Obama saved my house from burglars!

i slept nervously last night, having 4 misconnected phone calls in the night at around 2, dreaming uneasily of my heavy workload and feeling cold - but to lazy to get out to fetch a warmer shirt. The wind was getting stronger, blowing through the banana leaves and while the clouds were getting dark in front of the moon, it felt to start raining soon.
Then suddenly at 3.30sh, I heard running and shouting in my garden. Jumping out of my bed, I saw my nightwatchmen Wonjiale chasing a man through the garden directly in front of my window. That burglar tried to escape over the wall, he put him back down. fighting & running away, Wonjiale tried to get a hold on him, and was threatened by a knife. then Wonjiale - shouting for help from the neighboring watchmen- grabbed a stick and hit the men severely, while him climbing the wall again . it was a bambus stick, so not very effective, but the burglar got chased away. There was a second one, taking in the meanwhile the opportunity to try grabbing the bike, but could only get hold of Wonjiales mobile phones before he left.
And me? In the first moment I dared not to leave the house, thought my nightwatchmen still captured the second one. but he was just very very exhausted and his adrenalin was pumping. was i afraid? mmmh. it was all very strange happening in front of my burglar fenced window. and i was just glad, that those men had not ENTERed the house. as this is my most serious fear: lying in bed and hearing someone in the house, someone in my room, being forced to give away the things, maybe even worse….. and my staff not entering the house early enough, and the burglar attacking me... that’s my general fear, though normally I felt quite safe in the house, where noone entered the last years before.

But actually in that same moment I was more afraid of Wonjiale himself, him having a young daughter, and being hurt for life. And angry and confused about the neighbors watchmen not helping out.
My dog had not interfered the break-in. she barked from a distance. And when she came later to join us sitting at the terrace steps (Fred came out too, Alice was on a fieldtrip), she had probably more shaking bones than us all. Well, not a protective dog this one. mollymollymolly

This morning we were inspecting the scene: the 2 burglars left a chisel and a cutter behind to stem open locks or windows. and it seems they also had chloroform'd cloth with them (for the dog, nightwatchman, myself...). They might have tried to break in at the neighbors first, as it seems the cloth came from them. they also left behind the 2 SIM cards from Wonjiales phones. In that moment I got more scares, and same time very much relieved.

Interestingly, the same night waking up at 2am I just though I should inspect on Wonjiales duty, as assumingly he is often sleeping in his room. And maybe, no surely, we were lucky that night, because he was watching the US elections and therefore awake. So: Big Thanks to Obama!

and now? i think there is need to inspect with the landlord on the general house safety, and take more measures for protection. as it cannot be USelections every night.....