It’s the time of the year again, when Malaysia is hard hit with monsoon season. To me, I enjoy rainy season. It keeps me indoors, and be grateful I have a home that shelter myself from the cold weather outside. On days like this, I could imagine myself holding a hot mug and read a book while in the background playing some jazzy music. But as we know, as the rain went overboard, it could be a disaster for many people.
To be honest, I never experienced this type of Malaysian winter in childhood, as far as I could remember. But, recently in this good 5 years or so, monsoon in Malaysia is getting more and more unpredictable. The town which I resides in, never have flood, suddenly was struck by flood in 2014. Everyone was not prepared for it.
I recently learnt from my yoga instructor, that during flood times, it is likely that some house will be out of electricity. He say, imagine you live in the neighborhood where you cannot access to ATM, charge your phones, or microwave your food, no Food Panda. I can only imagine! Come to think of it, it make sense now, if you have flood and live electricity in the waters, that would be even worse! You will have human Churros laying admist the waters.
But, those were the times, and nowadays, we are better prepared for monsoon season. We will check the weather reports, Facebook page (any roads facing flood), watch out the longkangs so there is no accumulated water, etc.
Take for example, I was home late because I was waiting for the rain to subside after badminton, but mom was worried so she advised me to look for roads that is unlikely to be flooded to get home soon. She was right, because had I not heed to her advice, my poor old Volkswagen Beetle would have end up swimming in the roads of Kuantan.
So buck up friends, stay warm like a hotdog, just like Mickey. But, remember to look out at the longkangs if the rain went too hardcore.
Melissa's Muse 