Flood Again

Whenever there is a heavy downpour, this particular stretch of road will always be flooded without fail, resulting in serious traffic congestion here spanning over a few kilometres.

Yes, I am talking about the Puchong - Sg. Besi Bypass. For the umpteenth time, I have experienced intolerably slow (and sometimes motionless) traffic as I head from Serdang towards Puchong whenever this road is flooded. From my observation, the surface water is unable to be discharged into the roadside drain at this lowest point of the road. It is obvious that something is terribly wrong with the drainage system here as this has been happening each and every time there is a heavy rain.

This time on 17 March 2008, with my camera ready, I snapped some photos of the incident here as shown below.

KL Flood

10 June 2007: A heavy downpour on a Sunday evening created a havoc at the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Major parts of the city were flooded and numerous roads were closed to traffic. The photos below were taken at around 12 midnight at Jalan Dang Wangi, one of the major roads of the city.

Notice the reflection of the Twin Towers.

This guy here was lost for words.

As can be seen, the water was as murky as tea.

Duh: Intelligent signboard saying "Flood".

It would take some time for the water to subside.

Train Breakdown

23 Nov 2007: At around 7:45pm, a KTM train broke down in the middle of the track on the way from Stesen Bank Negara to Stesen Putra, somewhere at Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. For half an hour, the fully-packed train was stationary, stuffy without air cond nor ventilation. There was no announcement whatsoever of the cause of the breakdown and how long more the passengers were expected to wait.

Anyway to cut a long story short, firefighters arrived at the scene at around 8:15pm and guided the passengers out of the train. The passengers took a short walk along the track to Stesen Putra and boarded the next train.

Bomb Found at Site

4 Jan 2007: A bomb was found at a construction site at Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. This bomb was believed to be dropped during World War 2 which took place here from 1942 till 1945. The photos below show what happened that day.

Policemen were called in to detonate the bomb. The bomb proved to be heavier than initially thought.

A policeman attempted to lift the bomb so that a cable can be tied round the bomb. The cable was in turn hooked to an excavator.

Eventually, it took two men to be able to lift up the bomb just to tie the cable round it.

The bomb was lifted by the excavator to a dry location where it will be detonated later.

What a huge bomb that was.

Plenty of police personnel came that day to provide assistance.

Detonation in 3... 2... 1...

Kaboom!!!

Solidarity with RPK

7 May 2008: Candlelight vigil held at the entrance of Penjara Sungai Buloh (Sungai Buloh Prison) where blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin is currently detained. Crowd started trickling in before 9:00pm and the event ended peacefully with the singing of the Malaysian national anthem, Negaraku, at around 10:30pm.



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Freedom Festival

Source: freedom-08.net

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Teach Learn

Cool mirror image...

Source: Internet
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Fara Fauzana is Hot

30 Mac 2008: Malam Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2007 di Genting Highlands menyaksikan pengacara dan penyampai radio hangat Hot.FM, Fara Fauzana (a.k.a. FaFau) memenangi kedua-dua kategori yang dicalonkan. Selain mempertahankan kemenangan dalam kategori Pengacara TV Wanita Popular, Fara juga memenangi kategori Penyampai Radio Wanita Popular. Tahniah Fara Fauzana.







Source: myselebriti.com, farafauzana.com
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Formula One Champions in Malaysia

23 March 2008: Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari stormed to victory in this 10th edition of the Formula One championship in Malaysia.

Here are the past champions of the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix:

2008: Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2007: Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Mercedes)
2006: Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
2005: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2004: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2002: Ralf Schumacher (Williams-BMW)
2001: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
1999: Eddie Irvine (Ferrari)

Source: wikipedia.org
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Formula One season is back

The Formula One 2008 season kicks off this weekend at Melbourne, Australia. This season will see a total of 18 races, and the first ever night race, which will be held at Singapore on 26 to 28 September 2008.

The race calendar for this season is as follows:

14 to 16 March 2008: Australian Grand Prix
21 to 23 March 2008: Malaysian Grand Prix
04 to 06 April 2008: Bahrain Grand Prix
25 to 27 April 2008: Spanish Grand Prix
09 to 11 May 2008: Turkish Grand Prix
22 to 25 May 2008: Monaco Grand Prix
06 to 08 June 2008: Canadian Grand Prix
20 to 22 June 2008: French Grand Prix
04 to 06 July 2008: British Grand Prix
18 to 20 July 2008: German Grand Prix
01 to 03 August 2008: Hungarian Grand Prix
22 to 24 August 2008: European Grand Prix
05 to 07 September 2008: Belgian Grand Prix
12 to 14 September 2008: Italian Grand Prix
26 to 28 September 2008: Singapore Grand Prix
10 to 12 October 2008: Japanese Grand Prix
17 to 19 October 2008: Chinese Grand Prix
31 October to 1 November 2008: Brazillian Grand Prix

Source: formula1.com
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Winds of Change

8 March 2008: The winds of change blew strongly and caused a tsunami in the political scene in Malaysia. Now, looking forward to a better Malaysia...
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