nee..no..nee..no..

what would you say if i told you, i was given a one night stay at an expensive hotel with a 16 pound dinner included and buffet breakfast the next morning?

probably you won't say anything.

but if you did, you would probably ask, 'are you serious?' then, i would say. 'yeah'
you would then go on asking, 'why? how did you get it? did you win some kind of raffle ticket or something?' and i would say, 'nope. i couldn't get into my flat because there was a fire in our next door flat. the fire alarm went off, everyone had to clear the building. we couldn't get into the building the whole day, couldn't get our stuff and were homeless for a night. so the management gave us a hotel room to spend the night.'

how's that for an excuse? heheh. but no, it's no excuse. it happened just yesterday.
the hotel was a great consolation though. i had the entire room to myself. dinner was terrific. breakfast was superb. watched telly the entire night (left it on while i dozed off) and continued watching the next morning. skipped a lecture (which turned out to be canceled) and a tutorial session as well. i guess my week turned out to be a bit wackier than usual. but above all, i'm grateful that nothing precious was destroyed, no one was hurt, and my room didn't get damaged from the fire, apart from a broken door. Thanks Mr fireman who bust open my door to make sure everythings alright. ^_^

Alhamdulillah. it wasn't extremely bad. i'm sure no one wanted this to happen, but then, the circumstances could have been worse. it's one of those things that serves as a wakeup call. sometimes we get too carried away with our lives. too focussed on the imperfectness of our lives. forgetting to be thankful for what we have, great family, great friends, youth, time, health, conscience, faith.
reminding us to work hard and make the best out of it.

maybe we're lucky this time but who knows what will happen later?

this picture was taken from BBC News. btw, that's my room! (the red circle)