As I was taking the pusat jeep back to MSU, dark clouds loomed and threatened my arrival there with a downpour.
When it rains, it pours. Right on top of Kampong Fatima and MSU.
The jeep came right in the middle of the party. Because the mostly MSUan passengers didn't want to risk getting drenched, they negotiated the driver to take them to the road leading to the west gate. When we got to the intersection of that road, this scene unfolded at us:
Road or river? You decide.
There was no road. In its place was a torrent of water. Don't let the small picture deceive you, the torrent seemed so powerful, even the jeep drivers were intimidated to cross it.
The smooth current you see is the actual concrete road drowned in the torrent; the flood is eating away at the sides. It ends at this intersection and so the water tumbles down like some kind of mini-waterfalls. An unsuspecting moped from upstream can send driver and passenger plunging face first into the murky waters if he doesn't look to carefully.
Torrent in slow motion
Zone officials(?) trying to put rocks in order for vehicles to cross easier.
This trisikad guy decides to cross. He made it.
There were few people there because of the downpour. A little while later, school's out and people were now trying to go home. Kids were testing the torrent. A stranded schoolgirl decides to take her chances to wade the river home.
Before long, the MSUans on the jeep got fed up with waiting for the floods to subside. And so they too dared the torrent. At least the rain was out and the current was a little weaker now.
I was stranded a bit longer, before I hailed a moped to take me to the MSU jeeps - this time with little thought on setting down in MSU itself. It was 5:30 when I reached home.
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