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Jan 29 2010

Careful Next Time

Posted by Vince in Personal

Last night, we left our house open while we were all out in the internet cafe playing LAN games. We were confident that one of my housemates were at home but I received a text message that there was no one there. We were alarmed since we don’t have home security systems installed so there was no way we could stop an intruder from stealing anything. I hurried back home to check if my valuables were intact. Luckily, none was missing.

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