pessimism filled my brain totally for the past few days. totally forgot about the things i wanted to write in my blog.now that my brain is temporarily free from sadness and agony,i better write down what i can remember....
returning back to sg on sunday evening, it was the day before school reopens in sg. and yesh,the famous causeway jam was definitely there.traffic was backed all the way into JB. so there i was,with han wei,sitting in an air-con 170 (my heartfelt gratitude to the person who invented air con) and the bus was more or less stationary.
Han Wei:want to walk to the malaysian customs?
Me:Dun want lah,also dunno how far it is...and i very tired leh
after enduring the unmoving vehicle (and enjoying air con...) for another 20mins,i finally gave in and we alighted the bus to walk to the customs.luckily we did, because the jam was so bad,if we had waited in the bus,we probably would have to be stuck in the jam for another half hour or so...
anyway,after the m'sian customs, Han Wei convinced me to walk across the causeway.being the more rational and clear-minded one,he was right in doing so because the jam was SOOOOO bad!!!!oh,and he was in a hurry to go to a bathroom to pee, so round of applause for han wei,for holding his piss in from m'sian customs, across the causeway,waiting in the queues to clear s'pore immigration and baggage check. *clap clap clap*
and last night,han wei and i were at weipeng's place who was showing us his new Jolin Tsai's DVD...just seconds after jolin started dancing to her new song,the tv went blank and darkness engulfed us.for one moment,we thought it was a short circuit....then,to our dismay,almost every block in bukit batok is dark...BLACKOUT!!omigod,when was the last time there's a blackout in sg. haiz...anyway,we din get to enjoy jolin's dance..and all the fans were not working so we were sitting in weipeng's living room,fanning ourselves with a traditional paper fan..hoping that the electricity would return soon so han wei and i can return to my place without the risk of falling down the stairs. kinda nice to sit there with candles and torchlight illuminating weipeng's living room and just chatting.in the end,we watched the MTV on his laptop instead. THank god for battery power!!
after almost 2 hours,han wei and i decided to stop waiting and walk back in the dark..it wasn't full moon,but due to the blackout,the moonlight shining upon us became very obvious. Kinda romantic if u think abt it...being with the person u love,walking hand in hand under the moonlight that is filtering through the leaves of the trees. everywhere else is dark and silent.
well,the romantic part lasted till when i had to climb stairs up to my place (on 5th storey) and trying to put my keys into the keyholes with barely enough light to even see my door.*grimace* on entering my place,my brother was sitting in the balcony with a bowl of instant noodles in candlelight.hopeless romantic guy, that's my brother...
the worst part of the blackout is the excruciating heat from the lack of fans.ARGH!! luckily,the power came back abt 2 mins after i arrived back home. immediately,i switched on the fan and yesh,cool wind blast into my face.2 hours of darknes is finally over. cheers and applause sounded all around bukit batok.i've never heard so much cheering since the time singapore was able to participate in malaysia cup and won.
apparently,the blackout was due to a sudden cut in natural gas supply from indonesia,causing the major powerstation to fail and more than a third of sg was deprived of precious electricity. ah well,guess it's not a bad idea to let singaporeans experience blackout once in a while...remind us that power is precious and that we shouldn't waste electricity...
right now,i am just glad my comp is working,the fans are working,the tv is working (although the display is showing abnormalities...) and when i flip the switch in my room, light would come on.
life's little luxuries...u never know how precious they are until u lose them...
tata!
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