This time of the wet variety. Tomorrow's the start of the long 4-day weekend commonly known as Cup Match weekend. Every year, we're stuck here while the rest move en-masse off island. Sigh. Can't leave during Summer holidays, can't leave during Christmas period. People without kids suffer through long maternity leave, periodic kids' sick leave, constant kids' doctors appointments, are expected to work longer hours, and cannot take leave during Summer/Winter holidays. Wow, we're so totally marginalised we could be the new "blacks".
Warm warm weather nowadays... very sticky, humid, and burning hot. no floods here, which is a good thing. hopefully no one is adversely affected by the flash floods in Singapore. i've heard of several incidents, but of course these are the landed properties and condominiums with basement carparks. Remind me not to buy a property next to the big long-kows a.k.a. telok kurau, kallang, bt timah, etc. and not to buy condos with a basement carpark.
Seriously though, i don't understand the big hu-ha about the flash floods in Singapore. I'm on the side of PWD. Drainage systems as with all engineering works, are only designed to be able to withstand the "usual" amount of rain, not freak weather. Although PWD do need to get the bangla cleaners to ensure that that debris is cleared from the big canals, other than that, it's just an act of God if your basement shop gets flooded. There must be a reason why carparks are built at the basement levels and the rental for basement shops are so cheap right? Don't tell me you never expected floods in Singapore?! Just because we've been lucky for so long, you've forgotten that engineers aren't god and they certainly cannot make the typhoons and bad weather go away. Wait till we get a huge tremor from an Indonesian quake. I'm not sure whether our taller buildings can tahan the shakes or not. Don't blame the engineers with limited resources, these are acts of God.
Warm warm weather nowadays... very sticky, humid, and burning hot. no floods here, which is a good thing. hopefully no one is adversely affected by the flash floods in Singapore. i've heard of several incidents, but of course these are the landed properties and condominiums with basement carparks. Remind me not to buy a property next to the big long-kows a.k.a. telok kurau, kallang, bt timah, etc. and not to buy condos with a basement carpark.
Seriously though, i don't understand the big hu-ha about the flash floods in Singapore. I'm on the side of PWD. Drainage systems as with all engineering works, are only designed to be able to withstand the "usual" amount of rain, not freak weather. Although PWD do need to get the bangla cleaners to ensure that that debris is cleared from the big canals, other than that, it's just an act of God if your basement shop gets flooded. There must be a reason why carparks are built at the basement levels and the rental for basement shops are so cheap right? Don't tell me you never expected floods in Singapore?! Just because we've been lucky for so long, you've forgotten that engineers aren't god and they certainly cannot make the typhoons and bad weather go away. Wait till we get a huge tremor from an Indonesian quake. I'm not sure whether our taller buildings can tahan the shakes or not. Don't blame the engineers with limited resources, these are acts of God.
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