It rained suddenly last night at 10+pm, when I was watching Mr. Bean vcd with Greg and Gareth was asleep in the room with KengYong. We saw lightning and heard a loud thunder roar, and our television went "pop" - off! Greg had a scare and he hopped onto my lap. The whole house was in darkness, and my first thought was "oh! blackout." I looked across our block and saw the households with lights on still, so my next thought was "blackout in my just my entire block". I opened the house door and saw my neighbour's lights still on, my subsequent thought was "I must check my house's switch box". Because Greg was holding onto me like a koala bear, I got KengYong to check on the switch box. He went but we didn't know what happened and thought maybe we would get things checked the next day since it's already quite late at night.
Originally, I only knew the lights and electricity went out but what didn't come across my mind was that our fridge would also not be functioning. I was horrified only this morning when I opened the fridge... boohoo... my expressed breastmilk is in the fridge!! Neither did we sleep well last night, with the windows closed due to the heavy rain. The boys were used to sleeping in aircon room or at least with the fan on. Last night, Gareth woke up at 2am with sweaty hair and refusing to return to sleep till 4+am. Greg also woke up several times to tell me he's afraid of the thunder and lightning. Aiyo. I couldn't use my electric pump to express my milk either because there wasn't any electricity in my house. The worse thing was the Gareth didn't want any milk this morning when I latched him on.My breasts were so engorged and I was also concerned about a drop in my supply.
Called PUB this morning and they said it's not their problem and they advised me to get an electrician instead. Called for an electrician, and he said he would be at my house at 10am. I quickly sent Gareth to nanny with my ebm and then rushed home to wait for the electrician, whereas KengYong drove Greg to childcare. 10am came but the electrician wasn't here. Fortunately, my neighbour is on leave and she said she could help me with this problem. Wow! We finally found the root of the power trip problem, and halellujah! lights and electricity returned! I was so happy. I managed to reach the electrician, and guess what?he wasn't even on his way to my place yet! Anyway, I am glad that my problem has finally been solved and grateful to my helpful neighbour. As the saying goes, "Yuan3 Qing1 Bu4 Ru2 Jing4 Ling2".
Originally, I only knew the lights and electricity went out but what didn't come across my mind was that our fridge would also not be functioning. I was horrified only this morning when I opened the fridge... boohoo... my expressed breastmilk is in the fridge!! Neither did we sleep well last night, with the windows closed due to the heavy rain. The boys were used to sleeping in aircon room or at least with the fan on. Last night, Gareth woke up at 2am with sweaty hair and refusing to return to sleep till 4+am. Greg also woke up several times to tell me he's afraid of the thunder and lightning. Aiyo. I couldn't use my electric pump to express my milk either because there wasn't any electricity in my house. The worse thing was the Gareth didn't want any milk this morning when I latched him on.My breasts were so engorged and I was also concerned about a drop in my supply.
Called PUB this morning and they said it's not their problem and they advised me to get an electrician instead. Called for an electrician, and he said he would be at my house at 10am. I quickly sent Gareth to nanny with my ebm and then rushed home to wait for the electrician, whereas KengYong drove Greg to childcare. 10am came but the electrician wasn't here. Fortunately, my neighbour is on leave and she said she could help me with this problem. Wow! We finally found the root of the power trip problem, and halellujah! lights and electricity returned! I was so happy. I managed to reach the electrician, and guess what?he wasn't even on his way to my place yet! Anyway, I am glad that my problem has finally been solved and grateful to my helpful neighbour. As the saying goes, "Yuan3 Qing1 Bu4 Ru2 Jing4 Ling2".
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