Kiss me I'm Irish
Last night I had just gotten off the phone with my friend and we decided we would meet in 30 minutes at KOBE (Teppanyaki side not the sushi side). She had to 'jump in the showed for a quick rinse' which I was going to translate into I will see you in an Hour.
I hop on the phone with my mom and still continue watching tv. While I am on the phone with her. My hallway sirens are going off. I can hear it but I figured it would stop. Maybe someone was cooking something and opened their doors to let out the smoke (yes the kitchen is kind of far from the door but you never know).
So a few minutes go by and I am like 'mom the sirens are still going off' At this point I am looking for clothes so I can go out. I found these jeans I have not worn in AAAAAAAGES and they are sooooooo cute. Slide them on.... could not for the life of me find a cool scarf.
Sirens are still going off.
My mom was like are you dressed... open the door and see if you smell smoke.
GOOOD IDEA! so I did. YUP I smell ELECTRICAL smoke. Time to evacuate....yes it has only been going off about 10 minutes now.
STILL CANT FIND COOL SCARF! sooo I grabbed an OK scarf, my shoes, my purse and I walk out the door.
I opened the door grabbed my wedding album and walked back out the door (everything else we can replace not the album).
The fire doors in the hallway closed and my mother always taught me to feel the door before you open it. I feel it...nothing... I open it...nothing. So I am outside.
It is Saturday night on St. Patricks day.... not many cars in the parking lot. only 2 of my neighbors 4 cars there so they probably all jumped in another car to go out (they are 20-30ish mongolian couples that are always either working or hanging out).
But my Holiness neighbor's SON had 3 girls smoking out on the balcony. Parents were probably at church. Well some weekend retreat were they save poor mexicans and make them speak in tongues. I DUNNO BUT there are these girls on the balcony just smoking like no big deal.
So i said to them... did you hear the hallway alarm. "yeah we heard it"
(at this point I look around for TV cameras or Ashton Kutcher to come running out and yell how I have been punk`d) NOTHING
( I then realised why I never wore these Jeans as they had to be irregular or something because the waist was sooo loose it would always fall off ...life around your ankles loose and I didnt grab a belt)
so I said "well it kind of smells like smoke in the hallway (pause wait for concern to come across the young faces... but instead it was an OH WE ARE CAUGHT face because they are smoking) "like electrical smoke You might want to becareful.....do you know if they have called the emergency maintaince line?"
Lil brat one picks up her phone and calls boy inside "I think one of your neighbors called 911 man"
Neighbor boy peeks out of the window.
I just drive off. Called 911 ........they said they were on their way to reset the alarms and Hangs up. I am thinking you need to send someone to find the fire!
So I decide I am going to KOBE and off I went.
My friends showed up (LATE as they thought I would be on Muslim Standard Time)and I told them my apartment is on fire. And they were like OHHH yeah I saw all those trucks going down the street. Which building was it... I said MINE... I am the one who called 911... I have my wedding album in the car. (they know in case of emergencies first one out has to grab my wedding album)
So they were like well we need to leave and go save your stuff.
I was like HELL NO ... what can I do put out the fire myself? I am staying here.
My friend was like ....maaaaaaan that is a true muslim....someone who will just walk away from all her stuff and say MashaAllah Alhamdulillah.
Really I was thinking... Man I am hungry and what could I do ... NOTHING. Might as well go out.
I had the BEST TIME...ate myself SILLY....got made fun of THE MOST from Patrick our slice and dice guy because I am allergic to seafood.
When it was all over my friends came home with me to see what we could sift through and salvage.
And the fire trucks were gone. Everything was fine.
Where was Aly during all of this you ask.....calling me every few minutes asking me what is going on and what I am going to do. Like I could do ANYTHING? So I told him ... I am going out to dinner with Jenn.
I hop on the phone with my mom and still continue watching tv. While I am on the phone with her. My hallway sirens are going off. I can hear it but I figured it would stop. Maybe someone was cooking something and opened their doors to let out the smoke (yes the kitchen is kind of far from the door but you never know).
So a few minutes go by and I am like 'mom the sirens are still going off' At this point I am looking for clothes so I can go out. I found these jeans I have not worn in AAAAAAAGES and they are sooooooo cute. Slide them on.... could not for the life of me find a cool scarf.
Sirens are still going off.
My mom was like are you dressed... open the door and see if you smell smoke.
GOOOD IDEA! so I did. YUP I smell ELECTRICAL smoke. Time to evacuate....yes it has only been going off about 10 minutes now.
STILL CANT FIND COOL SCARF! sooo I grabbed an OK scarf, my shoes, my purse and I walk out the door.
I opened the door grabbed my wedding album and walked back out the door (everything else we can replace not the album).
The fire doors in the hallway closed and my mother always taught me to feel the door before you open it. I feel it...nothing... I open it...nothing. So I am outside.
It is Saturday night on St. Patricks day.... not many cars in the parking lot. only 2 of my neighbors 4 cars there so they probably all jumped in another car to go out (they are 20-30ish mongolian couples that are always either working or hanging out).
But my Holiness neighbor's SON had 3 girls smoking out on the balcony. Parents were probably at church. Well some weekend retreat were they save poor mexicans and make them speak in tongues. I DUNNO BUT there are these girls on the balcony just smoking like no big deal.
So i said to them... did you hear the hallway alarm. "yeah we heard it"
(at this point I look around for TV cameras or Ashton Kutcher to come running out and yell how I have been punk`d) NOTHING
( I then realised why I never wore these Jeans as they had to be irregular or something because the waist was sooo loose it would always fall off ...life around your ankles loose and I didnt grab a belt)
so I said "well it kind of smells like smoke in the hallway (pause wait for concern to come across the young faces... but instead it was an OH WE ARE CAUGHT face because they are smoking) "like electrical smoke You might want to becareful.....do you know if they have called the emergency maintaince line?"
Lil brat one picks up her phone and calls boy inside "I think one of your neighbors called 911 man"
Neighbor boy peeks out of the window.
I just drive off. Called 911 ........they said they were on their way to reset the alarms and Hangs up. I am thinking you need to send someone to find the fire!
So I decide I am going to KOBE and off I went.
My friends showed up (LATE as they thought I would be on Muslim Standard Time)and I told them my apartment is on fire. And they were like OHHH yeah I saw all those trucks going down the street. Which building was it... I said MINE... I am the one who called 911... I have my wedding album in the car. (they know in case of emergencies first one out has to grab my wedding album)
So they were like well we need to leave and go save your stuff.
I was like HELL NO ... what can I do put out the fire myself? I am staying here.
My friend was like ....maaaaaaan that is a true muslim....someone who will just walk away from all her stuff and say MashaAllah Alhamdulillah.
Really I was thinking... Man I am hungry and what could I do ... NOTHING. Might as well go out.
I had the BEST TIME...ate myself SILLY....got made fun of THE MOST from Patrick our slice and dice guy because I am allergic to seafood.
When it was all over my friends came home with me to see what we could sift through and salvage.
And the fire trucks were gone. Everything was fine.
Where was Aly during all of this you ask.....calling me every few minutes asking me what is going on and what I am going to do. Like I could do ANYTHING? So I told him ... I am going out to dinner with Jenn.
posted by Chantale at 9:34 AM
5 Comments:
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marlene, did your place burn down? or was it a false alarm?
It was the stupid kids upstairs pulled the fire alarm and were smoking in the hall way (what they were smoking I dunno cause it didnt smell like regular smoke)
lol okay, so long as you're fine!
Good for people to know.
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