2 fire alarms is enough to keep one awake

The fire alarm screamed it loudest wail, "RRRIIINNNGGG!!!", in an attempt to wake all residents up. Indeed it did! It jolted me awake from my deep slumber after a tiring day of food preparation and play at the beach.

There was a scramble for jacket to keep myself warm as we had to wait for the fire trucks to arrive and turn off the screaming fire alarm. As each resident evacuated out of Uni Hall residence, people's eyelids attempted to stay open and watch as they headed down the long flight of stairs.

At the evacuation site, Hallies with droopy eyelids, messy out-of-bed hair, talked and whinged about what was going on. After the firemen declared that the building was safe to return, each Hallie returned to their room praying that it would be the last.

However, it was not to be. This morning, with the first one at 2 mins to 1am and the second one at 4am, we all trooped down with signs of frustation and pleading faces for the need of some sweet slumber. This time round, the fire trucks arrived faster than usual and before we know it, we were allowed back to our room, hopefully the fire alarm would NOT wail again. Indeed it kept word to its promise.

The cause of the 2 fire alarms: malfunction of the smoke detectors that tripped off the fire alarm both in the 31 (which happens to be my area) and 34 corridor. This spells bad news as it means that no one is allowed to use the stove until the smoke detectors have been declared on. What alot of hassle!