in that pouch since the day I got them because just like my itouch, they are like little sentimental treasures. It’s not the amount that I care about. It’s the story behind them. Chinese New Year was really special this year for FP and me

How could anyone just take things what was obviously personal property? I was horribly pissed off.

Someone must have seen me dropping my pouch and instead of going after me and returning it, they took all the contents as well! Even a casing to an itouch that they might not even have!

What’s become of you, Singapore?

My mum told me not to put any money randomly anymore, no matter what silly reason I have. She looked almost as upset as I felt when I told her who gave me the red packets. She understood. And she told me, that perhaps the money was not meant to be mine and told me not to think about it anymore.

Well if it’s not meant to be, it’s really not meant to be. I didn’t even want to spend them away. But I guess someone else needs them more, despite the anger I felt.

P/s: this entire post was typed painstakingly on my precious itouch.