My Dad just got back and told me he heard over the radio that there will be no water supply till Sunday. My whole family has not showered, there’s 7kilo worth of dirty laundry in the washing machine, pile of dirty dishes and only half a kettle of drinking water left. The tap was dry by 11am this morning. Why wasn’t the announcement made yesterday or earlier?
This is so terrible I don’t even know how to begin to describe it. We have a dinner function to attend tonight and we certainly don’t feel very confident now (so glad this didn’t happen before PPS Bash!). I’m milking my brains dry trying to visualise a way to ration the remaining water to 5 family members who are sticky, sweaty and pissed. And I’m having my freakin’ menses too *breathing in, breathing out*
To Khir Toyo: Greetings to your mother. Selangor is far from being a developed state. I don’t know how you have the audacity to declare a state with blackouts and water cut at least thrice a month a developed state? Here’s a suggestion, why don’t you go back to fixing teeth instead? It’s a good career, I had aspired to become a dentist too! On second thought…maybe you sucked at that too?
++ Update ++
I took the liberty to paste the official announcement from SYABAS, as I have personally experienced how difficult it is to load its website.
“PENGUMUMAN GANGGUAN BEKALAN AIR WILAYAH: GOMBAK/HULU SELANGOR DAN KUALA LUMPUR Gangguan bekalan air ini di Wilayah Gombak/Hulu Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur akan berlaku pada 25 Jun 2005/Sabtu – dari jam 10.00 malam hingga 12.00 tengahari keesokan harinya, 26 Jun 2005/Ahad.
Gangguan ini disebabkan oleh kerja-kerja membaiki kerosakan injap kupu-kupu bersaiz 1200mm di Wangsa Maju Booster Pump Station.
Pengguna-pengguna adalah dinasihatkan supaya menyimpan bekalan air yang mencukupi sepanjang tempoh yang disebut di atas. Segala kesulitan amatlah dikesali dan diharapkan pengguna bersabar dan keadaan akan beransur pulih seperti sedia kala. Sekiranya terdapat kawasan yang masih belum menerima air seperti masa yang dijangkakan, silalah menghubungi talian bebas tol 1 800 88 5252 atau atau hantarkan sms ke 39222 dengan menaip : PUSPEL untuk tindakan susulan.”
If you don’t understand Bahasa Malaysia, basically it means there’ll be water cut in Wilayah Gombak/Hulu Selangor and Kuala Lumpur from Saturday 10pm to Sunday 12pm due to repair work for butterfly valves (direct translation :P) the size of 1200mm at Wangsa Maju Booster Pump Station. You’re advised to collect water for use during the water cut. Be patient. If the water supply has not recovered on expected time, call tol free number 1 800 88 5252 or sms 39222 by typing PUSPEL.
I think my area got punk’d.
