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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rearranging the furniture again & visiting flooded areas

 Everytime nak sambut orang baru, we had to buy some new furnitures & rearrange the old ones. Siap mengecat feature walls lagi! Saje nak kelainan. Nak sambut raya pun tak macam tu coz we all tak raya kat rumah :-)
 Last week, we have been busy tidying up the house. Bought a new bedroom set for the princesses with 8' x 8' wardrobe. Ha! Boleh sumbat macam2 dlm wardrobe tu including mama's expanding clothes.. Hikhik.Yang tak nak guna boleh bg kat org lain yg nak guna. Once in a while time mood rajin I spring cleaned our clothes to be given away. Tak le menyemak our wardrobes & made other people happy too. Sesetengah baju tu esp hubby's ada yang pakai skali je. Dia dah tak nak pakai. So, mmg baru le lagi.
After dah 2-3 mlm mengemas rumah tu, then Hubby wat projek mengecat feature wall kat living room lak. This time we chose creme colour to change the old dark green one. Bagi nampak cerah sikit. So, living room nampak lapang le sikit. Mossies pun sure tak suka..:-)
 Then, on Sunday bila dengar berita kat Jitra banjir dah surut, we decided to go & have a look. Banjir this time memang teruk. Kat rumah mak tak banjir tapi mata air yang masuk. Jenuh gak mengelap air tu. We stopped by in Kepala Batas to visit some relatives' houses. Rumah mak chaq as usual was the worst. Air naik sampai bumbung. Masa we all pegi tu, my cousins tgh cuci lumpur2 & selut kat lantai. Hubby pun tolong gak mencuci. Kat rumah Pak Kechik & Pak Su dah dibersihkan cuma nak susun barang2 je. Masing2 sakit pinggang & keletihan. Rumah tok lang pun tengah cuci lantai but the low water presure made it slow to clean up.
 Masa ronda pekan Jitra, byk kedai tgh melelong barang2 yang kena air, mostly pakaian. Some were given free. Baju kurung sepasang RM10. Tudung2 RM0.50. Kasut2 sekolah RM1. Blankets were sold at RM3-5. Ramai yg ambik kesempatan cari brg lelong. Rasanya those yg rumah tak banjir kut. We all lalu je tak turun kereta pun.
 Tapi kedai2 runcit yg kesian. Brg2 byk rosak. Beras2 semua bloated boleh wat tepung. Beras kat BERNAS pun diaorang bagi free je utk sape2 nak bagi makan ayam etc. Kena air gak. Such losses.. Now kat Alor Star lak banjir tak clear lagi. Raya haji ni mmg ramai le orang Kedah & Perlis tak raya. Masing2 sibuk kemas rumah.

Banjir di Jitra



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