Floods are happening here and there in Malaysia, especially parts that are rural. A Twitter user named @farysnordyn, shared his journey going back from Kota Kharu to Kuala Lumpur.
The roads were already flooded when they were heading back, but there were two encounters of it – on the first one, the bus driver managed to drive through it, but the second encounter seemed dangerous, and they had to make a U-Turn to take an alternative road.
From the confidence gained on the first flooded road, the bus driver decided to go through it, thinking that it would work like it did the first time – but unfortunately, it didn’t.
“With the confidence, we had during our encounter with the first flooded road, our bus decided to go through it once again. And tada!!!!! We are suddenly floating guys,” he quoted in one of his tweets.
Panic began as the lights and A/C went off, then the first deck was starting to get filled up with water. Everyone saved themselves by going to the second deck of the bus.
The firefighters came in just in time to aid them, and the bus had also stopped near a mosque. Everyone took shelter there.
In the mosque, there were other families that are stranded from the flood from the day before. Waking up, he saw the bus’s first deck completely submerged in water.
The people from the mosque helped feed the people stranded there, including him and his friend.
Around 4 pm, the water started to recede and it was time to retrieve back the luggage. the young man got back his luggage, though most of his stuff is either ruined or dirty.
After the water receded some more, another bus awaits them on the other side of the road. As they prepare to head back, the locals prepared the food for their journey back.
They go to the bus, that’s on the other side of the road, with a boat, along with other people traveling with him.
After reaching the other side of the road, they rode on a police truck to get to the bus.
On their way to KL, they received police escort until they reached the TBS station.
Not only that, various things he learned during the flood that is:
1) When things get hard, don’t panic and smile through it. Be positive, think, act, and make A LOT of prayers.
2) We cannot live alone, we always gonna need each other. So always be kind to others
3) Be grateful for what you have right now, always.
4) Our plan isn’t always gonna work. There’s always gonna be obstacles. Allah is the best planner, so pray to Him.
5) Patience is key. Not knowing what’s gonna happen to us really tests us. So be patient and good things will come.
Source: @farysnordyn