I had an experience of a lifetime. On the 20th of June 2009, I came so close to death. Okay...maybe not that close. But it was close enough for me. It all happened during the scout campfire. I was supposed to help with the fire. All campfires must have a bonfire. So, i was asked to pour kerosene on a piece of cloth prepared for the fire to start. Just before it was time to light the flame, some wire that was prepared earlier snapped. We were frantically trying to fix it back while the speeches were being given.
Fortunately, we were able to fix it. However, when it was time to light the flame, i kinda panicked. I walked up to the middle of the 'perhimpunan' area and started to pour the kerosene. The cover or the lid of the kerosene bottle had holes in them. So i started to pour but it was kinda slow. Everyone was waiting for me. It was like you could feel everyone's eyes burning holes through your back.
To add to the pressure, people were like saying something in chinese. I was not sure if they were talking to me, asking me to hurry up or sth, i really don't know as i can't speak chinese. So i thought they were asking me to hurry up. So, i opened the lid and poured the kerosene. A little too much i guess. Then, the principal pulled the sword from the rock which was supposed to trigger the flame(the theme for the campfire was excalibur). It didn't work. The fire didn't start.
So, with my kerosene filled and coated hand, i lighted the cloth with the lighter. I just didn't think at the moment. More of i couldn't think. So when the cloth burst into flames, it was too big. I was just a few centimetres away from the cloth. I could feel the fire burst past me. My face and my hands felt extremely hot. At that time, everyone was cheering the flame on. The flame actually burst right in front of me. And my hands were filled with kerosene.
I didn't think it was such a big deal until later when i found out that i actually singed off a small part of my hair and my hand had a stinging pain. I realised that the fire had come that close to me, if not burn past me. But i was unharmed. I was fine. I really thank God for His protection over me. If not, i can't imagine what could have happened.
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5 years ago
5 comments:
someone will still like you even if you have a deformed face. =P
if you told your mom... i think i would be able to hear her a 200 feet away. if you told you sister, well i think i have to stand 2 miles away to protect myself...
oh... it okay to get burn a bit.... but i admit that was careless.... be careful..
but don't worry the worst thing that could ever happen if you did that again is we will have a cooked clement... hmmm...
ewwww arnan, really. is there anything else you think of besides food??
Thank God you didn't burn up, imagine your genius gray matter being burnt to a crisp....
next time u hear ppl jabbering in Chinese during a tense situation, ignore them. haha.
hey arnan what did you say?
that part abt me being heard 200 feet away is definitely totally wrong!
not that kind of mum response lah
anyway when told abt it
was v glad and thankful it was just his fringe singed
it could hv been worse and we thank God it wasnt
he needs to be more careful in future
What was that you were saying Arnan???!! Well, you'd BETTER stay 2 miles away from me. Hmph. >.<
Careful Kit. Don't let people make you gan jeong especially when dealing with things like fire. So, biarlah. Slow but safe :)
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