NOT DONE YET
For some reasons, I could not sleep last night. I was tossing and turning the entire time. It's hard for me to fall asleep, more so last night. I was thinking to myself, did I eat or drink something that could have caused the insomnia? I can't sleep if I take coffee or tea or even just coca cola! But no, I didn't. And I even went for a swim earlier after work (so unfit that at the end of 10 laps, I was ready to be ventilated); so by logic, I should have slept like a baby. But I didn't.
I think I finally slept at around 2 am.....only to be woken up at 2.30 am when the fan stopped. I got up and was instantly hit by a foul smell in my room. It was dark but I could see that mine was the only house to have the blackout (it doesn't take a genius really). As I stumbled in the darkness, I reached for the torch light on the bedside table and switched it on.
Lo and behold, it was like holding a light saber (I do so like one of those!!!). Why? Because my room was filled with smoke, very foul smelling smoke that was escaping from the burnt out motor of my stand fan! A nice long light beam made from smoke and the light of my torch.
My first thought was to rush out and check whether the house was on fire. It wasn't. I could almost see the headline "Doctor burnt to death buck naked while asleep (yes, I sleep with only channel 5 on) along with the entire household....due to faulty fan, no foul play suspected!".
Thank God everything was fine. My little niece was asleep peacefully next door with the nanny. I don't think anyone knew what happened. After I got the power back on, and got rid of the offending fan, I sat down and thought for a while.
Yeah, I could have died! Maybe suffocated to death, or even made into human toast. The foul smell was still evident in my room as I slowly drifted off to sleep.
I knew why I couldn't sleep last night. Had I fallen asleep earlier, I would have been in dream land and probably not woken up so quickly by the blackout and the smoke. Bad things could have happened.
As I drifted off to sleep, I knew in my heart that a miracle has happened. And most of all, I knew that God isn't done with me yet here on earth. And that is comforting indeed.
For some reasons, I could not sleep last night. I was tossing and turning the entire time. It's hard for me to fall asleep, more so last night. I was thinking to myself, did I eat or drink something that could have caused the insomnia? I can't sleep if I take coffee or tea or even just coca cola! But no, I didn't. And I even went for a swim earlier after work (so unfit that at the end of 10 laps, I was ready to be ventilated); so by logic, I should have slept like a baby. But I didn't.
I think I finally slept at around 2 am.....only to be woken up at 2.30 am when the fan stopped. I got up and was instantly hit by a foul smell in my room. It was dark but I could see that mine was the only house to have the blackout (it doesn't take a genius really). As I stumbled in the darkness, I reached for the torch light on the bedside table and switched it on.
Lo and behold, it was like holding a light saber (I do so like one of those!!!). Why? Because my room was filled with smoke, very foul smelling smoke that was escaping from the burnt out motor of my stand fan! A nice long light beam made from smoke and the light of my torch.
My first thought was to rush out and check whether the house was on fire. It wasn't. I could almost see the headline "Doctor burnt to death buck naked while asleep (yes, I sleep with only channel 5 on) along with the entire household....due to faulty fan, no foul play suspected!".
Thank God everything was fine. My little niece was asleep peacefully next door with the nanny. I don't think anyone knew what happened. After I got the power back on, and got rid of the offending fan, I sat down and thought for a while.
Yeah, I could have died! Maybe suffocated to death, or even made into human toast. The foul smell was still evident in my room as I slowly drifted off to sleep.
I knew why I couldn't sleep last night. Had I fallen asleep earlier, I would have been in dream land and probably not woken up so quickly by the blackout and the smoke. Bad things could have happened.
As I drifted off to sleep, I knew in my heart that a miracle has happened. And most of all, I knew that God isn't done with me yet here on earth. And that is comforting indeed.
posted by Jimbo @ 5/09/2006 04:45:00 PM
2 Comments:
At 5/09/2006 05:23:00 PM,
sbanboy said…
Praise God u r ok bro ... ayo buck naked ...hmmmmmmm
At 5/10/2006 08:55:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
Wah! Didn't know it was that bad. The picture you painted was like "just another faulty fan". Thank God our heavenly father is not done with you yet. I worry so much when you travel to and fro every weekend. As it is sometimes when I at the verge of giving up I keep saying to myself "Its just till Nov, he'll be home" I think I would go crazy if there is no light at the end of the tunnel!!!
Wifey :)
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