Tuesday, December 11, 2007
12:32 PM
Imagine waking up one day and find your bedroom flooded. That was what that had happened to me. It was all because of the stupid water pipe. How dare it burst in the middle of the night. That's not even close to the worst part of the whole thing. Only when i opened my door had i found that almost every part of my house is flooded. How ridiculous, I live on the 21st floor, for heaven's sake.
We'd spent the better part of the morning on our hands and knees, trying - desperately, i'd like to add - to get rid of the water, which, by the time we found out, had seeped deep into our wooden floor. The water didn't take long to prove it's power. Within hours, my dear old wooden floor which has served us for nearly a decade was totally damaged. We couldn't walk across the living room until we had removed a good part of the wooden planks. for 7 hours that day, my knees had been on the floor. my shoulders never ached so much in my life. I thanked god silently that i have been working out all year; otherwise, my hands might have been detached from my shoulders and my calf would have turned into jelly. There had been so many times when i really wanna give up and let the water destroy the rest of my house. But i sweeped that thought from my mind as fast as i could and worked harder. How could i just leave the mess to my parents? I really should be the one who's gonna clear up the mess. When I saw them doing their very best to improve the situation, I could feel the pain prickling my heart. Whenever i step out of my room and look around, I couldn't help but wonder, is this really my apartment?
I hoped thatz the end of it but apparently itz not. This morning, i was once again, awaken from my sleep in the middle of the night. my aunt, who was on her way to the airport, met with an accident. Luckily she was not hurt, but her niece who was supposed to drive her to the airport, was dumbstrucked. She called us, horrified and soaked, thanks to the rain. Mum asked her to call for the ambulance immediately. Her brother-in-law rushed to where she was and sent her to the airport. Fortunately she made it there on time.
Now, everyone in the house is exhausted. Sometimes we're too lazy even to speak. I think nothing could be worse than what that had happened to us this week...at least, i hoped so.
