And insyallah, it'll be the last - Amin! Anyway, here are some photos taken by Aniki outside our house on the night of the "Great Flood". My god, we had mild floods before but never this bad, it looked like a river was passing through our house!
At our driveway - Dad's the guy with the red and white umbrella!
The water got halfway into our garage!
The water got halfway into our garage!
Our "simpang" (the following two photos) - The poor neighbours! :( We were lucky!
Dad raised our land by several feet before building the house.
Dad raised our land by several feet before building the house.
Our "backyard" - you can see our neighbour's house.
If it wasn't for the wall, I think his house would have been badly flooded.
If it wasn't for the wall, I think his house would have been badly flooded.
So that's what happened Tuesday-Wednesday last week! The result: major power cuts (we had no power for 3 days!!!), no water supply (fortunately, this only occurred three times, and the third lasted half a day!), landslides, traffic problems (due to traffic lights being down, destroyed roads, flooding in our major road tunnel, etc.) and the worst thing, two people drowned! :( So what happened? Why weren't we prepared? I hope this incident brought awareness with regards to the major changes that need to be done to Brunei's infrastructure and whatnot! Swift action, if you please!
"Beginning is easy, continuing is hard."
dr.rin | artist.mangaka
dr.rin | artist.mangaka