#disasterstory

[dilayr]

Shocking by disaster

Assalamualaikum there.. i’m here now to tell you my short story about last wednesday. it happened on 19.49 pm when i was filling my drink water in the kitchen. when i did that, i felt really dizzy but suddenly cici my ‘kosmate’ in a half run she shouted my name in her disbelief that disaster was came. at that time i saw that cici’s window was quickly shaking for 1 minute. it was really shocking us. and then i said that it came again, that earthquake that usually came every year for this 3 years. you know what? cici had her appendix’s opperation a week before actually can not run, so i had to make her not to panic because it will be a trouble for her. and theeen that earthquake came again in short time, and once again it was really shocking us. actually that was the strong one that i’ve ever had in this 3 years, then i opened my campus chat group in line, i saw that the earthquake was 8,3 SR from BMKG data. after that, in my panic situation i was trying to made everyone calm down, but it wasn’t effective on that time, because we realized that our place in 2nd floor and that fact can made us in negative risk if we took wrong choice carelessly. actually i was really scared on that time, and you know? i wanted to cry really hard because of my panic, but i can’t because i had to be rational on time like that, because if i was panic, it can be terrible for me and cici. fyi, on that time riri wasn’t at kos because she went to english course in veteran street Pasaraya. and the sick moment is when we called riri, she didn’t pick her phone. in my confused i was spontaneously praying isya and in my pray i had my tears blocked and then i cried to Allah and begging for salvation to us. after that, i called my mom, and when my mom answered my phone, my lips were frozen to blocked my tears. and.. Mom: Assalamualaikum, ada apa kak? tadi udah nelpon kok nelpon lagi? Me: Bu.... tadi barusan kan bu... disini gempa. Mom: Astaghfirullah, dimana kakak sekarang ni? berapa SR nak? jangan panik ya nak.. Me: kuat kali bu, dila gak apa kok... Mom: udah sholat isya? berdoa ya nak, minta keselamatan sama Allah, jangan panik. Me: cici ada disini sama dila, udah dila bilang dia gak usah lari takut soalnya dila. riri dia lagi les Mom: udah ya nak pokoknya jangan panik, siapkan semua barang berharga dan baju dompet jangan lupa bawa powerbank hp. tu keluar dari kosan tu sampai 1 jam atau 2 jam kedepan, jangan netap diatas ya nak. telpon2 lah lagi riri tu. Me: iya bu, udah dulu ya bu dila mau beres2. Mom: jangan panik dan ajak temen kos dila tu, kalau nanti harus ngungsi tetapkan dari sekarang sama kawan sekos tu mau kemana kalian ketemu di tempat ngungsi nanti. Me: iya bu, dila beres2 dulu ya, assalamualaikum.. Mom: waalaikumsalam nak, hati2 dan berdoa terus ya nak... and then i packed my bag quickly and asked cici to did it too. but, she refused because she can’t go out. she’s still trying to made herself calm down, and then i sat down beside my bag and said that she must did it, because she didn’t has any choice. after some minute, riri came and shocked us, alhamdulillah we said it together. and then i asked riri to packed her bag. after that we went out and asked the owner of our kos about this earthquake. and then we know that this ‘kosan’ was built in 2009. when it was 3 days after the 2nd floor is ready, the big earthquake in september of that year was happened. but alhamdulillah this building was saved at that time. nothing in this building was broken, and then the owner of our ‘kosan’ said that when tsunami was came to Padang at that time, that tsunami approximately reached Simpang Haru district in Andalas Area. after that conversation, alhamdulillah in 23.00 pm we went back to our 2nd floor and tried to calm down because the emergency of tsunami reminder was expired. and then all people in 2nd floor of my ‘kosan’ slept but my self wasn’t till the morning. i’m not sure at the time they really slept or not wkwk so the conclusion of this story is don’t be too panic when the disaster is coming. when the disaster is coming back just keep in your mind to always be rational and pray hard to Allah. because Allah is the one can you trust.

[dinneradventures]

Reheat and Eat!

Beef Stroganoff & Plain Naan

Hey Joe, why you coming round town with that microwave meal in your hand?

Looks good, quick to reheat and eat - a VAST improvement on most of the week (yet I count 1 non processed food meal for Joe this week - if his mum is still reading (apologies for my earlier post) - you should call your son and ask him what he had for dinner - daily at this rate).

I'm not a fan of microwaved meals - they have far too much salt for taste and as a preservative, it's not real food, it takes far too many resources to make compared to a healthy meal made from fresh ingredients, and cooking is a real life skill that can help out in many emergency situations. 

An example:

Imagine a big pile up on a motorway in the winter, in which a Tesco lorry and a Famous Army & Navy stores lorry had crashed into each other in a big snowstorm that stops emergency services getting out. Whilst others pitch the tents, our hero sets up 4 camp stoves (from the FA&N lorry) and picks the best meat and veg (from the Tesco lorry) and cooks up a sumptuous life sustaining meal for the 20 survivors. Later that evening spirits are so high a few bottles of champagne are opened and the survivors get merry, maybe even a couple of them get to know each other better and make lives together out of a tragedy. In the morning, 2 more are found dead after falling asleep in the snow - dead drunk you might say. But it wasn't our hero that gave them the drink.

So my thinking on the matter is clear - learn to cook, you might just save some lives (and kill some others who might have died in the night anyway without the food), you'll be healthier, and remember this - you can impress people more with cooking than you can with skills on Wii bowling. 

I'm talking to you Joe. There's no one else here.