We survived a night in Hell

And now I am nursing a cold.

It's because of the hellish night we had last night.

In this modern day and age and in a cosmopolitan city at that, who would have thought we'd spend the night without any electricity?

You read it right. The electricity went off at around midnight last night. Well actually it went off at around 3pm yesterday afternoon. We called our agent, he arranged somebody to fix it. It was fixed at around 8:30PM. Our Saturday afternoon which was supposed to be spent shopping (I was sooo looking forward to this, my therapy!) just flew out of the window. We just couldn't leave our apartment with men working inside, could we?

So we just headed to KFC for dinner on the lower ground after the men fixed the problem (just some loose cables, they said). EJ was famished. He devoured my food and the cornflakes sundae.

EJ slept just before midnight. And I fell asleep right after him. I was supposed to wake up to finish some tasks but I was tired and sleepy because our afternoon nap was interrupted when the electricity went off that afternoon.

All was well before we slept. But at around 1:00AM, I was feeling hot. I knew immediately that there was no electricity. I got up and went out of the room. Hubby said, the electricity went off again. He was trying to fix the "loose" cables.

I told him to go down to the lobby to ask if there's a maintenance on duty. Hubby went. The guard told him, he'd call immediately while hubby back to our unit. The "coldness" inside our apartment has slowly vanished and it was getting hot. I decided to go down and follow up the guard. The guard said "Since you're not a hotel resident you should call your own agent. Then your agent will arrange something". Whaattt??? I was getting pissed by the minute. I didn't suppose shouting at the guard will help so I went back to our unit and told hubby what to do. He called our agent but his phone was off!

Grrrrr.....What are we going to do now? By then it was already 2:30AM. I checked on EJ, he was sleeping just like a baby should, peacefully. I checked his head. Usually, when he is feeling hot, his head becomes wet with sweat. Thank God it was dry, meaning he wasn't feeling hot.

We debated whether we should go out and look for a hotel. Hubby said "It's very late now (or early, however you look at it), it would be a hassle to go and find a hotel. Let's just stay here. I'll fan EJ if we need to."

Feeling very sluggish to give a fight, I just said "okay." I settled on our couch while hubby went back with a "fan" to the bed. I thought I would just sleep at the couch so that it won't get too hot in the bed with us three breathing down on each other's neck, literally :)

It was a mistake. While EJ was in dreamland and hubby just started to doze off, I couldn't go back to sleep. It was very hot! At 4:30AM, I went inside the room. I brought a paper "fan" too. But I still couldn't get an eye shut. Everytime EJ moves, I "fan" him thinking he was feeling hot.

I think I only slept a total of two hours. When I woke up at around 7:30AM, I knew I was going to have a cold. And I did.

So that's our night in hell. I am just thankful EJ slept through it all. But hubby and I wondered how EJ slept through it all. He is usually the first one to complain if it's hot and when we are shivering from cold inside the comforter, EJ doesn't want to put a comforter over his body.

I guess an angel was with him the entire time?

P.S. When hubby tried to fix the loose cables again at 8:30 in the morning, he was successful! How come he wasn't successful in the middle of night??? He said he couldn't see properly.

If there's any loose cables again tonight, I'll be out of here in a sec :)