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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Flood in Alor Setar 2010...

03/11/2010 - 07/11/2010

FLOOD.


These are the days that I shall remember for as long as I live. Well, I couldn't remember much about the last flood that happened 5 years ago. All I can remember is being sent to Aunt Chua'
s place for evacuation for a few days because of the flood with my sister, Teong Huan and his sisters. And we played Metal Slug 3 on Teong Huan's computer. But that was 5 years ago.Now I'm a boy of almost 18, I can help and see for my own eyes, how devastating a flood can be, to an individual, a family, a community, a district, a state, and the country. I believe I have gained more experience, that shall be useful in time to come, although to others, they have lost much.

In a short duration of 5 days, my family and I were literally running away from water. Everywhere we went, flood waters followed us. I evacuated on Wednesday, as the waters started to rise where I stayed, mainly because I had exams on the following day. I was tempted to "ponteng" school like what Chen Tat did, but I thought the better of it. But I probably do quite badly this time, well, I'll know soon.

My parents stayed back at the house. Shortly after I left, the electric supply was cut. I pity my parents. They stayed at home all night without electric and had to move the hall's furniture to a higher level.Look at Taman Golf's field. It looks more like a swimming pool now, right? I had the chance to take some shots here and there before I evacuated. The bicycle always comes in handy. When all electric and motor appliances fail, this is where your skills come in.
The pictures here may explain a thousand words, but by experiencing it youself, it amplifies the effect by a thousand times more. It has been an experience.
More stories to come. :) I hope the worse is over.

4 comments:

Daniel Koo Chia En said...

ah ting ah...

how's the situation over your place? Seems quite terror leh...

tried a few times calling aunty peh lan but couldn't get thru...dunno whether it's affected by the disaster at the current...

send my regards to your church...

we would keep you guys in prayer...update us if u wish ...

by the way, this is my new blog...

May God bless you all

Daniel Ting said...

sure...
:)

aunt peh lan is in korea btw...

Daniel Koo Chia En said...

huh....she's in korea!!..."manage to escape the flood??"...wah...

send my regards to her when she's back...

Daniel Ting said...

yeah.
she managed to escape, but her house didn't.

:)