Nothing is so good as daily life

December 28, 2005, l lost my house in a fire. My life changed suddenly.
That night, we were preparing for the New Year’s card in the evening, and there was my family in the living room all together till late except my oldest brother. After 2:00 we decided to stop work because we were tired. My parent’s room was on the first floor and my youngest brother’s and mine were second on the floor, so we went up the stairs. My oldest brother’s room was next to my room, and the light of his room was still turned on.

A few hours later, I was woken up by a noise. My parents and youngest brother were talking near my room. At first, I ignored that noise, but somehow I couldn’t, so I opened the door of my room. Then heavy smoke came into my room and I breathed it. I couldn’t breathe. I was choked by the smoke. I tried to open my shutter, but I couldn’t find the shutter cord. I felt as if I were choking to death. Once, I stuck my head out of the other small window and I breathed fresh air. I was wondering what I should do. Should I try to open the shutter again or to escape down the stairs? However the fire had already closed off on the stairs. Opening the shutter was the only way to escape from there, but all I could do was to take a breath. I didn’t have the courage to go into the smoke. At that time, my mother said something to me. I looked toward the shutter, and my father was opening it. I escaped from my room quickly and went out on to the second-story balcony.

My eldest brother was on the balcony. When he saw my face, he spoke to me kindly because my face was clouded with fear. Then he said, “Let’s get down from the porch! Don’t worry. Just follow me.” First, we jumped on the garage roof of the next house and then we jumped from the roof toward the garden of my house. At last, we were able to escape safely.

A few minutes later fire spurted out from every window. We were carried separately to hospital by ambulance. Fortunately, I had not received any serious injuries in the fire, so I could leave the hospital soon, but my father and youngest brother were taken to the hospital for about one week of treatment.

After the fire, we stayed at my grandmother’s house for about 1 month. Every day life was so hard for us. We had so many problems. My house was partly burnt down. The first floor was not burnt but everything was damaged by the water. We could never live in such a house. We needed a new house as soon as possible, but most real estate agents were closed for the New Year holiday. Moreover, we have a dog that is not small. Even if we finally found a good property, they refused to allow as to live with a big dog, so it was hard for us to find a new house.
I had my own problems, too. I had nothing but one pair of pajamas. I wanted to take a bath but I didn’t have anything to wear. Though the school started a few days later, I didn’t have text-books, a bag, and clothes, or even a pen! I wanted to contact my friends, but there was no way to get touch in with them because my cellular phone had all the information about my friends. And I was hurt by a change in people’s attitude sometimes. Neighbors would not talk with us. The old woman of the neighboring house was kind before. However she didn’t say hello to me anymore now. And some people came to watch my house which burned out of curiosity. The hardest thing is that the smiles disappeared from my family’s face. My family relations did not go well and became stiff, too. My father and mother became dissatisfied with me. My oldest brother often didn’t return for days.

A new house was completed and it took about 1 year and six months still we regained our former life.

This accident was very hard for me. There a lot of things which I lost, but my basic character was did not changed after this accident because I didn’t lose the most important thing for me. It’s my family. My family is still there, I was able to get over the very painful situation.

Everyone thinks that tomorrow will be coming in the same way as today, but it is not a matter of course. I want you to realize that it is a happy thing that tomorrow comes in the same way as today. I want you to know that “ordinary life” is happy. I want you to know “usual” is happy. If you realize this, you should be able to think that your life is happy.