29 Dec 2006 : 1 week left

Time flies.
Year 2007 is approaching.



PL will be reported to work on next Friday. Her maternity leave is going to end soon.

27 Dec 2006 : Big Quake in Taiwan

CC was having problem in connection in company. Ooopss.. How could a software company operate if the internet connection was having problem ?

Across the bridge, PL was having streamyx connection issue with MSN cut off from time to time.

Accordingly, the quake in Taiwan caused this interruption.

The star : Local Internet access to overseas websites came to a crawl Wednesday after international links were disrupted by the earthquake in southern Taiwan.

25 Dec 2006 : Merry Christmas

24 Dec 2006 : Christmas Eve

PL forgot it was Christmas Eve. Hmmm... it was common for a new mother ?

Despite entertaining the little one, PL was in the kitchen for 15 minutes making the Christmas Eve dinner. She got the idea when she bought the teppanyaki chicken in JJ. She stole some time to shop on her own while CC became the nanny for 2 hours. PL needed a break !

Well, we still needed to take turn to babysit the little one, instead of having the dinner together.

Merry Christmas !!

22 Dec 2006 : Windy day

There was no rain today. But the wind was blowing clothes away.
There was not a need to switch on the fan (yes, fan, not air-con) till noon.

Extracted this from thestar online :

Do's and don'ts during floods

DO'S

Think of safety first during a flood.

Take care when walking through shallow water.

Turn off electricity and gas supply when evacuating.

DON'TS

Don’t try to walk or drive through floodwater.

Don’t walk across bridges as they may collapse.

Never swim through fast flowing water.

Avoid contact with floodwater as it may be contaminated.

20 Dec 2006 : Terrible flood

The Star

Wednesday December 20, 2006

35cm of rain in just a day
Photo gallery
JOHOR BARU: Continuous rain over the past 24 hours caused rivers to burst their banks, spilling water into streets and villages, and bringing the state to a virtual standstill.

WATERLOGGED: Only the roofs of houses can be seen after Kampung Laut in Skudai became submerged in water yesterday.An estimated 9,000 people were forced to leave their homes following what has been regarded as the state’s highest rainfall in 100 years.

Sungai Segamat in Segamat, Sungai Skudai in Johor Baru and Sungai Mengkibol in Kluang were among five rivers whose waters overflowed.
At press time, 26 main roads were closed to traffic and nine cases of landslide had occurred.
So far, there has been no fatality because rescue teams managed to get the people to higher ground.
Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman warned Johoreans to prepare for the worst as heavy rain was expected to continue until Friday.

Malacca was also not spared. Close to 200 people were evacuated in Jasin district, while a bridge in Durian Tunggal town had to be closed because the river overflowed.
As of 5pm yesterday, more than 3,700 people who vacated their houses in Johor Baru had been placed in 13 relief centres.
Johor Baru (North) OCPD Asst Comm Ruslan Hassan advised the people not to return home until the authorities give the all-clear.
“We had to rescue 29 people stranded on rooftops. These people ignored the danger and went home to salvage their stuff, but the water rose too fast,” said ACP Ruslan.

In Muar, more than 1,600 people were moved to nine relief centres. Flooded areas included Lenga, Pagoh, Gersik, Sagil, Bakri, Bukit Gambir, Tangkak, Sungai Mati, Kampung Batu 23, Gombang, Felda Maokil, Kampung Paya Redan, Kampung Paya Lempah, Kampung Paya Pulai and Kampung Teratai.
Muar police chief Asst Comm Mohd Nizar Mohd Ali reminded parents to keep a tight rein on their children and not let them play in the flood waters.
In Kluang, close to 3,000 people from 20 villages fled their homes, while 540 residents from Parit Raja in Batu Pahat and 170 people from Pontian had to seek shelter at relief centres.

“If water is channelled into the rivers, the low-lying areas of Parit Raja and Simpang Rengam could be inundated,” said Chong, who attributed the high rainfall to the North-East Monsoon.
Meanwhile, the Army has put seven brigades and 20 boats on standby.
An Army spokesman said the military would send in a Nuri helicopter for rescue operations if necessary.

State flood operations room:- 07-2254454

13 Dec 2006 : 2nd visit to Queensbay mall

Leaving boy with mom, PL rushed to Queensbay mall.

Another quick shopping on those necessities. And, another 5 pieces of Beard Papa's cream puff.

09 Dec 2006 : A visit to Queensbay Mall

PL & Yeow went to Queensbay Mall for a quick shopping.

There was a crowd but still tolerable. We did not need to queue up in a long line for any purchase.

PL bought the Beard's Papa cream puffs which was surprisingly yummy.

07 Dec 2006 : Heavy downpour

The day was hot. PL bathed three times today, just to got rid of the heat.
It was a relieved that the rain started to pour at 7.55pm.

Received a few calls : 2 wedding invitations on this Saturday & Sunday. Too bad, the time was not right that PL needed to consider on babysit the little monster. Yet, the youngest brother, Yeow would be back in town to see his little nephew.

PL bought mom a slow cooker. She gave away her slow cooker to one of her sisters.

06 Dec 2006 : A piece of news...

沿海地區天氣或惡化
updated:2006-12-06 12:58:58 MYT

（八打靈再也訊）最近在菲律賓造成嚴重災難的“榴槤”颳風，預料不會侵襲大馬，不過半島一些地區近幾天的天氣將會惡化，尤其吉蘭丹、登嘉樓、玻璃市、檳城和吉打沿海地區的居民，受促提高警惕。

氣象局發表文告說，上述颳風對海上作業的漁船、渡輪和鑽油台會帶來威脅。

文告說，上述4個州屬（除了檳城）近日也會下雨，同時偶爾有狂風暴雨。

上述氣候預料將隨著“榴槤”颳風週二（12月5日）晚上吹襲暹羅灣而產生，吉蘭丹和登嘉樓沿海地區將吹起時速60至70公里的海風，海浪高達6公尺。此現象預料會持續到本週四。

玻璃市、檳城和吉打的“榴槤“颳風的效應比較弱，海浪高達4公尺，並持續到12月8日（本週五）。 （星洲日報‧2006/12/06）

06 Dec 2006 : PL PG CC JB

PL & bb were in Pg. CC went back to work, leaving one of the cars in Pg.

Did not notice much changes of Pg. However, PL was eagerly looking for an opportunity to visit the newly opened Queensbay Mall.

After 1 month of lock-up, she finally stepped out from the house to do shopping at Giant & Parkson.