Devia Animus Vita

a number of things happen just once in your lifetime, at least a few of these number of these are things that you hoped will only happen once. no i’m not talking bout getting married. i was very close to being homeless today.

had a call from home at about 1:30pm from my home number. now this is an occurance that doesnt happen often on a weekday much less a monday. unless parents are at home. so i was more or less expecting a call from mom saying she was on leave and if i was going to eat dinner. instead the call went totally out of my realm of my creative imagination. basically what happened was my neighbour’s flat, one floor down, exactly below my room, had caught fire. luckily the blaze was put out in time. however damage was still done. the heat was so great that the glass on my windows cracked but didnt shatter with the window lining totally melted. my room floor has dazzling new crack lines decorating the tiles. but basically no damage done.

so here i am typing with acrid smell of smoke still filling the air and my room still too hot to trod. literally. my mom had a funny tale to tell. apparently the firefighters came into my room to check if there was any hazard due to the windows. so they took off their shoes telling my mom that they didnt wanna dirty the house. my mom went cannot lah boy…its too hot. they replied its okie we’re used to it. bout 2 secs after they stepped into my room they rushed out stating cannot…too hot and back on the boots went.

anyways, my room is a mess. though a good consolation was that my baby picture was left intact…hee hee…cuteness apparent withstands all

but a more somber thought. my neighbour’s flat was apparently totally destroyed. the reason for the fire, a short-circuit leading to the burn.

so please ppl, have a care. take note of fire hazards, leave no switches turned on when no one is in the house. this sort of things does not just happen on the news.

what i saw when i first saw my room. apparently my dad had to endure the heat to shift everything out of my room. love you dad!!

melted aircon flap thingee

the aproximate temperature of my room

cracks on my wall

my cracked window

going to have to sleep in the living room for the next few days…no hot loving for me…pun not intended

POSTSCRIPT: oddly enough this song keeps playing through my head right now..Talking Heads - Burning down the house……“….Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house…”