Thursday, June 30, 2011

Honest Reply

I get this alot. I was often ask this question; "Hey it's been so long since I last meet you. How are you doing? Are you attached or single?" Friends are so eager to know about the "relationship status". Notice why I put a quote (")? The reason: I'm sure I'm not the only one whom often get this type of question. This is the top favourite being ask by many.

Usually this "relationship status or topic" is often being pick by majority when meeting up with friends whom they have not seen in ages. I belong to one of the "victim".  Not to mention friends, even relatives do that.

Especially when attending an engagement or wedding, this will be the most frequently ask question. (Am I attached? When will I get engaged? When will my wedding take place? Hopefully I'll be next.) When they ask me the FAQ,  I'll just say Amin, Insya Allah or just smile. It's best not to say a word. But, the more I try to avoid, the more likely they'll ask.

And now an honest reply from me. Believe it or not, I've never fall in love throughout my life. If I don't even have time to hang out with my long time friends, what more going out on a date or having a serious relationship? I'm hope that clears that FAQ. Ahah!

This shall be my final post for June. Goodbye June. It's hard to say goodbye but that shall be it. Adios readers & cherio :-)

♥ A Smile Is All It Takes To Cheer Up The Day. Keep Smiling :-)  ♥

Monday, June 27, 2011

I'm In A Despair ;- (

Yeah! One more day & I'm done... Finally.... I can defeat my "procrastination". Yes... I've proven one thing. Anything can be achieved when done with a GREAT DETERMINATION... I survived! But I couldn't be too happy until I completed the remaining day.

My Despair
My feelings is in despair. I'm happy that I managed to defeat my procrastination but at the same time, I'm feeling really down. Feels like crying, explode & nearly give up. I've tried very hard in job search but no one seems to have given me the chance to prove myself. I'm inexperience &amp perhaps that's the reasons why I was often rejected.

I'm just hoping that one kind soul will give me a chance to prove myself. Give someone like me whom just graduated about a year ago a chance in the working industry. I have no experience because I was not given the chance to start working. Thousands over applications over the past 18 months since the day I graduated but no one has ever given me the chance to have the experience to get started.

If this is the case, then every single fresh graduates out there will never have the chance to prove themselves. I don't know what else to do. I've been waiting all my life.

Jobs that doesn't requires any experience as training will be provided. This sounds great BUT applicants must be able to speak MANDARIN. This is so unfair for non-mandarin speaking people! The question is does every customers come from CHINA that we often need to liase with Chinese speaking clients? Sorry to say this but I personally think this is so biased & unfair! common, Sg is a multi racial country. We speak different dialects down here.

The only thing that hinders for applicants including me to be employ is an unreasonable language barier! The main requirements should atleast be bilingual. Everything is in english down here. What the heck is there always a need for mandarin speaking applicants. That requirements is a MUST to speak Mandarin to liase with chinese speaking clients. If this is the case, I will never secure a job forever! Totally absurd!

If talking about experience, I might not have much but they should atleast give me a chance.

I'm tired thinking about this. Whenever an interviewer take a look at my resume & noticed that I was unemployed for quite a long time, they pass on this remarks. " Why are you unemployed for so long? Are you being so choosy? I thought the market is quite good & you should be able to secure a job easier."

How am I to get a job easier if not even one kind soul(employer) give me a chance to have that "Experience" to prove myself. Their remarks hurts a lot! If only they knew the trouble I went through, doing an intensive job search daily. Working on so hard until I fall sick easily lately because of the stress. I'm at this age & still unemploy. They thought I simply slack around being lazy & postponing job search. But the fact that I went through all the sleepless night thinking when will I start work every single moment. At any point of the day, I logged in various job portal & screening through the posted jobs one by one. Morning, afternoon, night & midnight;  I'll seize every available timing of the day to continue on my search.

After all that, how can they say I'm lazy? It broke my heart. Totally dampened my spirit to presevere. I give up! I don't wanna think about all the negativity that will make me feels so down.

I wanna think only on the happy thoughts. Let's stay happy at all times.

Remember my favourite quotation? A Smile is All It Takes To Cheer Up the Day. Keep Smiling :-)

♥ D'Lytez

P.S (Excuse me for any language or grammatical error made along the way)

Friday, June 24, 2011

Britney's MV That I Watch Recently & Few Months Back

Today I happen to came across Britney's new MV that was released on 22 June recently. Click on it & listen to it. Kinda like the beats. For sure "the beats sounds so Britney". It had reached over 6 millions views in 2 days. Real fast.

I dare not say it's my latest favourite song bcos I just heard it for the first time. Perhaps after listening for a couple of times, I might like this song. It's still too early to make this my favourite.

http://youtu.be/T-sxSd1uwoU



Britney's MV 2011.

http://youtu.be/M3Lqg-46mDo



http://youtu.be/qzU9OrZlKb8


Both MV is the same but not sure why VEVO uploaded it twice but adding a "dance" word in front of the title. The one above is longer by 3 seconds.

http://youtu.be/-Edv8Onsrgg





♥♥♥♥ I'm so gonna ♥♥♥♥ it

Midnight Quick Update

Time check on my monitor, it's 12:24; I can't sleep. I'm writing in the living room. Been having sleepless night lately. Staring at the blank, dark ceileng.

Few more days to go & I'm done with my fastings. Finally, I managed to prevent myself from procrastinating to complete my remaining "fast".  Yesterday during the pre-dawn meal, I took my meal around 4:40am. I almost stay awake the whole night so as to prevent from overslept.  The heavy rain in the middle of the night had awaken me from my short nap. I'm the only one whose awake for the "pre-dawn meal". The rest were asleep. Eating alone is no "fun" but I had to because I had to complete my remaining fast. Hoping to complete the rest by this month.

I'm not going to write much today. Perhaps I shall continue the next time round. That's it for now. Till the next time. Adios :-)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Percubaan Pertama Setelah Sekian Kalinya Tertunda

Akhirnya, setelah sekian kalinya tertunda, terlaksana juga hasrat untuk menulis dalam bahasa melayu, bahasa ibunda. Macam betul aje.... Harap maklum kalau ada tersilap bahasa kerana da lama tak tulis.

Bagaimanakah aku harus memulakan tulisan kali ini? Aku akan cuba.

Keinginan untuk menulis dalam bahasa melayu telah lama wujud sejak sekian lama tertunda. Kali terakhir aku menulis dalam bahasa ibunda kira-kira 6 tahun yang lalu. Itu pun sewaktu peperiksaan Bahasa Melayu GCE Peringkat "O"... Lama tu... Akhirnya terlaksana juga.

Disebabkan tiada lagi "peperiksaan" aku tidak lagi menulis. Walaupun menulis merupakan sesuatu kegiatan yang paling aku gemari pada suatu ketika. Nanti dulu, sekarang minat menulis tetap masih ada walaupun tidak begitu sering dilakukan.

Sejak dua tahun yang lalu, aku mula aktif menulis dengan membuat "blog" ini. Namun begitu, semua "post" tulisan ditulis dalam bahasa inggeris. Cuma ada satu sahaja artikel yang ditulis dalam bahasa melayu.

Kenapa Blog ini Dibuat?
Soalan ini pernah dijawab sebelumnya tetapi bukan dalam bahasa melayu melainkan Bahasa Inggeris.

Seperti yang tersedia maklum, menulis memang merupakan salah satu hobi atau kegemaranku sejak kecil lagi. Mungkin disebabkan diri ini yang pendiam dan pemalu, aku menggunakan wadah ini untuk mengekspresikan diri. Menulis merupakan jalan yang tepat untuk berkongsi atau meyuarakan pendapat tentang pelbagai perkara. Inilah caraku untuk berkomunikasi. Dengan menulis dengan kerap, aku yakin komunikasi dapat diperbaiki dan menjadi kian lancar. Aku cuba untuk mengimbangi kedua bahasa inggeris dan melayu.

Tanggapan Orang/Masyarakat Terhadapku:

Terdapat sesetengah orang yang berpendapat bahawa diriku "sombong" atau tidak tahu bergaul; "anti-social". Persepsi mereka salah seratus peratus. Sifat-sifat aku dalam 3 perkara": Pemalu, Pendiam & Ceria. ("I'm a happy-go-lucky girl" Aku tidak tahu untuk menterjemahkan bahasa inggeris tersebut ke bahasa melayu jadi aku memutuskan untuk menggunakan perkataan "ceria".) Inilah sifatku yang sebenarnya.

Jadi, adakah pemalu, pendiam boleh disifatkan sebagai sombong? Orang yang pendiam tidak boleh disifatkan sebagai sombong kerana pada dasarnya atau sejak awal keperibadian mereka memang seperti itu.  Aku akui aku tidak pandai untuk bergaul. Komunikasi agak terbatas. Tapi mungin pada suatu hari nanti, komunikasi akan semakin lancar Insya-Allah.

Jadi, janganlah menilai aku seperti itu. Jangan mudah membuat kesimpulan mahupun penilaian sebelum mengenali sifat sebenar seseorang. Apa yang dilihat kadangkalanya tidak seperti apa yang difikirkan.

Aku rasa cukup sampai di sini sahaja percubaan kali ini. Insya-Allah lain kali, aku akan cuba untuk menulis dengan lebih terperinci lagi mengenai sesuatu topik. Aku akan cuba untuk membahas topik atau perkara-perkara tertentu.

Tapi buat masa ini, aku cuba untuk lebih kerap menulis dalam bahasa inggeris kerana ingin memperbaiki dan melancarkan komunikasi dalam bahasa inggeris. Seperti tersedia maklum, bahasa utama di negara ini adalah Bahasa Inggeris & aku harus memperbaikinya bagi untuk mempermudahkan urusan di mana-mana sektor, bidang dan juga di tempat kerja.

Aku akhiri tulisan kali ini dan semoga dapat diteruskan lagi di lain waktu. Salam ceria kepada semua pembaca blog.

Ceria selalu! ♥♥♥♥

Sunday, June 19, 2011

It's 3am & I'm Awake!

It's 3am in the morning & I'm widely AWAKE! Isn't this GREAT? Hehehe.... (It's already past 3:11am)

I'm not going to write much but just a little on everything. I'm tired but I'll still update for my "love" in blogging. Ahah!

I had "Ice Kacang" earlier & it taste Yummy-Licious..... In times of hot weather like this, all I need is THIS! Icy cold dessert.



Months ago I've been trying to upload what I had for dinner but tend to procrastinate. Since I had many other uncomplete task, I had to postpone this. I'll just combine today's entry with it. 

This is what I called "Diet Dinner". My version of diet. You'll see what I meant. A very light dinner I ever ate. Haha! Little but high calories!


 Sundae Ice-Cream dessert

 U.S. Fries

 Ice Honey Green Tea

(I had to reduce the quality size of the photos for easy/fast upload. Capture using camera phone.)

Time check: It's 4:10 as appear in the clock monitor.

I'll sign out real soon. That's all for now. Adios! Cherio... Remember to smile. Hehe...

♥♥♥♥ I'm so gonna ♥♥♥♥ it

Friday, June 17, 2011

Random Thoughts of The Day

It says that "Patience is Virtue" but how much longer must I wait? I'm just so restless. Tired with all those empty promises made. The waiting seems to be endless.  At times I just feels like giving up. Please show me some "enlightenment"..... I'm hoping that the wait shall end soon...





*Credits to Google Images for the above images

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Fast Foods..... Yummy but Unhealthy

Fat foods is definitely yummy but unhealthy. Avoid eating them frequently. Too much calories. I'm not going to comment or write anything for this entry. Just images. Here's some of the compilations images of my favourites:

Credits to Google's Images


 KFC Cheezy BBQ Meltz

 Banana Split@Swensens


 Big Mac
 Chilli Crab Pasta @ Swensens

 Swensens Ice Cream
 Breaded Chicken @ Swensens

 Pizza Hut




 Pizza Hut's Dessert



 ♥♥♥♥ I'm so gonna ♥♥♥♥ it

Continuation from "Is It An Obsession"

Yesterday I wrote about my "obsession". I guess my craziness shall continue this whole week or even more. I skip my meals again. That's 2 meals for today; breakfast & lunch. I totally skip them. Perhaps I have lost my appetite for this week.

Skipping 2 meals is equivalent to fasting the whole day but I'm not fasting yet. Perhaps the day after tomorrow, I shall start on covering up my past absence from fasting for last year. Even someone who fast will eat 2 meals which is during the "pre-dawn"(early in the morning usually around 5am in Singapore))  & "break fast"(currently after 7pm) Fasting for nearly 14hrs per day.

I must make an attempt to complete my 1 week of absence from fasting last year before the actual fasting month begins in 01.08.2011. That's 7 weeks from now. I shall stop procrastinating.

Back to my "obsession". I'm quite happy today bcos I've lost weight. Nearly 3kg in 2 days. That's quite fast. Hopefully the weight shall atleast maintain or stop gaining for good. I'll try to lose out another 5kg. But can I do it? Is 5kg too much? But atleast even if I lost another 5kg, I won't be underweight?  Currently my BMI is 19.52 days ago it's 20.2. But if I lose another 5kg, my BMI will be 17.6. 

Whatever, I don't care. I just hope to be healthy. As long as I'm not overweight, I need not panick or worried like I did now. That's why I called it obsession! I was over panick of my current weight. I try very hard to cut that extra pounds. But I did that in an unhealthy way by excessive diet. That shouldn't be it. I'll end this "obsession" for now. Adios!



* A smile is all it takes to cheer up the day. Keep smiling :-) ♥

♥ D'Lytez 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Is It An Obsession?

Obsession or not? I don't know! From time to time, I think I'm having this obsession of wanting to have a  "weight loss". I wanna lose weight badly. But to think back, is it an obsession or insane?

I undergone at times on something called "excessive diet". By just eating one meal daily. That's insane. I knew that. I'm not sure what came across my mind but one thing for sure, I wanna lose weight. Why am I so obsessed? I hate to have this kind of feelings. But I just feels like I must cut down on my current weight.

I'm not over weight. But like I said earlier I'm so obsessed in weight loss. Perhaps previously I belong to the "underweight" category when I'm in secondary school or widely known as high school. But over the years I had gained a few kilos & nearly 10 kilos to be exact. Yup it's true. From the age of 16 till now, I've gained nearly 10 kilos. Thinking back, it's such a huge gained within 6 years.

I think even my family thinks I'm insane looking at my "obsession". They are saying out remarks like "why are you so into diet? It's not as if you are over weight. It's just a slight weight gain." I know I should lose weight the healthy way & proper diet. Starving the whole day will only result in gastric. I knew that but I still break the rules.

 By looking at the mirror, I notice some changes on me. I'm getting slightly chubbier then before. No one ever notice my weight gain. Only I did bcos I weigh myself using the bathroom scale almost daily. Everyone was saying, "I don't notice any weight gain in you. You just look the same."  Duh! 1 or 2kg gain is not noticeable by human eyes. Bathroom scale reveals everything.

For once I felt relieved cos I had a drastic weight loss last year & few months ago. It's not because of diet but I'm not well. The loss of appetite had caused me to lose 5 kilos in 3 days & consecutively. But it's just temporary. After I recovered, I gain back the weight that I've lost.

I remembered I was once asked by someone, "What's your weight". When they knew my actual weight, they were saying like, "are you sure? It's hard to believe your current weight?" By the expression she's giving me, it's like I'm over weight! Since her weight is the same as me & she's nearly overweight, doesn't mean that I'm over weight. Duh! My height & weight BMI is normal

My BMI: 20.2

BMI Categories:
  • Underweight = <18.5
  • Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
  • Overweight = 25–29.9
  • Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
Calculate your BMI here: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

So, 165cm in height & 55kg in weight. It it over weight?
Obviously not. But I'll still try to lose a few kilos.



I'm a person who will not eat unless I feels hungry. Bad habit! Don't do what I did. (hehe) Just like today. I skipped breakfast but that's ok since I seldom eat in the morning. For lunch, I just ate 2 pieces of jacobs cream biscuit. I know I'm being stubborn again but I don't feel like eating at this moment. I'll have to wait till my appetite is back.

Alrite... Shall emphasise on a healthy lifestyle. Shall work on it one day. Till the next time. Adios & cherio readers!




But I love fast food. By looking at the pics below makes me so tempted to eat them again.






My all time favourite


Yummy... Shall compile all of my favourite fast foods pics to be posted next........

Sunday, June 12, 2011

How I Started Of In Makeup

I started trying out makeup at the age of 20. Learning on the makeup applications techniques. But I officially started wearing them at the age of 21.

I love watching others putting on makeup since young. That interest soon develop when I'm at 20 years of age. Previously, I never care to put on makeup on my face although I only enjoy watching the "makeup application process" by others.
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How I Get Started?

I was introduced to cosmetics sets when I'm 20. I was given a set of makeup kit to try on. That's how I get started initially. But at that time, I'm not to sure on how to get started. I began to search intensively on tutorials over the internet towards the end of 2009.
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What Inspires Me?

Those colourful eyeshadows attract my attention. That's the main reason how I started to be involve in makeup. It started after watching makeup tutorials from youtube. Michelle Phan's tutorial on Youtube is amazing. The way she narrates or voice over makes it feels so relaxing. I love her tutorials from the start as she shows step by step applications. For beginners, it definitely is a great help. Perhaps after all those tuorials, I realise that I am beginning to be interested in knowing more about makeup.



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Obviously, all ladies/woman wanna look good & attractive. Attractive looks can be achieve through proper wearing of makeup. Excessive applications of makeup may result in a "plastic" like doll looking or rather a "ghostly" kind of appearance. That's a scary looking result. Avoid that.

Tentively, we must know what colours suits us. Not everyone may achieve the same results as others. If one colour suits you, it doesn't mean that that colour suits others too. That's something which I learnt along the way. I'm still learning about that.

However, don't entirely depends on makeup as your "must have" tools to achieve "beauty".  Or in another words, don't depend on cosmetics products to look flawless. Remember inner beauty will outshine the most. Cosmetics is just a tools to cover up the skins imperfections. No doubt it did enhance the beauty of the wearer.

Proper usage of skin care can help to enhance the beauty. The important thing is take good care of our skin. It's easier to put on makeup on clear skin but not everyone have a perfect skin. That includes me. I do suffers from breakout lately. But recovery takes time. The acne scars will disappear over time. I'm glad that my acne is soon disappearing. Although it still leaves a marks on the face.

Current Favourite:

Currently, I enjoy wearing minerals makeup. Reason is simple bcos minerals doesn't clog pores or rather less likely to clog.








Makeup Style:

Stay simple whenever possible. That's my style. Depends on the occasions. I try to avoid "thick applications especially on the eyes". Even though I'm wearing glasses daily, I try to avoid applying thick  amount of eyeshadows despite the saying that applying slightly thicker eyeshadow is acceptable as it's not so visible since it's hidden behind the shadows of the glasses. But I still dislike "thick applications". I wanna stay natural whenever possible.

I don't put on makeup everyday. Only when needed. I was advice to avoid wearing foundation especially when an acne has pop up. Nevertheless, I'll still accept the advice given. Perhaps the "sales asst" thought almost all foundation clog pores. But nowadays, foundation that do not clog pores is widely available at any stores nearby. I often go to "watson" stores to check out on minerals type cosmetics or even anywhere available. That's just an example where I purchase my stuff.






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My Unforgettable Experience: What I Chose When Buying Foundation When The First Time

I thought that wearing a medium colour foundation suits my skin tone but I was wrong. I used a "medium beige" foundation on my face. The result is totally out of the place. Maybe beige doesn't suits me at all. It's too dark for my skin tone. Beige is even darker that my neck area.

I should settle in pink shades colours or light ochre. I try out ivory pink and light ochre foundation & it suits me well. Atleast now I knew which colour suits my skin tone. I'll keep on learning to discover what's best for me.
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That's it for now. Adios :-)

*A smile is all it takes to cheer up the day. Keep smiling :-)

(Credits to Google Images)

Friday, June 10, 2011

Elderly Woman Mistreated At Nursing Home - Cruel definitely

This news caught my attention & I decided to include the article below. Source:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/elderly-woman-mistreated-nursing-home-174803277.html

A nursing home along Braddell Road has been suspended with effect from 12 April from admitting new patients after a patient was reported to have been mistreated.

The incident at Nightingale Nursing Home came to light after a video of a patient being mistreated was sent to local broadcaster Mediacorp.

The footage was shot by a hidden camera on a patient's bedside. In the video, an elderly woman patient is seen sitting stark naked beside a bed with the room ceiling fans on.

She is then picked up by two hospital staff and thrown onto a bed, before a staff is shown slapping her on her mouth when she wailed in pain.

Watch what happened here.



Below are my personal remarks:
It's in Mandarin so I definitely don't understand a word that the narrator is saying. But action speaks louder than words! The nurses are totally cruel & heartless. How can you even imagine of treating an elderly that way? Don't be a nurse if you can't even care for others.


Remember what goes comes around. Everyone will be old one day. We definitely doesn't want to be treated that way when we are at that stage of life. Terrible people. My personal remarks/opinions ends here.

Continued from the article:
Reports say the patient has been a resident there for four years and is suffering from stroke.

According to Channel NewsAsia, the nursing home has disciplined the staff involved in the mistreatment case. The home also added that they've introduced additional measures such as checking the conduct of its staff and getting their senior staff to do the rounds.

The elderly woman's son was upset with the incident. He said, "We sent her there for the nurses to take care of her; we're disappointed with what happened."

The elderly woman has been moved to another nursing home.

Netizens were unhappy with the mistreatment of the elderly woman.

nivek001 said, "How can anyone be so heartless. It just breaks my heart to see the video. I really hope that there will be justice. What goes around, comes around. Will some people in the right places do something about it?"

Others were concerned if other patients at the home were treated the same way.

"It really leaves a lot of room for us to wonder what kind of treatment/abuse the other elderly patients in the home have been subjected to as well," said Amber^^ on hardwarezone's forum.


Series Of Flash Floods In Singapore


Series Of Flash Floods In Singapore: 2010 & 2011

A Reminder to myself regarding the series of flash floods that hits Singapore. An article from a site included below. This is another part of my "postpone" entries among the rest of "uncomplete" ones. Quite a few left remaining for me to post.

The 2010-2011 Singapore floods were a series of flash floods that hit various areas in Singapore. The floods were due to having a higher than average rainfall. The death toll in the city state stands at three people. One victim died when a tree fell on a public bus injuring another two people. The other victim died on 20 July after a storm brought down a tree on the victim's car, killing him instantly.

2010

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Heavy rains caused flooding in Singapore's central shopping district and snarled traffic throughout the island. Shopping Malls along Orchard Road like Lucky Plaza and Liat Towers were affected by the flood.

The flood had caused some shopping mall and car park basements to be submerged in the water. Rescuers had to pull out about 70 passengers from cars and buses, as flooding shut down Orchard Road, which is lined with high-end shopping malls and tourist attractions. No one was injured.

According to the Public Utilities Board (PUB), about 4 inches (100 millimeters) of rain fell in two hours Wednesday morning, equivalent to around 60 percent of the average monthly rainfall for June. Water rose above the tyres of stalled cars on Orchard.

On 18 June, the PUB, in a press conference, revealed its findings that the drainage system under Orchard Road, the Stamford Canal, was choked. The culvert, which was to drain water into two parallel channels, had one of the channels choked with debris, and water flowed through only one channel.

When a second rainstorm on the same morning came, the canal, unable to drain off excess water, overflowed and gushed water up to the surface and caused the flooding.

To prevent future floods, PUB spent $25,000 to install five debris-trapping grates at Stamford Canal. These zig-zag grates are meant to catch debris without stopping the flow of water, thus preventing the canal from being choked again. The new grates are installed at Camp Road, Napier Road near Minden Road, Nassim Road, Grange Road and Tanglin Road.

Friday, 25 June 2010

A torrential downpour early Friday morning triggered flash floods across the island. Areas like Upper Thomson Road, Bugis and Jalan Boon Lay were the hardest hit. Heavy rain was also reported in Changi, Eunos, Jurong East, Tampines and Sims Avenue.

The flood also caused morning rush hour traffic to come to a virtual standstill on all major expressways in Singapore.

Dissipating within a half-hour, however, this flood was short-lived, as compared to the earlier flooding of Orchard Road.

Social media and micro-blogging sites such as Facebook and Twitter were awash with flood photos and users exchanging pictures.

It was reported that the heavy downpour on Friday Morning was equivalent to about 60 percent of the average monthly rainfall for June.

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Heavy rain caused flooding at Paya Lebar and other parts of Singapore. The hardest hit areas were MacPherson Road and Upper Paya Lebar (known as Tai Seng). The flood caused traffic jams throughout the area of Paya Lebar

Saturday, 17 July 2010

A torrential downpour, partially caused by Typhoon Conson, in the early hours of Saturday morning triggered flash floods in various parts of Singapore. Among the hardest hit areas were Braddell Road, Joo Chiat Terrace, Changi Road, Bukit Timah and Delfi in Orchard Road. It was the second time in serveral months where heavy rain had caused inconveniences to motorists and resulted in severe flooding.

Most of the floods in low-lying areas managed to recede at around 1pm

Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010

Shenton Way was hit by a flash flood at 10.30am which lasted around 15 minutes. Little India was flooded for three hours. A tree, due to the bad weather, was brough down, hitting a van driving along Lorong 23 Geylang

Tuesday, 16 Nov 2010

At about 3.30pm, Commonwealth Ave and Holland Drive were hit by flash floods and vehicles had to slow down as the flood partially submerged the tyres of the vehicles. As a result, there was a traffic jam along the junction, but normal flow was restored about 5 minutes later.

2011

Sunday, 30 January 2011 and Monday, 31 January 2011

Continuous heavy rainfall since Sunday drenched most of the island, causing flash floods in at least five areas, mostly in the east. Flash floods were reported on the Tampines Expressway slip road at Tampines Avenue 12 and near the Punggol exit, Airport Boulevard, one stretch of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Changi Village.

Localised chokes in the drainage along Airport Boulevard, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and in Changi Village were blamed for the floods. Lanes along Airport Boulevard and at the junction of Tampines avenues 9 and 12 had to be closed for one to two hours.

The eastern area around Changi and Pulau Ubin received the highest rainfall. As at 7.50pm 30 January, 200.8mm of rain had pelted down on Pulau Ubin, and 178mm in Changi

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Heavy rain caused flash floods in several areas including Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Bishan Street 13. About 90mm of rain fell in less than an hour from 3pm, said the Public Utilities Board (PUB). The floods subsided in about 20 minutes.

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Torrential rain caused flooding at the junction of Novena Square, a tree to fall elsewhere and claimed the life of one victim when a boy fell into a swollen drain along Whampoa.

Despite the drain being guarded by a railing, the boy is believed to have stepped through a break in the railing at the flooded junction of Martaban Road and Minbu Road. He fell into the submerged drain, which is about 1.2m deep. The strong currents swept the boy away, causing him to drown.

Sunday, 5 June 2011

A torrential downpour that lasted several hours early on Sunday morning triggered flash floods across several parts of the island. Senett Estate, Potong Pasir, MacPherson, Toa Payoh, Bukit Timah and Orchard were the areas hardest hit by the floods.

Tanglin Mall, Forum Galleria and Traders Hotel were affected by the flood and partially flooded. St Regis Residences had its basement carparks flooded as well.[15] Previous flood affected shopping malls in June 2010, Lucky Plaza and Liat Towers were not affected as flood barriers were activated at the start of the downpour although some shops were still partially affected.

Tanglin Mall and St Regis did not receive flood alerts from the PUB which was due to a technical glitch in the flood alert software, which PUB will rectify. PUB also explained the flooding to the buildings are due to an heavy rainfall directly into the basements and the buildings' internal drainage pumps unable to cope with the huge amount of water.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Singapore_floods

An exract from an article below:

source:  http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110605-0000052/Heavy-rain-causes-flash-floods-in-Singapore


SINGAPORE - Intense and heavy rain on Sunday morning resulted in flash floods in various parts of Singapore.

Callers to the MediaCorp hotline reported flooding in areas such as Cuscaden Road, Hillcrest Road, Eng Neo Avenue, Sennett Estate near Potong Pasir, MacPherson, Toa Payoh, and Balestier.

They also reported fallen trees caused by the downpour and gusty wind.

Parts of Orchard Road were also reported to be affected by flooding, especially along the stretch of Tanglin Mall.

Two lanes along Bukit Timah Road and the slip road of the Kranji Expressway towards Woodlands were impassable to traffic.

National water agency PUB said various areas in the central and western parts of Singapore were hit by flooding. It advised the public to be careful on these roads.

Drivers were advised to avoid these roads.

In a statement at 12.15pm, PUB said the flash floods reported earlier along Bukit Timah Road (the stretch from Blackmore Road to Maplewood Road) and Dunearn Road (from Rifle Range Road to Yarwood Road) as well as at Orchard Road (Cuscaden Road - at the Tanglin/Tomlinson Road junction and Tanglin/Napir Road junction) had subsided.

These roads are now passable to traffic.

In Bukit Timah, the management committee of Tessarina condominium told MediaCorp that residents were alerted by a siren on Sunday morning when the Bukit Timah canal burst its banks.

Many drove their cars out of the basement to higher grounds. The flood barrier at the condominium was also activated as a preventive measure.

The condominium was one of the places badly affected by previous floods.

Video link on the flood below:

http://youtu.be/f7hiAwVpx6Y


http://youtu.be/QmfitUVcE4s



Monday, June 6, 2011

^^ T-I-R-E-D ^^

I'm tired.... I felt so exhausted. Perhaps due to the deprive of sleep that I've been through yesterday night & recently. I slept for a few hours & stay awake the whole day. Right now I kinda feel sleepy but still thinking of updating my blog with perhaps the shortest post ever. Hoping that after this, I might be able to have a good night sleep.


Honestly speaking, my back's hurts. I can even start to feel that my entire body is aching all over. A good night sleep is all that I need. Hopefully this aching pain shall go away soon. The sooner the better. I need to build up on my stamina. A little bit of walking around had caused me to be exhausted. Stamina deteriorated long ago since I stop exercising many years ago.

I'm ending this for now. Till the next time. Adios!



    

Sunday, June 5, 2011

June..... My Guilt

It's already June. Half the year had past. Ermmm...Time flies real quick. Sometimes I just couldn't imagine half the year had already gone. There's so many things yet to be accomplish. Been busy lately. Trying to keep up with those uncomplete things. I need to improve on my organisation skills. Time management is tough.

I have yet to arrange for a meet up with my "long time" friend. Couldn't find the perfect time. Despite being unemploy, even my weekdays are almost taken. Sorry babe. I knew I said to arrange for meet up  a.s.a.p but I can't find the right time. Hopefully by July, I can meet up with you. I feel guilty if didn't keep up with what was plan. (Despite the person I'm refering to never knew about the presence of my blog, I still leave a msg for her)

In about 8-weeks time, it will be the start of Ramadhan(fasting month). Yet, I still have about a week of fasting to cover up. By hook or by crook, by July, I need to complete all the uncomplete "fasting" that was left last year. I need to be consistent this time round.  I look at the calander, 1st August - day 1 of Ramadhan. 30 Aug - Hari Raya Aidilfitri. This year the fasting days is only 29-days unlike the usual 30-days of fasting.

I'll end this for now. There's still some pending post to be publish & complete. I have no idea when I'll be able to publish them. Perhaps one day, everything shall be completed. Adios readers....

*Remember a smile is all it takes to cheer up the day. Keep smiling ♥

♥ D'Lytez ♥