Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Nicoll Highway Collapse + Suntec City's Power Breakdown
Yup...by now..as u read this...u probably have heard of the collapse of the Nicoll Highway as well as the total power breakdown at Suntec City. But u probably didn't noe that I was at the scene! Haha..Well, not tat I was trapped under the rubble of Nicoll HIghway or anything lah..but I was at Suntec during the blackout. We were just eating at Burger King and Ana, Michelle and me wanted to head to the toilet since we're done. Right at the moment we stepped out of BK, the lights started flickering and went dead. The lights kept flickering though for a while...even as we reached the toilet. Ana couldn't flush the toilet after she peed. Haha. All those flickering of lights gave me a headache man. Anyway, the blackout started at 3:35pm as reported by the news. So, we headed for Eng Wah cinema where we were suppose to meet Dr. S to watch Passion of the Christ (it was more of a horror/thriller movie for me). The moment we reached there, Kevin said "Welcome to Eng Wah!" with his arms wide open in the pitched darkness. He was going around to all the MJ-ians...saying," Dun worry..Azza will come and fix this". This is an inside joke as Azza (dunno how to spell) is the person-in-charge of all the technical stuffs in MJC. Dr. S was like "What happened to ppl watching shows like Dawn of the Dead...suddenly they would be in absolute darkness...they probably screamed." Then, we decided to take photos in the darkness as a grp. We got ready and Emma went, "Ok...1.....2...." She never got to say 3..the lights were up again. She should have jus taken the pic..and then it would be a totally candid shot where everyone would be looking up..with diff expressions..keke. At exactly the same time, as Liyana, Ashiq and Rizal were heading towards Eng Wah cinema when the the power was still down, Liyana was like "Eh how seh...power breakdown...how to watch movie? They should let us watch for free!" The power was up and running right away...and yes..exactly after she said wat movie for free. LOL. The power was up again at 3:50pm as reported by the news.
And so, we managed to watch the movie The Passion of the Christ. It was really gory...with all the blood and stuff. I sat through the whole thing without covering my eyes. Yay! Haha. Rizal was practically covering his face with a bag..saying that he was cold. Rite.....*roll eyes* PLUS...I didn't cry...and the shocking thing was...Liyana never cried also! Cuz she dun understand some parts. =S Anyway, not bad ar the movie...I liked the person who acted as the devil...all the while I tot the devil was a man...it was actually an actress called Rosalinda. Anyway, I tot the devil was cool...I mean the way she acted. Anyway, right after the show, Dr. S told us the news that Nicoll Highway just collapsed..and tat explained the blackout at Suntec.So here's the update!...
A section of the Nicoll Highway collapsed. 1 construction worker dead. 3 missing. 2 are being treated at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and are in stable condition. 1 has been discharged. Singapore Power Holdings said that there were no foul play but instead the explosion was due to the accumulation of gas. The explosion resulted in a depression of 30m in height. There was a blackout at Suntec which started at 3:35pm and the power was restored at 3:50pm. Phew...That was like a WHOLE news report!! Hehehe...kept hearing it on TV.....until i also memorised already. After the whole movie thing...we decided to head to Nicoll Highway..but it was blocked...the whole road was empty even predestrians couldn't pass. Then we head to Bugis to eat...Chicken rice!! Then we went home..=)Again, on a lighter note...earlier on..in class..during Jac Yew's class(teacher absent)..Ana revealed to us a story that shocked the hell out of us. She told us abt a time when she was during Kindergarten and she saw this bunch of kittens and decided to play with them. Her grandma didn't allowed her to play with them. She didn't obey..she secretly took them to the second storey of the flat above her kindergarten and played with them. Suddenly, she heard her Grandma called for her. She panic...and threw the kittens down one by one from the 2nd level. She got back down..and saw the kittens all lying very still...all FIVE of them. Yes...she threw the kittens down..and killed them...ALL FIVE OF THEM. Michelle was like "Ok Ana...no way are u coming to my house to see my cats." We made Ana soo traumatised by her actions..but really it was really funny. Hahaha...
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