It has been a sad week so far. In the last week, 3 students from a primary school lost their lives in a botched up el cheapo bridge that spans across the shallow Sungai Kampar. Despite being shallow, school children, are usually small and short, plus a flow of strong currents would mean, there is hardly chance for survival in they fall inside the river. These children were sent to the campsite to participate in the 1Malaysia activity. Even under such a major event, the organisers failed to take care of the little children and preventing them from such catastrophe. It was just a shame!
Further reading of the Kampar River incident is listed here.
The Star - Kampar River Tragedy
Pictures are on this page.
The Star - Kampar River tragedy picture gallery
As of yesterday (Sunday), another tragedy has happened. This time it involved 3 students from UTAR. It happened in a picnic spot/waterfall area called Batu Berangkai. I took pictures of the area last year and it is located at the bottom of this page
Pictures of the Batu Berangkai waterfall taken in 2008
It is most unfortunate for them that this has happened. Locals would know that, if it rains, it is better you do not swim at all. It is dangerous, as the underwater currents can sweep you away. If that doesn't, the sudden gush of water from top to bottom, would kill you. Sadly, lives has been taken away in this incident and nothing could change that. A lot of people have passed away in the past, primary and secondary schoolchildren drowned because they did not know the dangers in the waterfall, though it has never been sensationalised till the recent Sungai Kampar incident. I guess Kampar is heading for a string of disaster. No one has seen it coming.
Kampar - Batu Berangkai Waterfall tragedy
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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hey there..i couldn't find a cbox...that's why leaving msg here...thanks for your comment...
and thnaks for your luck..but touch wood..haha..i'm not one of them...just hope that my friends will get through it nia
no problem, just found ur comment on james' cbox. good to know u did well, lots of tragedy happening in kampar lately, seems like a string of bad luck if you tell me
yea... seems like lots of things happen lately, sigh.
yea..i did leave comment there, and some ppl simply use his name to leave comment at my place, these ppl just don't know how to resepect the deceased.
well, thats the disadvantage of the c-boxes, there is no verification or whatsoever to identify who actually wrote that and all. it leaves lots of oppurtunities to spammers. realising that your name is aries_gal, are you by any chance born in the aries horoscope? cos i am too, if thats what you are :)
yea..I am..haha...or else I don't think I would call myself Aries..hehe..
nice to meet you
lol why not, aries is the brightest creature in the horoscope, haha, its still a name befitting you i think or least i think it is cool enough! anyways, i assume your in the new town
Nope...haha... but i do always go to new town... Ghany i smy second home..wakak...
im staying in east lake..what about u?
i stay in old town, haha, so how is east lake like, never been there. wanna hang out soon? hahah
never been to east lake??how come?
what about tesco??
i have been to there, just not inside the housing area. perhaps you can show me around though, that be nice of you
heya...yup...i wouldn't have known it's you if you didn't ask me..haha..
don't know where should i leave my comment..ahha
no problems, since ur working here, perhaps we can keep up sometime, haha, hope ur job was fun
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