Cairo Maadi/Digla - Beware the Burglars

 Within past few months expat properties have been broken into. Two teachers flats were burglarized and one ground floor office. Situations were somewhat different. The teacher's apartments were entered from their high floor balconies. In office scenario access was gained from sliding window at ground floor level, but heck of a reach to climb in. The outside wooden shutters had not been closed/locked.

With teachers, lap tops were taken, any cash laying around etc. and apartments generally trashed. For office the burglar knew exactly where to look for the locked up cash - brought his own tools fit for the job. Then proceeded to ransack remainder of cabinets etc. leaving even some very nice "give a way" promotional watches in full view. Was only interested in money and knew where it was.

In all cases one has to suspect inside help and certainly these break ins are not random, as thieves had prior knowledge of tenant, movements etc. Be cautious and do think about whom to trust - better no one. Check out how vulnerable your place could be.

Reporting thievery to police can be a hassle but must be done. OK to make a phone call but action, if any, will be very long in happening. Better go to police station and write out the complaint -but take an Egyptian friend whom can translate for you and notify the landlord. Then more senior police will get involved then and a trip back to flat will occur and maybe you will need to drive the people to scene and back to police station. A few trips back and forth maybe required.

Usually police will detain all persons working with building or surrounds, like if you have a Maid, Bowab, Gardener etc. But what happens next can be worrisome. The local police may decide, for whatever reason, to just refer the persons detained to Prosecution Department Downtown without doing much of an investigation. If that happens they will be held for minimum of 4 days. So, if you have no good reason to suspect any of the individuals detained make a point of this.

You can buy home insurance in Cairo against fire, theft etc so another item to consider if living here or moving in.

小米記趣～『小米的第一台三輪車！』

謝謝同事雪莉的推薦以及好康到相報，讓阿母我不用網路爬文免於眼睛看到花花去就可以買到正在優惠又實用的三輪車，重點是我從來都不知道go happy那麼有效率，從下訂付款到送達只需三天，來的好不如來的巧，那天正好豔陽高照，阿爸有空，一定要找個像果嶺般高低起伏的所在讓我大展身手一番，不是嘛？！

收到人生的第一部車，而且是環保趨向，不是自己騎就是後面有瑪莉亞推～開心的啦！


阿爸說：這張有點像是胯下養去抓抓！


先填飽肚子，再去測試我的車子性能好與否！






阿母自己覺得這張拍的很不賴！






瑪莉亞-阿母


瑪莉亞-阿爸輪番上陣協助陳小米訓車。


夕陽伴我歸啦！

小米記趣～『自我意識逐漸高漲！』

陳小米越來越不受控制，除了行為以外，連他的自主意識越來越強烈，現在開始都不愛被阿爸阿母餵食，喜愛把自己搞的像印度人一樣，用手吃飯，重點是吃完後的場景慘不忍賭，難道阿爸阿母就是註定要當你的7-11不支薪的瑪莉亞嘛！

開始吃之前裝可愛！


大口咬定聖女小番茄。


仔細解剖看看聖女的內裝


請問是在戳聖女的屁眼嘛！


麻子臉！


啃食玉米。


啃的很起勁～


臉頰上還黏著一顆綠色蔬菜做的三八痣。




他這一陣子很喜愛將食指直挺挺的比著。


這這這。。。是哪學來的姿勢！

小米記趣～『被狗仔偷了初吻～過份！！』

那天天氣好帶小米去陽明山的綠風吃吃喝喝兼在那果嶺的草坪上爬行，結果半路殺出一隻程咬金-吉娃娃，它的動作掩飾不住它對人類的熱情，直撲陳小米而來，就在阿爸忙著抱陳小米，阿母忙著拍陳小米的前提下，就這樣，陳小米臉上已經被那吉娃娃親了好幾回！糟糕～虧大了。。。









20年後希望陳小米也還想跟阿母一起看窗外！


與隔壁桌大小米一個多月的大哥哥第一類接觸！






哟～媽呀～狗仔舔我耳。。。

小米記趣～『神采飛揚的爬行！』

那天帶小米去關渡藝術大學放風，也讓他親近一下大自然在草地上爬行（反正洗衣機很會洗衣服，沒在怕的啦），殊不知那天微微的起風還讓陳小米看起來有點神采飛揚呢！

看倌們說說看，陳小米的豐腴雙頰是否在在說明阿母有用力在飼養他！哈～

小米記趣～『木柵動物園！』

阿小米都已經十個半月了，都還沒去動物園給動物老大們拜個碼頭，似乎有點太超過了喔～

這一張燈光美、氣氛佳、背景動物也配合、加上攝影師有sense！讚啦～


北木自顧自拍擺姿勢，居然把我的頸部以下自動刪除！太過分了吧～






這就是陳小米torture他老爸的眾多方式之一！但陳吉米也只能無奈的嘆氣說：這就是甜蜜的負荷阿。

小米記趣～『再度淡水玩耍吃吃喝喝！』

趁天氣好阿爸又有空，就來個流浪到淡水去啦！









這一張阿母無意間拍到的，對比挺強烈的，且陳小米的表情就是個經典的醜啦！

小米記趣～『小紅帽』

最近時不時喜愛仰頭也喜愛發神經的吼出大俠般豪邁的聲音，難道這就是老一輩人說的，他在講話嘛？！但他不愛吃漢堡堡所以不是大俠，再者他是女孩兒，不需要有豪邁渾厚的嗓子吧！