Crying

Terry Fator, winner of America's Got Talent '07, performs 'Crying' with Winston the Turtle.

Flash Flood

Residents who pass this area daily would know where this place is.

The water has covered the entire road of the area. Even the water pipe has almost been submerged. The long piece of steel that you see with the little blue thing is actually the top of the pipe.



You can't quite see the depth of the water as the rain marred the picture, but let me tell you, it was so high that crossing it would mean risking the car engines.

A couple of cars did just that and made it out without "murdering" their engines, but there was a sole casualty: the Mercedes driver waited in the middle of the road with his emergency lights switched on while waiting for the tow truck to arrive.

We were both frightened when it was our turn. Mama Carrie was too worried about taking the risk and all I wanted was to head home. I didn't want to be stuck in a stationary car, worrying that the water level would steadily rise. I'd have taken it a shot, but but our car was a sedan. Not a 4-wheel drive like a (Ssangyong) Rexton or a (Suzuki) Vitara.



A Malay lady came from one of the cars waiting behind to investigate on the sudden traffic congestion. Mama Carrie suggested that she could perhaps ask some of the cars in the middle to reverse and to U-turn to clear the congestion.

It worked, but the two cars behind me thought it was still safe to drive pass. With a sigh in my heart, I slid out of the car (where there was less water, obviously) and knocked on the car door to plead with them. Intense fear must have been written all over my face because the lady behind me looked so worried. Slowly but surely, the ones with less bravery turned their backs on their intended destination and drove, searching for another access.

In all my years of living in this township, I have never seen or experienced a flash flood personally. It was such a scary experience that I don't see myself on that road during a heavy rain. Never!

刘家昌 & 郑欣宜 - 连心

The tears glimmered in my eyes throughout the song as it felt emotional. Maybe it's because I know the language deep enough to understand the lyrics.

The Telephone Call

Weird is all I can say.



I wasn't too happy that my sleep had been interrupted by my ringing cellphone. Without looking at the caller ID, I flipped open my phone and answered, but there was no noise.

I thought that it was the work of a prankster and scrolled to the call list in the hopes that the number was familiar.

My eyebrow was raised when the recent caller happened to be Bya.

9/5/2011

How long do I have to wait for the modem to be returned to me?

When can I have a stable Internet line?

I've had enough.

Play Hard, Work Hard, Study Hard

There were a couple of groans in the background when the teacher mentioned that we had to exchange seats with each other.



I had walked towards the person seated on my original seat and told her that I'll return during the break to collect the bottle of tea that I had left at the foot of the table. When I returned to my new seat, another classmate had caught hold of me and asked whether I'd like to join her on her table. I politely declined, saying that I had already exchanged mine with someone else.

Over the weekend, another friend of mine and I had a modeling gig at the concourse of one shopping mall.

When it was our turn, we let out a breath and graced the runway in our attire - swimwear - while we tried to be natural and swallow our nervousness.

Don't growl! Think before you speak...

Miss, let me pose a question to you.

"How would you have felt if your car has been blocked by someone who's not only taking his own sweet time to depart but had the nerve to growl instead?"

Okay, if what you said was really true, don't blame us. There wasn't a sign to inform the driver about it! Not even a painted parking space like the ones behind.

Would you've reacted the way Mama Carrie did? You tell me. In the first place, if you wanted to double park, you should've made sure that you caused no inconvenience to anyone. Simple as that.