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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Interesting weekend

Hubby went for his knee surgery on Thursday, 8th Jan. He stayed 2 nights at the hospital. I visited him on Thursday and Friday. On Friday night, while Ilyas and I were sleeping in our own rooms, at around 4 in the morning, i heard loud knocking sounds. Went out to check and found out the living room was in smoke! Went to check on Ilyas. He's sleeping in his cot and then went out to see what's happening outside. Just directly 2 floors below, there were smoke coming out from the balcony. My neighbour's house is on fire. Quickly carried ilyas, grabbed my hp, car key and ilyas's bag and rushed out of the house. Stayed at the void deck for a few minutes before calling my parents in law. Sent Ilyas there and came back to the flat. The SCDF were already packing up by then but my whole house was still smoky. Went in to open the windows and waited downstairs, as advised by the policemen. While waiting, the first floor neighbour commented that i'm black from head to toe.. The soot covered every part of me. I wasn't around when they put out the fire and so i asked what happened. The neighbour said that the 3rd floor neighbour repaired their fridge and it exploded hours later in the middle of the night. I didn't confirm if its true but if it was.. how silly! The trauma i had to go through. I reported to work at 8am sharp that morning. Wanted to ask to be excused but couldn't find P so stayed til the official time - 11.30am. Haikal came to help me at around noon to clean the house. Hubby came back from the hospital at around 3 plus with Ilyas and FIL. He was very angry with the neighbour. I spent the whole weekend cleaning and cleaning. What luck!

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