Unforgettable Experience
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: What's Up
We just resume our office works today since we had such a very bad and unforgettable experience last Wednesday. I was doing something in my files at around 12:50 pm of that day when I smelled something like fire, I ignored but then I noticed that there was a black and thick smoke coming out from our office's main door and went directly to my room, I went out to the reception area and I found out that I cannot see the furnitures anymore since it was all covered with the black smoke! Then I heard some sirens below our building, only then I realized that something bad was happening in our building.

My colleagues just left the office few minutes ago and only 2 of us (Indian guy) left in the 4th floor. I cried, I feel nervous. One guy was terribly panic and he jumped from the window and he landed to the 3rd floor, his right foot was injured. I called everybody, the watchman, my colleagues, my hubby. Our GM did not answer, Abu Naser (the owner of the company) told me that I will stay near the window so that the rescuers can easily saw me, my hubby is coming.

I horrified when I saw my hands turned into black, I managed to look at the mirror and saw my face like an African lady. I used tissue papers to wipe all the blacks but everytime I wiped it out, it turned balck again after a second. Then somebody called me from the number I don't know, he asked me in arabic if I am Sauriea, then I said yes, he told me to try my best to go to the second room in another side of the building because the ladder (fire truck? I don't know what's the name but it's a thing used to lift persons above the buildings, usually also used in constructions)will be lifted there to take us down. I told him it will be difficult for me to go there since I cannot see anything, he said try your best for your own survival. Then I tried and fortunately I managed to go there, I saw my hubby down looking above the building. Then the firemen lifted the ladder to the window in that room to take us down with the Indian guy. They helped me ride on it and I did not imagine that one day I will be able to ride in that thing! LOL :), I was afraid, I felt horrible and I was trembling! Then, Alhamdulillah, we're already down safe and sound.

I told my hubby took me at home immediately since I want to take a bath because I saw that my hands and feet were all black. Fortunately I was wearing a dark brown jacket and skirt that day, so the black smoke was not noticeable in my clothes.

When I reached home, I took a bath immediately and I saw the water running in the bath tub turns black! My hubby said I look like an African lady that time! :) Alhamdulillah for everything.