Tragedies in Kampar for the past one week

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

Honda S600 Body updates #6

The hood/bonnet is ready and the super rust on the left of the car body is being patched up. Good job on the car done by these guys. They are highly skilled and recommended for restoration projects.

Honda S600 Body updates #5

More holes! God, thank god the welder has chipped out the old rusty part of the body and replaced it with a new one. Look at how innovate the welder tries to duplicate the looks of the bonnet, A+ stuff going on here

Honda S600 Body updates #4

More rusts! Grrr, thank god the welder is doing his best to connect the dots, look at the job he has made. He takes an average of one day just to seal a hole. Talk about enthusiasm

Honda S600 Body updates #3

Car being taken apart with the hood/bonnet reshaped and relined! God damn, these are master metal smiths at work! Precision and they really know what they are doing

Honda S600 Body updates #2

So they set out to remove the headlamps the next day and the headlamps rim was jammed up by a rusted screw. So they took the cutter and cut through a hole on the screw and plying it out with a flat head screwdriver. Ingenious aye?

Honda S600 Body updates #1

Car is undergoing lots of body and parts removal. Check out how the car was defaced and reconstructed. This car is definitely going through a lot of plastic surgery and its only 1/4 done even for these past 2 weeks.