How's the Water?

At least the crisis about water had died down and the talk about town was the petrol hike last night. And the talk was loud, the natives were restless, the barbs traded in Facebook were pretty vicious, some civilised, but some less so.

All in all, the hike was seen coming, with the devaluation of Ringgit against the US Dollars. It was just unavoidable. Just a matter of time. But the main beef was the domino effect that it created. Some unscrupulous party would use this as an excuse either to gain political mileage or help service their profit margin.

One hope that the hike would not double the price of my teh tarik or roti canai. And the pay for the middle class would incrementally go up accordingly as well. On a personal note, I have no choice but to use my car.

No Water

The water shortage fever had finally hit us at Gombak. We ran out of water this afternoon prompting a call from Anita earning me about it. But it was too much of hassle turning round to have a shower at the apartment before returning home with the traffic jam and all.

And with the water shortage, we had to have dinner outside as well. Double hassle on a school night. That meant picking the boys up from their Quran class and drive out to get food. By the time dinner was done, it would be 9 already. And we would pray then that the water would be back so that I can have a shower.

Well, we were still out since the boys didn't touch their food at the restaurant earlier - the food was bad. We were now waiting for pizza, in the car waiting for the order. I was sure I would head straight to bed once I was done with the shower ....