Looking back on the incident, Maggie Fu is thankful that she didn’t get hurt or lose her passport. Photo: Maggie Fu/Instagram
Hong Kong singer Maggie Fu took to Instagram on April 1 to share some of the last photos she took on her phone in London before it was snatched from her by three men in black.
Sharing what happened in the caption, Fu said the she was out for a morning run near Hyde Park in London at 6.15am and had her earphones on, not noticing the men until it was too late.
Describing it as one of the scariest days of her life, the 44-year-old wrote – as translated by 8days: “I was stunned for a second, wanted to give chase the next second, and in the last second, I burst into tears. These three seconds were a roller coaster of emotions. By the fourth second, I was already crying and throwing up.”
She finally calmed down to start running back to the hotel, taking a long route back in case someone followed her.
Along the way, she met a kind stranger who lent her his handphone to contact her family to lock her phone remotely. The stranger also helped her to call the police.
Although she had calmed down and took care of things, she decided to leave London immediately and hence, got on the next available flight back to Hong Kong.
“I have to admit that I was really frightened, and I also have lingering fears of the robbery. I forced myself to calm down, and the crying was real,” she said.
On the plane, having time to reflect, she wrote that she feels grateful that she wasn’t hurt as these robbers could’ve easily used weapons if they wanted to.
Also, that she left her passport, wallet and a spare handphone back in the hotel.
“I am thankful that I am okay, thankful that I dealt with the matter quickly and calmly, thankful that I didn’t incur much losses, and thankful that I didn’t make crazier decisions,” she said.
Although the fear remains, she said she's looking at things positively and being grateful has helped her to cope with what happened.
Fu added that it is easier to focus on the bad things and ignore the good things, which is why she is sharing the importance of changing one's perspective.
She said: “Who knows, what you thought was bad, may not be so bad after all. We should always trust that things will work out and that the universe will give us the strength to go on.”
