Where is this place???
I am going there.
Saturday 12 November 2011
Monday 7 November 2011
Fire Alarm
Several months back during a group session, I was asked if there was a fire and I could only take one item, what will I grab? I said, "my passport", without any doubt, as a form of identification and so I could easily move around. I did not choose my phone (coz I could always borrow someone else's). Not my wallet (cards are easily replaceable and I could withdraw money on the spot using my passport for identification). Not my laptop (sure I will lose a lot of data, but... no biggie).
A real fire alarm went off in my building last week. I just got home, unbelievably tired, crawled to bed, and within minutes about to fall asleep, when I heard the sirens go off. I was so groggy I didn't want to pay attention to it (I think I even thought, "oh heck, let me burn", ack!). But it kept going off, without an announcement explaining it was only a drill, ugh.
My housemates didn't know what was going on. I had to get up, told them to grab their phone, passport, wallet and get ready to go out. I got dressed (I don't know how, my brain was still asleep), put my jacket on (it was freezing and raining outside) and the first thing I looked for, even though my wallet and phone were visible, were my keys!!!??! I knew where my passport was too, but I kept looking only for my keys, which took me a long time to find (dizzy from being woken up abruptly). After I found it, I went into "fast forward" - grabbed a backpack and quickly shoved my laptop with charger, journal, wallet, passport, work pass, music player, snacks (to eat while I passed time if I had to wait outside, hahahah!) and an umbrella (for the rain) - in no particular order, just whichever were closest. But my phone and keys automatically went inside my jacket pocket, and already I considered that I could drop my backpack.
I did not want to lose those two items - so family could reach me, to let them know I am safe; to be able to call for help if trapped/needed; and to be able to go back inside the apartment. Everything else, quickly became unimportant (even my passport, though I'm about to leave; with my visa that took time for me to apply for, not a hassle), or could be dealt with in time. Other "riches" just got a passing glance or were disregarded in my thoughts - jewellery, watches, foreign currencies, expensive bags and footwear, terra (back up) drive, and sentimental gifts.
I love "wake up calls" like this, keeps life perspectives simpler. I still don't know why I chose my keys, but I realised my passport is not as important to me as I thought. Maybe I decided I was too "out of it" to explain, or that I didn't trust my flatmates to bring their keys. I didn't want to be stuck outside in the cold, ugh! Maybe this was an example of how far my brain automatically forward plan - how I already saw past the fire alarm and thought of the return home. Most times already working out 3 or 4 steps ahead.
.... The minor fire was in the other building. Danger averted. Thankfully I thought of the keys. We would have been stuck outside, hahahah...? I took this photo, then tried to go back to my catnap, unsuccessfully.
What would you grab if there was an emergency????
A real fire alarm went off in my building last week. I just got home, unbelievably tired, crawled to bed, and within minutes about to fall asleep, when I heard the sirens go off. I was so groggy I didn't want to pay attention to it (I think I even thought, "oh heck, let me burn", ack!). But it kept going off, without an announcement explaining it was only a drill, ugh.
My housemates didn't know what was going on. I had to get up, told them to grab their phone, passport, wallet and get ready to go out. I got dressed (I don't know how, my brain was still asleep), put my jacket on (it was freezing and raining outside) and the first thing I looked for, even though my wallet and phone were visible, were my keys!!!??! I knew where my passport was too, but I kept looking only for my keys, which took me a long time to find (dizzy from being woken up abruptly). After I found it, I went into "fast forward" - grabbed a backpack and quickly shoved my laptop with charger, journal, wallet, passport, work pass, music player, snacks (to eat while I passed time if I had to wait outside, hahahah!) and an umbrella (for the rain) - in no particular order, just whichever were closest. But my phone and keys automatically went inside my jacket pocket, and already I considered that I could drop my backpack.
I did not want to lose those two items - so family could reach me, to let them know I am safe; to be able to call for help if trapped/needed; and to be able to go back inside the apartment. Everything else, quickly became unimportant (even my passport, though I'm about to leave; with my visa that took time for me to apply for, not a hassle), or could be dealt with in time. Other "riches" just got a passing glance or were disregarded in my thoughts - jewellery, watches, foreign currencies, expensive bags and footwear, terra (back up) drive, and sentimental gifts.
I love "wake up calls" like this, keeps life perspectives simpler. I still don't know why I chose my keys, but I realised my passport is not as important to me as I thought. Maybe I decided I was too "out of it" to explain, or that I didn't trust my flatmates to bring their keys. I didn't want to be stuck outside in the cold, ugh! Maybe this was an example of how far my brain automatically forward plan - how I already saw past the fire alarm and thought of the return home. Most times already working out 3 or 4 steps ahead.
.... The minor fire was in the other building. Danger averted. Thankfully I thought of the keys. We would have been stuck outside, hahahah...? I took this photo, then tried to go back to my catnap, unsuccessfully.
What would you grab if there was an emergency????
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