Thursday, January 13, 2005
The One With The Blackout
As many of you would already know, Klang Valley, down south streching till JB hit by a major blackouts..
I was in the office when lamps suddenly turned off, and turned on back few seconds later.. wasnt sense any problem since my laptop was powered by UPS, and the battery life can stay up till 4 hours.. Minutes later, Sha called me to informed no electricity at TTDI, followed by few SMSes from my friends telling the same problem.. I wasnt able to check mum at Johore but Along at Bahau also experiencing the problem..
Hmmm.. as far as I remember, this is the second time in 8 years.. the last time was in 1996.. i was in Form 5.. that day we planned to go to KL to support 4 of our batchmates in the final round of National Science Quiz.. Shakir, a friend of mine, managed to secure a school bus in the 11th hour with help from our class teacher (if i'm not mistaken).. we arrived at KL some time around Maghrib when we noticed something different.. we were in total darkness..
Had to wait at National mosque and do nothing for a few hours.. the quiz which scheduled to start at 830pm at Dewan Muktamar Pusat Islam, was postponed until 1030 pm.. we were pretty tired and sleepy already.. so did the contestant.. one question that i remembered the most was; what metal solution that given to a patient before undergo organ x-ray.. (every one of us as the audience know the answer was supposed to be Barium) but the contestant answered PLUMBUM.. * giler apa nak minum plumbum *
We lost.. (although was not the last among the final 4 schools).. but the funny plumbum joke went on for a few weeks.. heheh..
As many of you would already know, Klang Valley, down south streching till JB hit by a major blackouts..
I was in the office when lamps suddenly turned off, and turned on back few seconds later.. wasnt sense any problem since my laptop was powered by UPS, and the battery life can stay up till 4 hours.. Minutes later, Sha called me to informed no electricity at TTDI, followed by few SMSes from my friends telling the same problem.. I wasnt able to check mum at Johore but Along at Bahau also experiencing the problem..
Hmmm.. as far as I remember, this is the second time in 8 years.. the last time was in 1996.. i was in Form 5.. that day we planned to go to KL to support 4 of our batchmates in the final round of National Science Quiz.. Shakir, a friend of mine, managed to secure a school bus in the 11th hour with help from our class teacher (if i'm not mistaken).. we arrived at KL some time around Maghrib when we noticed something different.. we were in total darkness..
Had to wait at National mosque and do nothing for a few hours.. the quiz which scheduled to start at 830pm at Dewan Muktamar Pusat Islam, was postponed until 1030 pm.. we were pretty tired and sleepy already.. so did the contestant.. one question that i remembered the most was; what metal solution that given to a patient before undergo organ x-ray.. (every one of us as the audience know the answer was supposed to be Barium) but the contestant answered PLUMBUM.. * giler apa nak minum plumbum *
We lost.. (although was not the last among the final 4 schools).. but the funny plumbum joke went on for a few weeks.. heheh..