Circle line DOWN on Eve of Hari Raya Haji

Not again, not again.. I was once again caught in the MRT disrupts, this time on board the Circleline.. I was heading home for a meeting when i board the Circleline from one-north station at about 10.15pm.. I was in the first carriage  things looking fine and i was listening to some motivational talk on my mobile phone's Mp3.. Before the train arrive at Farrer Road Station, half of the lights in the train went off.. Everybody just stare at each other.. well the train still moving.. when it arrived at Farrer Road station, the doors open and was halt for about 15mins, Announcement were made, but only say this train will stop here for a while due to some technical problems, but many commuters were still waiting for the train to resume..

After 20 minutes of wait, i decided to get out of the station hopping to find other alternate route home, yes i was tired after a whole day.. At this point only a handful of passengers walk out, many still prefer to wait in the train.. As i was head towards the gate gantry, i saw a small crowd, crowding the control station asking for refund . Well refund was made on the spot to passengers, i got my 70cents refund.. Then got out of the station and look for alternative..

Finally i discovered bus 165, which goes to Hougang Interchange. At this time many people starts to crowd that bus stop.. When 165 arrived so passenger trying to squeeze onto the bus and i heard the lady bus driver asking "Why there is such a huge crowd during this hour at this bus stop?" and i told her it is due to MRT down.. Yeah it was the eve of Hari Raya Harji.. Upon arriving at Hougang Interchange, i took the North East MRT to Sengkang, where i bum into a friend. By the time i reached home it was 15mins pass midnight..

Saw the news this morning on the paper and realize that the MRT disruption last night is due to power failure. Well that explain why half the lights went of in the train before the halting at Farrer Road Station.