Currently, Malaysians' attention are drawn to the FLOOD disaster which hits the Borneo Sabah in particular areas. Based on the news, the flood in Kota Belud is getting worse as it was reported that the flood victims in the district have increased to more than 1,000 people comapred to 409 people as of 8 pm yesterday (12/12/17).
Not long before the disaster hit Sabah, the East Peninsular of Malaysia particularly Kelantan and Terengganu were also experiencing the same problem. Days of non-stop heavy rain led to heavy flood which had left hundreds of households badly affected by the flood. Since then, things were never the same. Things were falling apart. They did not get to sleep well on nice comfy bed, they did not get to enjoy decent meal, they brought smiles on their faces as the flood areas had become their playground at the expense of their lives. They kept waiting and the situation were seemed to never turn around in their favour.
I am Kelantanese. I lived in Machang. My town was as equally being badly affected by the flood as other villages and parts of Kelantan. Fortunately, being located on higher ground had left us unaffected by the flood. We were never got surrounded by water and the the situation was totally in control. In fact, as for me, the heavy rain was a blessing. I could never enjoy sleeping better than on rainy, cold, gloomy day. The weather was just perfect for me to go for a long hours of beautiful and sound sleep. However, seeing all the struggles that the people had to go through had got me thinking, "is a flood a disaster or rather a blessing?". This is the big question that keeps haunted me till today.
I might see it as a blessing. Indeed it was a blessing. Apart from having the luxury of long hours of beautiful sleep, I had the opportunity to learn an important lesson in life. Perhaps, the flood was there because some of us just hardly being grateful to God and being ignorant. Despite being pampered enough by God, we turned away from Him. We went against Him, disobeyed Him, and were sinful towards Him. We least remembered Him and were too busy went after the wealth in this temporary world. Now, we had to pay the price. Still, because of the Mercy of God, He did not take everything away from us. He still let us live another day just so to give some rooms for us to redeem our mistakes and repent.
I knew things were not the same. I might not get to imagine how difficult and challenging it was to be the shoes of those affected by the flood. Some of the were greatly traumatized by the disaster and still are not over it. They kept haunted by nightmares and definitely would take forever to fully get healed. I would like to extend my condolences to those affected. My thoughts and prayers are with them. May God turns the situation around and things would get better soon and fall into place. May those affected were blesses with the strength to face the difficulty. Keep going and shake off the negativity and never stop to move forward. You are not alone in this. Malaysians are together in lending a helping hand and would always come around to get their feed back on the ground. We are only one call away and should you need us, we will always be there. This is the true color of Malaysian.
