Look at the front page of the Straits Times today. The entire stretch of Bukit Timah road was flooded!

And I was in it.

I was on 171 going to school for debate from calligraphy class, and as we neared Bukit Timah road, I was thinking that I was never going to get there on time. I mean, some bus stops were inaccessible, the bus couldn't turn in because the rain had already caused the water level to rise to where the bus stop seat was. The seats that I saw were those that were on 'stilts', as in they were risen up from the ground by some poles. And the water level was such that if you sat normally on it, everything that dangled off the seat would be soaked.

As we neared the MG bus stop, I was wondering whether I should get off, because every single bus stop was flooded. It was knee high at several parts, and ankle high at others. I saw the canal overflow onto the road, and I was stunned. In six years of schooling at RGPS (down the road, near the canal) and two at MG, I'd never seen the canal overflow.

There were HwaCh and NJ students on the buses and fortunately their stops were accessible, and it wasn't flooded. The bus driver managed to go right up to the stop so they didn't really get wet. But as for my stop? No way.

Then some guy walked past me on the way to the door on the bus, and I didn't think anything of it, until Amaris (my senior) walked past and said 'Hi Ka Onn'. So now I had two comrades to get to school with! Ah well, the more the merrier!

So now the bus driver decided that it was impossible to stay in the normal section of the road (the MG side) and turned out onto the road section on the right. It was just a slight turn, and the interesting thing was that we ended up right opposite the MG bus stop.

So we (our party of three) decided to get off the bus. So we took off our shoes (I had a plastic bag!) and waded out into the water. At first the water was ankle high when we got out of the bus. Then as we crossed the road to get to MG bus stop, it became shin high for me. At certain parts it became almost knee high.

And the odd thing was that since Amaris had longer legs and managed to walk faster (something about wading through water faster in longer steps), the guy (turned out to be Avery, an AC rep) was second, and then there you have me, safely and slowly plodding through the almost knee high water. And at points Avery looks back to ask if I'm alright since I'm not just behind him, I'm two metres away, and I was trying to convince him to look after Amaris instead.

Like, I'm fine... And I will be anyway...
(even if I fall into a pool of muddy water)

So we get to MG. Amaris is surprisingly dry. (She's wearing a dress.) Avery is half wet. His jeans are half wet, and his shirt is somewhat in the same state.

And as for me, I'm around half wet. My skirt is wet. Like, wet. Front and back. Then the shirt isn't really wet at all.

-_-"

Ah well. If I'm caught in that kind of situation again...I'M ALL FOR IT!

:DD