Action...at last!

Tue 280910

Yup, ACTION...at last!! And yup, it was just 2 days ago that concrete drain structures were seen being unloaded at the far end of Lorong Teratai Jingga. Why?

It was presumed then and now confirmed that the pieces of pre-cast concrete U-shaped structures for a big drain were for repairing the collapsed section of the drain (For more info, pls refer to 24th March 2010 entry...TQ.) leading out to the main Western By-pass main road. To cut a long story short, we had heard "rumours" of a pending repair with an allocation of RM50k quite some months back, to alleviate the flash flood problems of our area. However, nothing "concrete" came out of that...

Until 2 days ago, that is!

Now...today...I could see an excavator and a couple of workers putting the pieces of pre-cast concrete in place...to replace the collapsed section of the drain there.

Pic on left shows the activity from a distance...from Lot 10, actually! Can you see the excavator? NB. With 5X digital zoom on my iPhone...

Well, what can I say? Except that now, hopefully, with the path cleared for rain water to flow out from our area, it would sound the end to our flash flood woes each & every time it rains heavily...even for just 30 minutes! Only time will tell...

And this shot is a close-up when me picked up enough courage to "investigate" further...haha!It, being the rainy season now (raining almost every evening!!), we should see some improvement with the "repair" although only in progress. Last night, the waters rose but did not proceed further than the rear wheels of our car in the porch! Normally, the waters would have reached our main house door...

Also yesterday & last night, me got not-so-good news about our good friend & colleague, Mr L. It appeared that he's not showing any signs of improvement after an ops to put a shunt to drain fluid from his brain earlier this month. And last night, they had to give him another blood transfusion as his haemoglobin level was pretty low.

We sincerely wish & pray that Mr L would, with God's blessings, overcome all odds and make a turn for the better...Stay strong & have faith, Mr & Mrs L !!

And, before I forget, a belated Happy Birthday to our son-in-law on his Bday yesterday (270910)!! It was good to hear that you & family had a great & special dinner to celebrate the occasion. Sincere apologies for being unable to be there in person to join you all, though...you know la...old man, old car, old body & all the rest... :(

Well, that was a longer post than I'd planned to make! Somehow me got carried away...hehe...

So have a great week, everyone!!