Now today was the worst start one could possibly imagine for a sunday...one very very bad thing about staying on campus is that they have damn sensitive fire alarms in the buildings and the apartments...and they are so shrill and loud that they can infact wake up the dead then we are very much alive and kicking. But the point that inrigues me to no end is that who the hell was up in the grad housing at 9:30 on sunday to cook...or mayeb they were poor things like me who were trying to make some coffee, eggs and cereal..but then what could possibly burn so bad that it triggered the fire alarm..I literally fell out of my bed and i was cursing my cell' alarm not quite understanding how come it became so shrill and loud overnight....and that too without my due permission as I dont even bother to set alarm for sundays anymore...and then I realized that it was the fire alarm and i started to walk out n then i realized i wasnt wearing anything warm as it was 2 deg cel outside. so i came back to grab my jacket, keys, cell...now if you ask me why i picked up my cellphone and not the wallet with my debit card...then i dont have any logical answer for that....as my damaged head is still sleepy...well i knocked on my flatmates door because they penalize you if the fire alarm is off and you are still in...i mean this is ridiculous..what if someone plans to die...its their choice isnt it...
Now people hav weird reactions in case of such emergencies....
well for me...the first time this happened I was confused what to take along with me...my wallet? cell? passprt? my original degrees and academic credntials? my ipod? my laptop?
well i ended up takin my passpart and nuthing else..
My flatmate was worried about her marriage certificate the original copy....so she left her passprt and took her certificate...
her comments on todays fiasco was..."it is rude to wake up grad students so early(9:30 a.m.) on a sunday morning..." and my chakku and mutthu must be all confused and might be dying because of the noise...lemme tell you chakku and mutthu are her beta fishes..who would be provided with ear plugs from now on.
and my third flatmate...only curses her way out of her sleep to downstairs....nothing much....I ususlly dont curse because I always have this fear in my mind that next time it could be easily me...at the rate I have been burning food....and then I have to open widnows and fan the fire sensor in the living room standing on that couch....
and as they say what goes around comes around..i hope these culprits treat me the same...too..last time it was 1 in the morning when the alarm went off...
my flatmates are so scared to leave me alone when I am cooking...and they make sure that I either I have a rope or a saree to climb down from the window in case of an extreme fire... but I havent burnt anything till now...hopefully I wont do it in near future....but one thing i appreciate about all this is the sincerity and the prompt response of the cops and the security personnel. They are here in less than five minutes after the defeaning alarm..do i need to say that had it been in India, the building would have probably burnt down before the cops even pick up thier ringing phone....
anyways the good thing about all this fire alarm going off today is that I woke up early and had lots of time to waste....oops to do something constructive like readins, cooking et al. but due to some reasons I couldnt cook so I am thiking to attack my flatmates food ..which they asked me to take freely.... :)
bless them...
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