let there be light trust me when i say i haven't seen such a massive blackout before. i remember once last holiday when everyone was asleep in my house and the house would black out everytime i turn on the shower. so imagine me running up n down the stairs with only a towel trying to fix the problem. anyway this blackout was nothing like that one. jiejie was driving us home from nus (will explain my business in nus later haha) and everything seemed to be ok. we heard about the blackout from the radio....and from distraught family who were at home while we were playing cards in nus. once we reached bukit batok, everything was different. it seemed as if we suddenly drove into a completely different town. the whole of bukit batok was pitch black. it was total darkness...not even one block. felt like i was in one of those creepy stephen king movies. sigh. seems like power took a longer time to return to bukit batok than to other parts of singapore. yea the blackout was almost nationwide...geylang, ulu pandan, hougang, chai chee, taman jurong, bukit batok...u get the idea. i had to climb up the stairs with SORE THIGHS FROM BODYPUMP and i couldnt help thinking what kind of murphy's law this is that everytime i have sore thighs i have to climb stairs (like the last time in city gate). well...now that the lights are on and my aircon is blowing in my face, i am so thankful. so so so thankful. hrm anyway we went for a picnic today and it was good. we really should have recorded our conversations right from the beginning cause they were really entertaining. haha. i dont know what got to our brains. but as bun pointed out, laughing is a good workout. hurhur. after the picnic in botanical gardens, we decided to adjourn to NUS cause cheryl left the law camp to come for the picnic and had to return to the camp after that. however, the camp was super boring so we decided to tag along to keep her company. what kind of camp does not tell u the activities and whereabouts of the participants? well this is one of them. think they want to be secretive..duh. cheryl drove us there in her (spy)van haha. we were all sitting at the back like dodgy illegal immigrants..but it was a funky van..not construction workers kind. will post pix soon keke. when cheryl left to play games we ended up playing bridge in the middle of raffles hall (lucky got 4 of us) cause she was gonna drive us home after that. but since my jiejie was passing by, she came to pick me n bun up. yea, so our business at NUS is explained. hehe. it was a hot and smelly day.