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Snake revisited~

15 October, 2009

I was sound asleep this morning at about 8.45am when suddenly mummy ran
up to woke me up. In my partial awakeness, I can hear her trembling
voice saying ‘wake up, there’s a snake in the house..AGAIN!’. So I
quickly got out of bed and ran downstairs, merely seeing a blurry black
line slithering towards the clock. Why blurry? Coz I forgot my glasses.

By then mummy was still in a panic, so decided to call for help. Since
I can’t remember the phone number to my area’s security, I decided to
call our national emergency line (it is an emergency, at least I think
it is) 999. The operator was nice and friendly. But the procedures was
kinda silly. First as usual they introduced themselves, then ask what
is the purpose of the call, ask who’s on the line, description of the
snake, address, phone number, house number, then reconfirm your
address, your phone number, and your home phone number. Then they will
ask for any landmarks near your house to assist them in finding the
right house at the shortest time possible.

I thought that was it, but then I was transferred to the JPA, Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Awam line in which the whole process was repeated again!
By the time the call is done, and everything is recorded, it’s already
9am. At 9.15am, help is not here yet. Well, you thought that within 15
minutes help would have arrived after watching so many movies.
So, I called 999 again. They said they have passed the case over to the
Fire department (what happened to JPA??) and they are already on the
way. 5 minutes later, the fire station called and confirmed that there
is indeed something going on in my house.

Guess what! They called the Bomba @ Cyberjaya instead of the one at
Puchong. Again they were asking the address, landmark, etc.. By that
time, any fear is gone and we’re just waiting for the firemen to come.
By 9.35am, they finally arrived. 7 firemen (including the ketua balai)
came in a big firetruck, with sirens blaring. When they reached the
front of my house, everyone was already assembled (malaysian ma).. They
were very quick once here, all 7 men quickly grab their equipments and
rushed in. They did remeber to ask for permission to enter the house
with their shoes.

They came in with 3 ‘batang penyapu’, seriously! All 7 surrounded the
snake and confirmed that it is indeed a Cobra. They asked us to leave
the house as not to get in their way. Mummy left while I retreated to
the stairs. They asked for the lights to be turned on and closed all
the doors so the snake wouldn’t escape. Our security also stopped by
and asked why we didn’t inform them earlier. Mummy wasn’t going to call
the security because of the inhumane way they handle the 1st snake that
entered my home.

By 9.45am, they snake was caught while it coiled around the magazine
rack. It was a small struggle, but they got it off the magazine rack in
the end. A fireman came up to me and aske for ‘Guni Beras’. I was like,
do they still sell rice in those in KL?
In the end they asked for a plastic bag, place the snake in it, tied it
up and just chucked it in the back of the firetruck. Before they left,
they adviced to put sulfur all around the house since this wasn’t our
first encounter with a snake @ home. The snake wasn’t big, just a small
2 1/2 to 3 feet baby according to the firemen but is said to be just as
dangerous. Kudos to our BOMBA for their fast action in catching the
snake and not letting it run all over the house. Without them, I would
still be standing from a far watching the snake’s every move (as told
by the telephone operators).

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