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HEADLINES TODAY: POWER FAILURE due to supply from Indonesia was distrupted..
Last nite due to the suddden power failure last nite, many places in Singapore had suffered blackout... it is one of the greatest blackout in Singapore. 1 hospital and hotels were affected... some places like Bishan, AMK, Hougang, and bedok, kallang etc.(still got a lot...) was one of the "victim" of the power failure...
one of the victim from Bishan, Shenyan said: "well, i was watching news tat time ard 10.15pm... suddenly... the lights went off... well... i had no fate with the news.. (felt like watching last nite...but too bad.. BLACKOUT ) i tot was my house overload the switches... was a short circuit or sumtin.. but when i looked out....it was a pitch dark outside... and all the blocks the flat was oso black... omg.... my family quickly went to look for candles and torch light... we had a memorable time there... "candlelight" with my family... tat's sumtin special and new...hee... no fan at home... it was warm... the roads had no light... even the traffic light was affected.. cars had to on high beam light in order to drive safely on it..some ppl had been caught in the lift... and due to the network a bit down.. i was unable to sent sms to my frenz.. and some only receive the sms after the power is back... the lights went back at ard 10.30pm..."
MS Liuting from amk said: my house oso had suffered the blackout... i tot only my family had it.. but my frenz told me tat they oso had the blackout.. but luckily my corridor outside had the lights.. and as i have the praying candles for the ancestors and god, they lit up my house... the power supply went back very fast.. it only lasted for 15mins.. phew.. my brother had a exam today.. he nid to study for it...
Ms Yuhui,oso from AMK said: well, my house there was safe and sound... the power failure doesn't affect me though i m staying in AMK... ha... i continue do wad i doing... haha...
Ristina from AMK said: well, my place went into total darkness... i can c tat everyone was busy looking for light sources. at tat pt of time, i was washing my contact lens... my mum was ready to go downstairs to mit her frenz worz... her fren oso very funny... went in circles to look for her.... as my mum was in pyjamus bcoz it was too dark to change her clothes... her fren could bearly recognise her... my neighbour's kids were running abt along the corridor...my younger bro was busy sms his frenz to know abt the other places... a lot of places had it...
A resident from Yishun, ZX said " i wasn't aware of the blackout.. i wasn't affected...my house had it once ard April.."
Eva, from Hougang said..: "fortunately.. i finished my shower... if not it was a pitch dark for me to bathe... ha... i was talking on phone tat time...power supply only come back 2 hours later... as i was alone at home, and i had nth to do..so i went to sleep early..i tink i nid to buy torches and candles to put at home le... in case of such thing happening..."
Yesh.. indeed... sum power supply only returned 2 hours later.. and due to the warm weather... w/o fan or air-con... many ppl cannot get to sleep... and had to stop doing the things they are doing... hopefully it can dun happen so often.. or even wan to happen muz warn the residents first... at least they won't b trapped in the lift... and have sufficient preparation for such circumstances.. and families will not go into a panic state...and carefully, light up candles...
news reported by : Shenyan