I still remember that I heard a few gun shots last night. But that's pretty much it. I was listening to Harry Potter 7 audio book and stopped at the spot when the trio finally got the final .... errr... don't want to spoil the story. All I know is that there's 3 hours to go until the end of the story. The battery in my iPod is still holding up pretty well. Based on the way I use it, I should still have 3 to 4 days of battery left. Hopefully either my home or my workplace should have power back. This is one of the rare occasion when I am eager to get back to work.
Last night was pretty painful. I have to admit that I didn't eat enough last night. It's not that I have no food at home at all, but I won't feel full unless I have some starch in my stomach with something moisture. The instant noodle I had last night was fine. But I only had one bag with wasn't enough to keep me full.
So this morning I woke up at about 9 a.m., feeling pretty fuzzy.
On the upside, the water pressure seems to be back to normal now. That means I can take a nice cold shower. I am so glad that I washed all my clothes before the hurricane came. I should enough clothes to change for the coming 1 week.
At about 10 a.m., I decided to cruse around the nearby area with my Rav 4. The temperature was pretty OK, and I heard from the radio that we will have this kind of temperature for he coming several days, which is such a blessing.
Remember I original thought of bringing my camera with me? Well, I didn't have mood to take a lot of photos so I didn't. And it was proven that there's not much dramatic scenes to take. The only worthy photo shot was the fallen down of the Ding Ho sign, which cut off the traffic of a segment on Belairre street.
I couldn't find any gas pump that has gas, which to me is not such a big deal knowing that my car still have gas allowing me to go in and out everyday for a week. Plus I will stay at home at much as possible anyway. The problem may come when I need to get back to work, but I have confident that the workplace won't reopen until gas and electricity are fully available through out the city.
Then I heard from the radio that HEB was opening. That was awesome. Besides the fact that I want to stock up some food, I also wanted to see the scene, like trying to see what the effect was around the neiborhood. So I headed towards HEB.
I cursed along highway 59 between Belairre and Beechnut. There was some flooded area on the road, but with high base and bigger wheel than regular sedan , my Rav4 could handle all of them pretty well. Once again, I enjoy my Rav4, and will probably get another once my current one broke down, which I think would take 6 to 7 years.
The only place that has hot food available was a Popeye Fired Chicken on Beechnut, and there's a long line on drive though, and I was not interest in waste my gas to wait for just a few bites of fried chicken.
I finally arrived HEB. There's a line formed as expected, but not way too bad. So got on the line, got in, and got some food and, most importantly, some water. To get some time that's slightly more tasty than biscuit, I got a few cans of instant eatable soup. It actually tasted nice. Well, any thing tasted nice when you have nothing else to eat. I also went to a Chinese town super market and get more of those instant noddle. I am good for 3 more days. And I shop for food again 2 days later anyway. By the way, the supply of food in HEB seems pretty abundant, and I am not concerning at all. I want to stock up, but I don't want to stock up way too much.
Other than that, everything seems pretty quite and peaceful. I will spend this afternoon reading some books about drawing comics. I brought those books for years and never got a chance to read them because there was way too many media for me to consume on my computer. This is a great time for me to read up those books.
OK, let me suck in more cold soup.
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