A most thoroughly enjoyable day. Today, I sat for the first paper of the A Levels. I was absolutely delighted when GP was over. I'll never write another GP essay or do another comprehension exercise again in my life! Rhoda tried to spoil my good mood. She told me that I might end up a journalist writing such essays every day of my life. Bleah. No, that's not going to happen.
Then Jason, LL and I went to Bishan to eat at the foodcourt and loiter in the supermarket examining food and sharp little stainless steel fruit knives.
Then, I went home. As I stepped into the sheltered lift landing, it started to drizzle. By 2.30pm, the drizzle had become a downpour. My maid went down to the guardhouse to return an umbrella. I was watching TV when she returned and said that the road outside my condo was flooded. I rushed to the window and, sure enough, it was! It was like a river had appeared out of nowhere. Taxis, buses and cars were stranded in knee-high water. The water was reddish due to the sediments. I was so excited and bounced around looking for a camera. It was amazing! First time in my life that I've seen a real flood. I called LL to tell her the exciting news. She was very excited as well and asked me to call MediaCorp's new hotline and I did. The digital camera was able to capture only 2 shots before it ran out of power thanks to my idiotic brother who had to choose today to upload and edit photos. I grabbed 1 umbrella, 1 film camera and 1 brother and rushed downstairs to Kaypo.
Indian workers from the nearby construction site for the MRT circle line were helpfully pushing watery taxis and buses to dry land. A helpful Indian worker said, "Girl, taking photo ah? Take over there, got people walking in the water."
And so there were. His colleagues who were manoeuvring an almost floating bus to safety. Below, you can see the 2 pictures I captured with the digital camera and 1 I took with my phone's camera. The more interesting ones from the film camera will have to wait until my granny decides to get them developed.
In all the 4-5 yrs I've lived here, there as never been a flood. My grandmother's theory is that the ongoing works for the MRT circle line has something to do with it. Seriously, the damned Circle line construction works has been nothing but trouble. First, the Nicoll Highway incident and now, the Flood of November 2004 here.
Anyway, I'm interpreting it as a good omen for my Physical Geography Paper as there is a topic on Hydrology(floods). Cool.
Only regret of the day: My sister's exam papers ended late today and the floodwaters had receded by the time she came home. I would have liked for her to have been trapped at the flooded bus stop along the road. But, one can't have everything in life. You have to be happy with what you've got. And I am happy. Really, really happy. In well-drained Singapore, a flood is a rare and special event.

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