I can almost visualize the moment of delight when the fire alarm sets off during my primary school days. I love fire drills. The reason is simple - too simple, somewhat shallow - I don’t need to study during fire drills.
So, as the fire alarm is ringing nonstop, much to the girls’ annoyance, I was secretly excited. I know there is no fire somehow. I don’t believe in fires when I was in primary school. I am a firm believer that the only place that a fire would be is at the stove.
Okay, I was naive. But still, I got through primary school without a fire-related accident. Basically, there just isn’t any fire back then. We has drills. We have twice per year I believe. I was tempted to make a suggestion to my principal to make it a weekly event - knowing how important these drills can actually be in times of emergency. That didn’t happen.
The alarm was sounded, the ten-year-old me and the rest of the kids left the classroom, rushing to… Well, we just want to get out of the classroom - we don’t really know where we’re going.
The teachers would be most panicky. No, they aren’t afraid of the fire. I am pretty sure they have some insider news that there is going to be a fire drill on that day. They are just afraid of kids getting lost. I mean, these teachers don’t want an accident to occur in a drill. After all, that would be such a irony because the very reason for these drills is to minimize confusion and accidents that can occur in an event of a fire or something.
We have it during secondary schools too. I love them. I just don’t have to study during that time. In polytechnic, there isn’t any fire drills. I would very much presume that Singapore Polytechnic is a very safe place and fires just don’t start despite numerous sightings of cigarettes in the dustbin.
Today, as I am typing this post, I realized my foolishness. Fire drills aren’t fun. Fire drills are a dread - especially you got to climb down EIGHT BLOODY levels and walk 400 metres to reach the assembly area of Biopolis!
SP do have fire drill. It just rare and usually occur at 3-5 pm. Once or twice a year?
BUT NOBODY CARE! Nobody response to the bell. I just get chase out of the computer labs that time.
by dgj (Mar 28, 2005 at 5 PM)They do?! I must have been real lucky or something! lol
by Mr. Dew (Mar 28, 2005 at 6 PM)