Mudslide hits thousands of houses in Sidoarjo, Surabaya !

Wow.. Natural disaster, they dug and hit... MUD! Drowned 16 'kampungs' here and now flooded with rain water. Terrible.. just terrible. Happened just early this month. Read more below...

Mudslide hits thousands of houses in SidoarjoSurabaya (ANTARA News 11/02/2008) - A mudslide flooded thousands of houses at Besuki village in the East Java district of Sidoarjo on Sunday.Prayitno, a victim from the village, said that around 1,453 families have been forced to evacuate after their homes were inundated by the hot mud.He said the level of hot mud had reached over one meter in their houses and therefore they had to flee to safer areas but there were no makeshift tents nor adequate logistic support for them.The mudslide began early on Sunday evening when an embankment burst after days of torrential rains and strong winds.Meanwhile, Sidoarjo Mud Management Board (BPLS) spokesman, Sunarso, said effort to repair the damage was hampered by the speed and force of the mudslide which surged into the village."Anyway, the BPLS has to make every effort to overcome the mud from flowing into larger area," Sunarso said. (*)
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Arrival in Jakarta.. land of many cars!

:) I just uploaded these photos from my camera. So much better from my camera phone photos right? Amazing! 8 BLOCKS on 'Mal Tmn Anggrek', Jakarta. They said that they could feel the floor shake whenever there is an earthquake.. haha, and i'm living on Block 6 21st floor unit C. It's only half the height. If i'm not mistaken, there are over 45 floors there! *gulp*

Working in Indonesia...

Oh well, the traffic JAM is as BAD as Manila. That's about all i want to say about it... sigh! Anyway, I'm staying on top of this HUGE shopping complex call Mal Taman Anggrek. There are 8 towers of 40 over floors high apartments on TOP of this HUGE ass building. As you can in the photo, the shopping 'Mal' is not bad.

There is a photo of my room in the apartment and the other photos is my 'cubicle with a view' at the office. haha.. only looking out at the traffic condition.

Well, i'm headed off to East Jawa (Surabaya) for more work tomorrow morning for 10 days. Hopefully will get a chance to get online there...

Here we go again!

Looks like it's travelling time again :) After nearly 4 months of supporting the local project with U Mobile, I'm heading off to Jakarta! Massive NTS project happening over there and i'm required to stay in Indonesia for at least a few months! I'm coming back to KL at the end of March though.. so, stay tuned for more updates in my blog for hopefully some interesting posts :)