Actually i am feeling very sleepy now. Haven't been sleeping well for many days already. Besides being stressed out due to the incident, i've also been having problem sleeping on the same bed with my mom. She snores and i really have problem falling asleep since i am a light sleeper.
Also, the bed isn't really that big (i think it is only a queen size bed) and the comforter i brought along isn't that big either. Sometimes when it gets rather cold in the night, mom and i would be fighting for the blanket - as we tend to roll ourselves up in the blanket when we feel cold. This interrupts my sleep as well.
Anyway, i think i won't be able to stay awake to blog about the entire incident by today; so i'm gonna do it in two days instead.
Before i get into the main story about that unfortunate incident, i gotta write the prelude first that would somehow tie up all that i eventually wanna write about. So do know that i am not digressing (though i do have a tendency to do so) but am just leading up to the main story.
The company that i am working at now is a partnership with four bosses, two in Auckland (the HQ) and another two here. I do not know the details of the partnership but i think all four of them have a share in the company respectively.
The two bosses here are both very nice guys. One is a local and the other came from Denmark but has settled down here. The Danish boss' wife is a Sri Lankan and they have two children. Last week, the whole family have gone back to Sri Lanka for a one-month holiday and will only be back in early January.
On the day before my mom's arrival, i've casually told my bosses that i was contemplating of renting a car to fetch my mom and also to move my luggage from the apartment hotel to my new place. I didn't do so in the end.
Then on the day before the Danish boss was going on his long holiday, he offered to lend his wife's car to me during their absence. I couldn't believe it at first, as after all, i've only just joined the company and he didn't know me for long yet. But then, he told me that since my mom is here, having a car would be more convenient to drive her around and i also do not need to waste money on car rental. Seriously, i am not sure if i'd do the same by lending my car to a person whom i just know. It was really VERY VERY VERY kind of him.
So, just about three weeks after i arrived in Wellington, i have a car to drive to work and to go anywhere conveniently, at no extra cost besides petrol and parking. I'd elaborate more in another post on my thoughts after having the chance to drive here. For now, let's just focus on the main story first.
Having this car has really helped me a lot. Not only i was able to drive to many shops located at different places to buy all kinds of stuff for my new place, i also could drive my mom to see the doctor when she was sick. Without this car, i would have spent a lot on taxi or bus fare (of which both are expensive), and also considerable waiting time. Buying bigger pieces of items (such as a desk) would be a problem too.
But then, the side effect of such convenience was that we have been going out to do shopping almost every day. And that was precisely how disaster struck - i lost all documents that could identify me while we were out shopping!
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