Day after hurricane in afternoon and night

After the morning walk, we went over to Colin's place to visit them. Heard that some shops were opened and Colin would be going out with some colleagues to buy burner to cook food easily. The shops opened were Home Depot which sells DIY stuff and Winn Dixie, a supermarket.

So, we went together with Kok Fong as we needed to save petrol cos all petrol stations were closed. We dropped by at Home Depot and was shocked to see the long queue. People were queuing up to buy generators.

We got back into the car and drove to Winn Dixie. I needed to buy candles and lighter. Kok Fong bought charcoal and kerosene to quickly set up the fire to cook. As we drove back, it was shocking to see the damage of some houses and trees.

Traffic lights were all not working..The major junctions had traffic police directing..but for some junctions, we had to treat it as a 4-way stop sign..so we had to stop and give way..

I was glad to come out of the house as we were bored stiff. Without power, there is really nothing much to do but read, prepare for meals, sleep and wait for time to pass...and listening to radio.

We decided to start fire for lunch and dinner today cos we needed to finish some food in the fridge before it was spoilt. So, we tried starting fire but unable to as our place was quite windy and it was facing the cars..so, CT went over to Kok Fong's place and it seemed better. So, we brought our food over and started fire at their place.

Had egg noodles soup with minced meat ball, cabbage and egg for lunch. It took us a long while to cook. It was tough as we only have twigs and some twigs are damped due to the rain. The charcoal and kerosene Kok Fong bought helped a little only..We only managed to eat at about 1 plus pm. Starving.. took us almost 2 hours to start fire and cook!

After lunch, we washed up. Thank God,there was still water. My only form of news was from my MP3 player which has radio..so I kept listening to what was going on in New Orleans, Mississippi and our area.

Me and CT planned to go Orlando this weekend as it is the Labor Day weekend and we were supposed to fly from New Orleans. So, I was listening to whether the airport would be ready by Saturday. However, it does not seem like it would..so I was very disappointed cos I was looking forward to the Disney trip.

I prayed to God and as honest before Him...I said that the last time I planned to go Tennessee with my parents and was cancelled because of accident and now this. I told God that I feel very disappointed as each time I looked forward to a trip, something had to crop up. I cried before Him and prayed that He would do something so that I can still go Orlando.

CT was trying to cheer me up but I just cried..

We slept in the afternoon after lunch and at about 4 pm, we went back to Kok Fong's place to start fire for dinner. Kok Fong was still using the fire as their lunch took a very long time to cook..Poor thing. I had eggplant with sambal blachan and curry with rice for dinner. Yummy. I enjoyed it very much. We had an early dinner as CT's colleague bought a burner which took so fast to cook. It was blue fire..so very strong.

We had dinner at about 530pm..starving..so we just ate at that time...and since nothing else to do.

CT loves curry with his rice..so do I..so we enjoyed our dinner very much.

CT is beginning to eat egg plant/brinjal and lady fingers already..yay!! He loves it with sambal blachan..

After dinner, we went over to the singles place..to see them cook. They cook together and share their food..so it was interesting visiting them..

Chen Twok was the main chef..he starts up the fire and cooks for all of them. Heard he starts cooking early and ends his cooking at about 9 pm..as they have so much food to cook.

The rest of them were playing mahjong, killing flies, preparing food to cook, etc..just like kampong living..

Here are some pictures.. Teck Meng and Anthony were taking turns to whack the flies..and they use scotch tape to display their victories after the killing..so sadistic..









































When the sun sets, we went home and we used the candle. We placed it in the living room and started talking. I was playing my guitar..so it was like a mini camp fire..haha..me and CT facing each other across the candle light. I told CT I would play a tune and he make up something and sing..haha..so we did..and boy, he sang about how we met..and what we did on our first date..it was very cute.

We had so much fun singing and playing the guitar. After a while, we played with shadows. Here is a picture..

We went to bed shortly later as we were getting tired. The dark really has an effect on how tired you would be. When it gets dark, you just automatically want to sleep. It was interesting just looking outside our window and see everything dark..no lights at all..