It was 1996. And I was at the end of a two-week __1__ in Malaysia from my teaching job in South Korea. Since my flight back to Seoul wouldn’t take off until 9 pm, I set off from the airport for a glance at the city. As the sun went down I searched for some last-minute___2___ for my friends and I prepared to go back. Then quite __3___the light went out: it was a city-wide blackout (停电). I decided to look for a taxi ___4___.
