.Monday, July 19, 2010 ' 4:38 AM Y
Today, 19 July 2010 , around 5+/6, a fire broke out in the school canteen.There I was, in the hall,having CCA and all of a sudden, some SJAB members run in to get us to the quadrangle as soon as possible.Our evacuation route is near the fire scene, to be exact, the stairs lead to the canteen.With us, dancers exhausted from practice, we took deep breaths and then it happened.
I was coughing profusely due to the over-inhalation of the smoke and I had a sore throat, thus there's phelm in my throat.The smoke entering thus choke mi mak8ing me having difficulty breathing. Thankfully , my dear CCA members noticed that something was wrong and they seek help immediately. Before the SJAB members and a few teachers came to my help, I was coughing so badly that tears just came down in beads and I had no control over it.
After 10 minutes or so, I was brought to the Corporate Office where Mrs Kok(my school principal) gave me a cup of warm water to stop the irritation. Shortly after, Mdm Ann came to guide me with my breathing. After a while, I felt better even though there was still slight chest pain.
Now, I saw Crystal's red eyes. She was so frightened that she cried. I'm really sorry. After a quite a while, I got better and my blood circulation is back to normal causing my hands to turn numb and then my father came to fetch me off. By then, I was fine just a little weak. When I got home, I ate some buns and now I'm all better except that it still hurts a little when I breathe.
From this, I've learnt to appreciate my friends and teachers better, treasure time spent spent with anyone and everyone as you'll never know if you can ever spent time with the person again and finally, never take anything for granted as we're given many things in life which can be taken away in just a matter of seconds.A good example would be our ability to breathe. It is with us all along that we don't really know of its importance but what happened today made me realized that we are so vulnerable as it was taken away from me temporarily. Now I dare say that I'll live everyday to its fullest!
