Welcomed treat, unwelcomed threat

Welcomed treat.
Ahlan wa sahlan ya Ramadhan al-Mubarak! Selamat menyambut kehadiran bulan yang dinantikan ini kepada semua. Semoga Ramadhan tahun ini lebih gemilang daripada tahun-tahun sebelumnya, insyaAllah..

The excerpt below is borrowed from a friend (not sure the original source):

"Ramadhan is derived from an Arabic word for intense heat and scorched ground,
As heat cleans that which is unclean, may this month clean our heart from any impurity within;
As heat that scours the muck off a surface, may this month bar our speech from vain chatter;
As heat that removes foul odour from the air, may this month remove wicked visions from our eyes;
As the heat that welds two pieces of iron together, may this month connect our hand and legs to beneficial things;
As the heat that eradicates the germs from the environment, may this month remove bad thoughts from our mind and replace it with good faith;
And so we ask our creator for the heat of this month to purify us and return us to the scorched ground where we stand on the last day. On the day when the heat will raze to the scorched ground all our facade which we build with so much endeavour, and leave us with only that which is within, blown unto us by The Creator on the day of our creation."

Unwelcomed threat.
The afternoon lull in the office yesterday was broken with an announcement: "Attention to all staff, I repeat - attention to all staff. We have received a b0mb threat. Please evacuate the building immediately." I left my workspace. After awhile - I retraced my steps. It'd be quite awhile, I'd better bring something to read. I grabbed a couple of magazines, and while at it, I took my wallet too. I somehow forgot my handphone though. The walk down and to the assembly point was tiring, and the wait - long and hot.

I thought it was a drill. It wasn't. One of the fire marshalls said there really was a call. This was later confirmed by the sight of one fire engine, two police cars, one police van, and one police truck (b0mb squad?) in front of the office building as we returned. Thankfully, the call was just a hoax. Apparently this is not the first time.