Malu-ation at KLIA

I was on my way back from Penang after having a one week break to distress myself and just as i stepped back into KL, i was stressed out all over again.

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Comedy Court with Allan and Indi in Putrajaya

Yesterday i had the chance to watch Comedy Court in Putrajaya and i have never laughed that much before. I was lucky enough to tag along with Tharan, Fabian, Adrian and Boon Chew to the show. As we approached to the counter to collect our tickets, we realized the envelope holding our tickets were the only one without a title of Datuk, Dato or YB -_-” We were probably the youngest there. Since it was free seating, everyone rushed to get their seats and we ended up seating first row.

In the hall

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I lost to a bunch of primary students in Sudoku

Four months back, a Sudoku competition was held at Putrajaya. Lingster who loves Sudoku pestered me to accompany her. Of course i didn’t hesitate unless i was planning to experience the wrath of Lingster. The competition was still a month away and i totally forgot about it.

A day before the event, Lingster was Sudoku-ing like there’s no tomorrow. I am not sure when did she go coo coo but out of a sudden, she said that she’s dragging me into the competition eventhough i haven’t tried any Sudoku before. I have seen it the papers but i never bothered. Before even agreeing to join, she met up with me and gave me a crash course on Sudoku.

To those who have no idea what Sudoku is, let me briefly explain the objective of this game. As you can see the example below, this is how a typical sudoku puzzle looks like. What you must achieve is inserting the numbers 1-9 once in each of the 9 squares you see. Besides that, the number can’t be repeated neither horizontally nor vertically. I know it sounds complicated but once you have tried a few puzzles, you will get a hang of it.

So anyway, the crash course lasted for like half an hour and i was back in my room trying all sorts of puzzles thrown to me by Lingster.

The day finally arrived and we reached the venue right on time. There was no category for Sudoku, so all around me i could see small kids, probably 9 years of age onwards. We were given 15 minutes to complete and majority of the participants manage to complete the puzzle, whether it’s right or wrong that’s a different question all together. As for me, i made a mistake towards the end. The problem with Sudoku is, when there’s a mistake and you want to backtrack, you might as well wave the white flag. I am not sure how Lingster does it if she was in my shoes but having less than 24 hours of exposure to Sudoku, i knew i did what i could.

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Rain, rain go away

Like i have said in my previous post that it has been raining cats and dogs lately. And now it has gone into the 5th straight day that it rains in the evening. Yesterday it rained slightly ahead of schedule and right away i knew this is not a normal evening rain.

As i was reading my notes, drips of rain water started dripping in from the window. Later on, it started pouring in as though some one aimed a hose right to my window. Immediately i closed it. I walked over to the other window which wasn’t affected like mine and peeped out to see the surrounding.

This is what i saw from my window and you could see muddy, murky water around the carpark area. At that point of time, i sent out a message to those in my YM list, warning them of a possible flood. At the same time, i thought it would be fun to see how fast would the message return to me. My screen was filled with my forwarded message within seconds.

Water started filling up the carpark as the rain continued to pour. Noticed the MyVi ? I think it should be a few months old only, judging from the number plate. The owner didn’t realize what was happening.

My forwarded message kept popping out for the next 10 minutes and at least i know i have done something to warn the owners. Take note of the orange object in the picture above. I am not sure what is it called, temporary divider ? What ever it is called, look at the one behind the MyVi, not the one beside.

Now where is it ?

The cars parked at the end of the carpark were the worst i think. At least the water didn’t go higher than the tyres but it’s bad enough to cover up the exhaust pipe. After like 10-15 minutes, a few owners started appearing and one by one moved the vehicle to higher grounds.

After half an hour of heavy down pour, it stopped. It stopped almost instantaneously. I popped my head out of the window again and could see that the water started receding.

Water started gushing down the drains, manholes, anywhere possible.

The sun tried to peep through those dark clouds which will be back again, every evening. I like when it rains because everything seems to be greener and fresh right after that. But i hate it when it rains on every single day. I can hardly go out in the evenings for a simple brisk walk.

You know i mentioned about the forwarded message i did, well the last one that came to me today morning at 8am -___-”