State-wide Blackout August 9, 2008
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This evening at around 6.40 p.m. we experienced a black-out. I thought it was a usual one. Then after waiting for more than 15 minutes I send my friends short messages asking them whether they experience any power failure in their places out there. My brother in-law, Jonny, who lives in Kuching told me that they did experienced one; a cousin of mine in Sarikei replied the same. After dinner, I picked my computer and logged-in to my favourite forum – forum.engkabang.net, just to know more about the power failure. Yes, the people in the forum talked a lot about the power failure, from Kuching to Miri. Here is tonight’s new I had manage to read from the forum:
MIRI: A state-wide power cut in Sarawak on Saturday evening saw the blackout affect more than two million people over a distance of 1,000km from Kuching to Miri.
Cities and towns in the state were plunged into total darkness causing massive chaos as everybody was caught by surprise.
The power failure started in Kuching at about 6.30pm Saturday and rapidly spread northward to Sibu then to Miri by 7.30pm.
Deputy chief minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam when contacted by The Star confirmed that it was a blackout that seemed to have affected the main power grid.
“We (the state government) want to find out the source of the blackout. We need to know exactly what has triggered this massive state-wide blackout.
At 8.30pm Saturday the cause of the incident is still unknown.
Dr Chan, who is the state Industrial Development Minister, said that the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) is in the midst of trying to re-connect the power supply as soon as possible.
The state authority hopes that the people remain calm.
Meanwhile, thousands of people who were caught up in the massive traffic jam and in commercial complexes were reportedly evacuated without any incidents so far.
Source : The Star
Waiting Anxiously August 6, 2008
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Since I sat for the final papers in April this year, I have been preparing for my convocation which is due on the 24th August. Am very excited and anxious. What else could I say. It’s a once in a life time experience. I will be accompanied by my wife, my younger children – Trevor, Timothy and Theophilus (all school going). Theodore was not included as he now has his own family to look after. Same goes to Fionula who had just being employed by the college where she obtained her certificate in front office recently. She is now working as a part-time tutor there. All these days, my laptop was used to surf the varsity’s portal to keep myself updated of the matter on convocation and graduation. A few weeks ago I have booked for five air tickets and two double-bed rooms to accommodate my family and I. That’s what I called ‘anxious’. I made all the bookings and purchases online – a way of doing business which I really ‘hate’ to do. It’s a phobia really. I fear that the business would be fraud of some kind. But any way, both the flight and rooms bookings were ‘clean’. From today, my family and I are waiting for the trip.
