Robbery

Woke up at roughly around 7:30am feeling very thirsty so I drank some water and went to find food before sleeping again. In addition to that, my sister asked me for a small favour. When I was at my bed about 15 minutes, I realized I had dreamed previously but with all these distractions after I woke up, I immediately forgot about the dream. Usually as soon as you wake up, that is the best time to remember you dream but if you have done several staff after you wake up before you tried to recall your dreams, the dream memories may be lost, unless it is a very powerful dream which will stick to your mind.

So I slept again quite fast as I was sleepy with only 4-5 hours of sleep. I was in fact still thirsty when I slept again. The water I drank was unable to quench my thirst. I must have had been dehydrated during my sleep last night, probably due to the bowl of macaroni I ate just before I slept, making my body using up a lot of water to digest the food. So I still managed to sleep did not know that this thirst discomfort will be giving me nightmares (same phenomenon when I get strong dreams from illness discomforts) So I slept for roughly another 2 hours and woke up few minutes past 10am. What a crazy nightmare I just had!

Want to hear about this nightmare?

I was spending overnight in my friend Ezri's house in Semporna. In real life, Ezri's house is in Kota Belud which I have actually stayed for one night.  So there were 3 of us in the house, Me, Ezri, and his white girlfriend. We were doing some normal social activities together in the living room. Like talking and maybe watching some films. His house is quite a spacey 2-storey terrace house.

Then I noticed insects started flying into the living room. Ezri found some cool insects. I know he loves it so I pointed at a green hooded praying mantis under a chair near him. It was soon late and time for some sleep. Ezri and the white lady went upstairs to his bedroom and made love. It was only then I realized she is his girlfriend.

I have forgotten which bedroom I was allowed to sleep in so I wandered the house feeling sleepy. If I have lack of sleep nowadays, in my dreams I can feel tired too. I could not find my bedroom and I don't want to disturb Ezri so I thought to myself maybe I should just sleep on the sofa in the sitting room.

Before I decided to sleep, I went to the door because I saw it open. I wanted to close the door but then I saw a guy just outside the door holding an long axe-like weapon. He was using it to poke and the door. At first he looked familiar so I was stunned. He looked a lot like someone I know - Jeff. Then I realized he got friends and all of then have long sharp spear-like weapons. They seem to be covering part of their faces so I instantly knew that this is a robbery!

I sternly shouted at the one near the door. I asked him what is this all about and I warned him to stay away from the door. He looked at me calmly and walked in raising his weapon. I stayed back frightened. He came in with his friends slowly following behind. He and his friends pointed their blades and me, almost close to my neck, asking me to be quiet and not move.

If it is just one person, I can pick up a fight but with these many people, I know I can't win. So I slowly back out and kept quiet, letting them search the house for valuables. They then all left as quickly as they came. I quickly went to check my backpack and face my worst fear - my laptop has been taken as well!

I felt so frustrated, so angry, so sad that they had taken the laptop. I have lots of important things in there which I have not backup yet. It became a small commotion as soon as people heard about the robbery. My mom came over and I told her how upset I was about the laptop.

I then somehow went to look for those robbers. I went to a apartment building where I suspect they would strike next. I went up and found that they are rummaging a room for stuffs so I went closer to get a better look at the robber. I saw his face clearly - quite skinny. He then saw me peeping and raised his spear. I quickly ran to the stairs and as he chased after me. I bolted down the stairs as fast as I could. I know that he would not be able to catch up to my speed. I only fear that he will throw his weapon at me. In reality, I am really amazing in running down the stairs, so far nobody has beaten me in this.

I reached the parking basement soon enough and hid behind a pillar. He reached soon after but failed to find me so he boarded his bike and rode away.

I then dreamt of other short random things like a young girl visiting asking me and my mom to fix her purse. Just needed a thick stitch in the middle.

So that's it!
I woke up and was very relieved to see my laptop resting unharmed on my desk. Sometimes nightmares are good for you as it makes you appreciate your life with the people and things around you.