Major Landslide In Bukit Antarabangsa

Alhamdulillah, me and my family are safe from the disaster even though the affected area is just next to our residential area.

Though we were stranded on that day with no electricity and water supply as the only access road to get out was and still blocked by the landslide.

When the electricity was cut off in the early morning, we only thought that as a normal blackout and continued to sleep as usual as we didn't hear the loud explosion. But at around 5 in the morning, we kept hearing people chattering and running and also the sound of helicopters passing through the sky above our rooftop.

It was pitch black as the whole area beyond and above Taman Mewah had no electricity but my dad, as usual, was curious, so with a torchlight, he went out to check out what was happening.

After my dad found out about the incidence, my mum woke all of us up. We all went to the affected place which is just 500 meters away from Taman Bukit Jaya. We only saw it from the side view as we were not allowed to go nearer and thought only 4 bungalows involved but we were completely wrong about it as 14 bungalows were actually destroyed, including my mum's friend's house.

Lucky for my mum's friend, the whole family managed to run out for their life when they first heard the explosion.

Being stranded in our own home felt like we were in World's Apart. For the first time in many years I eventually felt how slow time was flying.

After few times trying to connect to the wireless net, finally, we managed to get online in order to get the actual news about the incidence and only then, we realised we were in a great danger and started packing our important stuff. (Before that my mum even cooked breakfast and did some house chores, that shows how clueless we were).

Later, my auntie informed us in the phone that my 8-month-pregnant -auntie who lives in the Oakland Condominium was shifted out by a helicopter. It was shown on tv and we missed it. Cis!

By 2 in the evening, people started moving out of that place by jungle trekking. My dad decided to stay in for one night at first but then he was advised to move out. So, just imagine, all of us (not to forget, my cat and hundreds of people), with heavy backpacks had to hike up a muddy, steepy hill. Thank God all of us had the experience of hiking during our Mount Kinabalu trip. Thus, it wasn't that bad.

We managed to get out by the time it started raining. Lucky us.

Anyway, we currently stay at my auntie's place and while waiting for the cleaning process to get done, we're flying to Indon tomorrow.

Thanks anyway to those who called us, texted us in order to check our safety.

And I feel sorry for those who have just lost their beloved ones. May them rest in peace.