I was out for a meeting yesterday evening in the Wisma UOA II area of Kuala Lumpur. Anyone who knows the area will know that there are 2 open space car parks serving the buildings where office workers and visitors alike park their cars.
There was a torrential downpour yesterday as it happens in KL these days and this was the sight that greeted my eyes as I parked my car up on a slope.
The neighbouring car park was flooded! The water was rising and all the cars parked there were slowly and surely getting wet. I’ve had water enter my previous car before. It smells like wet dog for months afterwards and you never really ever get rid of the smell. That is, if you can even drive it after all the water has flooded the engine.
Like everyone else, I stood under my umbrella-ella-ella (!) and gawked and being a blogger, quickly whipped out my trusty phone camera (Oh! My camera phone! What shall I do without thee?!) and snapped a couple of pictures. Thankfully, I have a colleague who is fast cottoning on to the fact that any strange or not so strange event has me merrily snapping away so I was not rushed 
Here is a before and after picture of the same car park at almost the same angle 2 hours later:-
The water subsided quickly and the rain had stopped 2 hours later. But the mess was not over for I saw many people staring at their cars in horror. I don’t know how many of them managed to get their cars drivable to go home that night. That red Satria was badly hit because it is so low. I’m sure the water was all the way in the car already and the electrics must have short circuited for the alarm was blaring away with lights flashing. The owner was also nowhere to be seen. Maybe he was still unaware of what happened.
I dread to think of the hassle with insurance and repair costs that will follow.
On another car related note, look at what I was tailing this morning on the way to work:-
Excuse me? How does one see out of the rear windscreen with that flower arrangement right in the middle of it all? Elaborate flower arrangements belong on a table or sideboard or at the very least, in a HOUSE!!
A car, no matter how comfy and how much it costs, is not a house. Isn’t there a law against blocking the view from your rear windscreen or something?
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yes, there is a law saying you should not block your windows from clear vision…but see lah the number of noObs that don’t understand English…I’ve seen CURTAINS (rod railing and all!) put up in car windows before – too much too much!!
lol at last pic. have u seen snow white & the 7 dwarfs? i think they were pretty popular at one time.
you almost taken my car in the first photos..hahah
your picture more ‘breaking’
Beetrice: If there isn’t there better be one soon! This was nutso.
Kimberlycun:Yes I’ve seen them hanging on the rear windscreen or on the front. Both equally dangerous!
Clive: Wow! You were affected? Hope it wasn’t too bad!
Oh! I know that carpark! Didn’t know the storm was so bad… I was safe and dry indoors in my office!
That maroon/red satria looks like the one I used to drive. The flood was HORRIBLE! Gosh…and yes, I cannot stand people putting knick knacks in the back of their cars too….soft toys included. Poor lil soft toys have to bask in the sun
Lucky you chose a good high spot. Else it’ll b ‘Water water insdie out’.
Kinda looked like Jakarta there huh. Flood water is the nastiest water there is. Full of germs and all bad stuff flowing here and there.
Yeah I am not a trinket person too. I was when I had my first car. But not anymore. You can’t even find tissue in my car now. Oh wait … that is just plain lazy huh
Rinnah: Glad you were safe and dry and importantly so was your car!
Giddy Tigress: LOL yes I know. I feel so sorry for the poor faded toys peering out the back windows!
Tummythoz: Ah yep! I got lucky!
Andie: Your car sounds like mine. There’s nothing in it and nothing much on the windscreen that defines me as a person too!
You remember that Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me? I think it was that movie with the white Lotus Esprit that turned into a submarine.. Yes… Complete with missiles and sonar. Who needs rear windows when you got a periscope?
My car has nothing that indicates it’s a girl’s car. I can’t stand those cars which have like a collection of teddy bears, cushions (seriously, what the hell are the cushions for if they’re at the rear window, and not on the seats?), flowers, etc at the back. Not to mention it’s extremely dangerous because it blocks your view when driving. Also if you put anything heavy there, when you make a sudden stop, it can fly out and hit you.
Gah. I don’t understand people at times.
LB: LOL! What an apt description for both situations!
Tine: I’m with you. I don’t get it either. My car is empty except for umbrellas and practical stuff like newspapers or mags for when I get bored in a traffic jam. Otherwise, nothing tells you if its a girl car or a boy car.
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