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Dear Diary,

While rearranging pictures in my laptop, I stumbled upon pictures of flood that hit Kedah in November 2010. My sweet little brother must have copied them from my father’s laptop. Thanks a bunch dear : P

It was reported to be the worst flood in Kedah’s history. As far as I can recall, it sure was the worst because never in my 30 something years of living saw such tragedy struck my hometown. A case in point is my parents’ house. We’ve been living in that house for over 2 decades. Never ever water rises in my neighborhood even if flash flood occurred in some other places in town for example roads near State Museum and Sri Maha Mariamman Devasthanam Temple. However, last November for the first time my house was surrounded with water. The lawn, backyard and both sides of the house were submerged with flood. Luckily the water did not get inside the house.

There were people who were not so lucky though. Thousands of people had to abandon their homes and stayed at relief centers. Thousands worth of properties were either damage or lost. Authorities are still pointing fingers as to what trigger the flood. Maybe it is Allah’s way to remind us humans to better preserve our environment. Sometimes we forget this Earth is fragile and we tend to take things for granted.