Storm…

It has been very very hot here every day till around mid-afternoon and then it would rain, usually quite heavily so it would be nice and cool by nightfall.

However, last Wednesday, it was so very terrible! The storm was really frightening! The extremely loud thunder shook the house and I could hear the house and car alarms of those with more sensitive ones going off. Thankfully, mine were all right and thankfully too, despite the severe lightning strikes, the switch on the electric meter board outside the house did not trip. I heard many did not bother to switch it back on and had to go without electricity till the storm eased. The lightning was so fiercely bright that I was afraid it might strike me and burn me to cinders…so I stayed inside the house, all doors and windows closed, safe and sound!

The rain poured so very heavily and because of the volume of water, it could not flow along the gutters and out through the pipes and downspouts into the drains so I could see the wall of water falling off the edge of the roof like a massive waterfall! Of course the drains were filled in no time at all and the water overflowed over the road and into my house compound…

*Antique handphone camera photograph*

The level was around 1 foot at the fence in front and 6 inches at my car porch. It reached my main door and was about to go into the house and I was ready to move everything a little higher in our split-level ground floor…and I prayed and I prayed and miraculously, it stopped.

Only a  little bit went in – I could feel that the bottom aluminium rail/frame was a little wet and I had to wipe it dry. That probably was because of that Hilux that drove in at top speed and out again creating a lot of waves as a result. I just cannot understand why people just have to drive around whenever there is a flood, enjoying looking at people in their misery, and taking photographs to share on social media…and bashing the authorities, blaming them for everything as if it was their fault that it rained so abnormally heavily. Perhaps they should ask God whether it was because of their sinful ways that there was such an absolutely furious storm that day…and whether it is high time that they change their ways.

Some of the pails and stuff outside the house went floating around…

*Antique handphone camera photograph*

 – there was no real damage, thank God! I really don’t mind the rain even if it is heavy but hopefully, such a drastic storm would not recur.

Going back to the heat that we would have to endure for a good part of the day, I went and bought these…

…for a little bit of welcome relief. My girl bought the strawberry ones…

…once and I quite enjoyed it. Well, this time around, I also bought two of the banana ones…

…to try and it was pretty good. It tasted like those big green ones that we call chay gay (green teeth). I don’t know what those are called in English or Malay but we never ate those growing up as my dad said it was too cold and would lead to asthma attacks. Of course I have outgrown the ailment so these days, I do buy that variety as well and I do like them as well.

I don’t know if those were bits of bananas…

…but it says on the wrapper that they use real fruit…

…in the making.

At RM2.50 each, they are cheaper than the Magnum ones and I like how soft they are with the creamy texture of ice cream, but on a stick. They do melt very quickly though so I had to take the photographs as fast as I could and start eating.

I really wonder how much longer this blistering weather is going to last…but thank goodness we do get quite a bit of rain but please, God, no more storms, thank you very much!