The Adventures of the Little Indian Girl

I finished work early yesterday and so could leave office much earlier than usual. So, I decided to head to the library and see what I can find. I got two books to consider and was browsing about when suddenly a loud siren goes off. Everyone looks about to one another wondering if it's the real deal or a false alarm. Slowly, reluctantly, everyone started slowly putting their things away and ever so slowly moving. None of us could see the fire. The library's layout is in such a way you can see the whole floor from wherever you are. Ok..maybe not the shelves but you can get the aerial view. There was no smoke being emitted from anywhere. So our dragging feet.

I got out of the building to find every fire truck that the county has parked in every nook and corner around the library. Even the firemen were moving at a slow pace (they were like the 4th batch going in or something, as we could see quite a few already inside). As soon as that batch went in, they came out saying there was a  small fire in the bathroom which was put out in time. We just had to wait for them to clear up and take in whatever reports they needed for further investigations. So, I spent half hour waiting outside the library. sigh.

And late last night N smelled something burning. When we opened our apartment door we found the corridor to be a bit smoky. And I could smell it too. But no fire alarm went off or anything. It was nearing midnight. I guess whoever started it was able to put it out cause in half hour the smoke cleared up. Or maybe they were bbq-ing inside their apartment - cause it was smelling of BBQ! It was just weird that we were the only ones to come out of our apartments to check it out. Maybe others were sleeping or not at home. The smoke though got us sneezing and coughing away.

So, am still wondering what to read. I did get two books based on people's recommendations. Lets see..still have time to look...