During the December holidays last year, we took a trip to Malacca to visit some friends and relatives for the Christmas season. We decided to stay there for a week so that we could also visit some of the other states in the country as well. We set off on a sunny morning to beat the jam at the Causeway Link that connects Singapore to Malaysia.
When we arrived at Malacca, the burning ball of fire in the sky was scorching hot, blazing down on us. We managed to tour around the city, shopping at the big malls there, finding the best offers we could buy. We went sightseeing in Malacca for two days, visiting the historical places like Christ Church and St John's Fort.
On the third day, the day we planned to go to Penang, it was raining cats and dogs. Within an hour, the city was flooded with water up to the knee-level. Many of the pedestrians who wore long pants had them folded up to prevent them getting wet but to no avail. Even those with umbrellas and raincoats were drenched because of the heavy downpour. The fields in the rural area became massive lakes. It was impossible to drive around town as we were frantically helping our relatives to drain as much water from their houses as possible. However, our efforts bore no fruit. We heard that large areas of Malaysia were struck with the same unfortunate disaster too. Our trip was a disaster due to the flood. Our plans did not materialise and we set off for home once the floods subsided. It was a lousy holiday but the flood opened my eyes to the tragedy that it could cause.
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