This incident happened a week after the New Year. There was heavy downpour with exceptionally strong wind blowing. All of a sudden we heard a crashing sound behind my house. I was in the kitchen and I opened the back window to take a look. Somebody's roof has been blown off and one big piece landed on the back lane.
Hubby was busy closing the air-well windows in the 2nd hall which we used as dinner hall. Suddenly water started pouring through the ceiling of the 2nd hall like a waterfall! Then it dawned on me that it was our roof that has gotten blown off! Quickly we shifted our dinning table away from the rain water pouring down from the ceiling. Thankful that the ceiling of the 2nd hall remained intact and suffered no damage.
We could only pray and wait for the to stop. Meanwhile, hubby called up the contractor and he promised to come over the next morning to see what he can do about it. Our prayer was there will be no rain until our roof has been fixed and that the contractor will be able to fix our roof.
The rain finally stopped about an hour later and the mopping work started. We went behind our house to retrieve the blown off piece of our roof and we noticed that another piece had landed on the roof above our kitchen.
That was the damage done to the roof over the air-well. A few of our neighbours' roof were also affected. Thank God, the damages were not serious and everything was fixed within a short time.
After that, everything was quiet and peaceful. We thank God that there was no injuries except for some minor damages to our roof.
That evening, we went to a nearby restaurant for a light Indian dinner. Hubby ordered roti telur or Indian bread with egg added. It was served with various curry gravy.
I ordered a capati (Indian bread) with spicy sambal.
Our dinner for that eventful evening.
Next morning, the sky was nice and clear.
As usual, we went for our morning walk and after that, we still had time for breakfast.
Hubby's breakfast - pig's stomach with white radish noodle.
My breakfast - pork noodle with fried lard floating in the soup.
Saw this electric bike outside the coffee shop after our breakfast.
Linking this to Happy Tuesday.
Contractor putting back one of the flown off roof piece.
Thank God the contractor and his worker did a good job in fixing our roof and made sure that all were securely fixed.
Another contractor fixing our neighbour's roof. Some of her roof tiles got blown off.
Within a few hours everything was fixed.
That afternoon I went to Mr. DIY store and found this anti-oil splatter.
Testing out the anti-oil splatter when I fried some fishes. It is not very effective because the mesh were not closely knitted enough. Some oil still got splattered through the mesh.
The quiet words of the wise are more effective
than the ranting of a king of fools
(Ecclesiastes 9:17, The Message-MSG)
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The following pictures (from the National Museum) are for joining Tuesday's Treasures.
Mural of Admiral Hang Tuah, a legendary Malay warrior well known in the Malay kingdom of Melaka. He achieved the title of Laksamana.
Betel Set - includes 5 small containers, a box for sirih (betel-vine leaves) and a pair of gold-plated betel-nut scissors. 2 of the small containers have lids and are shaped like mangosteens. The containers are used to hold the materials for taking betel, namely betel nuts, gambler, tabacco, cloves and lime. The sirih box is for keeping the betel-vine leaves so that the whole set will be organized and tidy.
Linking to Happy Tuesday & Tuesday's Treasures.
