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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The rain poured continuously. Up till 8 in the morning, the rain never once relented. I was preparing to head to school for my project discussion today. Daddy offered to fetch me to school owing to the heavy rain. Of course i willingly accepted his offer. At 8.35am, the rain died down to a drizzle. Not to bother my daddy fetching me all the way to school and he coming back home alone, i decided to head down to school myself. However, daddy rejected. He insisted on fetching me, assuring me that mummy will be accompanying him there. The soft-hearted me gave in. Setting off to school, daddy focused on driving as the rain pelted down heavily again. About 5 mins into the drive, we were stuck in a jam at gambas avenue. Wondered what happened this time round. On the 3rd day of my common test, there was a 5 car-1 motorbike accident. How about today? Daddy drove on, the car moved like a snail. There was no accident when the traffic was once again smooth going. The cause of the jam - floods. 3 out of 4 lanes were flooded. Vehicles were stuck in the middle of the road with stalled engines. Poor drivers. Stranded in a pool of water. Daddy had to manoeurve the car here and there, while putting the car on a slow gear. It was pretty scary imaging what would happen if the car stalled. Traffic was smooth for the next 15 mins or so but upon hitting the expressway, there was a massive jam from kranji up to PIE. Daddy didn't want to take waste time getting stuck in a snake long jam. So, he took a detour but other roads were jammed as well. In the end, he had to fetch me to woodlands mrt stn. Daddy was apologetic. haha.. so cute, i didn't blame him. What to do when there is a jam? And the awfully wet weather was dangerous for daddy to drive on. Although i reached the school's lib 30 mins late =x, it was better to be there better than getting stuck in the jam for god knows how long. On the way home, by jerked me up from my rest and pointed out of the window. We were on the upper deck of 74 and upon looking out, i was shocked. MacRitchie looked like a ghost town. 5-6 cars were nearly submerged totally. A bus was stalled. Even 74 took another route to avoid the flood at MacRitchie. Suddenly, i felt terrible and thoughts ran through my head. What if Singapore was hit with a flood like those in other countries? Sink? I dun dare to imagine. Even in this small scale flood, so many properties were damaged. Large scale ones? I guess singapore would no longer be existent in this world. Wiped out. My heart goes out to these car owners. Spent so much in getting a transportation of ur own and to be destroyed by a rare case of flood in singapore. Yet, there is no amount of insurance granted to pay for the damaged vehicle. Double loogy. The crazy monsoon season. Just flood the rice paddies in other countries can? Flood our little island for what? =.=
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