Monday, October 16, 2006

Electrifying

So there was a blackout in my house last night. Apparently due to the thunderstorm which blanketed the whole of KL. The blackout happened around 5pm when i was in Laundry for a special movie screening to watch "There's Only One Jimmy Grimble".



The movie was not bad.. The lead actor kinda looked like Wayne Rooney when he was a boy. This actually suited the movie's theme which was about football. However, there was that one thing that disappointed me. That kid should've been a United fan instead of supporting the blue half of Manchester.

Anyways, headed home after the movie. I even managed to avoid a massive jam and made it home only to find out that there is no electricity. Only a few houses are affected on my road due to a blown circuit due to the lightning. By now it was around 6pm. So my family and I waited.. 7pm.. and waited.. 8pm.. By now the entire house was pitch black:



we continued to wait.. 9pm.. and wait.. 10pm.. and wait.. 11pm... until finally some TNB technicians arrived.



We talked to the supervisor and he said the whole power supply to the entire road has to be cut to ensure the safety of the technicians that are gonna fix the problem.

Before cut: After cut:


Great. Now the whole street is pitch black. People started coming out of their houses and there were a few shouts thrown towards the technicians. Nonetheless, they've managed to fix the problem by midnight and restored power back to all the houses.



Full credit to the technicians for fixing the problem. Bollocks to TNB for their efficiency.

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