Havoc in Melbourne

Havoc, the most suitable word to suit what happened in Melbourne this morning. I never really understood the true meaning of havoc till this morning. It was like a state-wide blackout. The rain was incessant last night, keep pouring through the night. This lead to the flooding of many suburban areas in Melbourne. Strong gales uprooted many trees, which fell on major roads, railways and power lines. haha, that's what i call major chaos. The whole of Melbourne was slowed down this morning. People took up to 4 hours trying to get to work. All modes of transports were affected: train, bus, car and tram. haha... Some trees fell on the power lines, this cut off the power supply to many trains. Thus, many trains had to be cancelled this morning, forcing thousands of people to find another mode of transport to get to their destinations. Many trees fell on major and minor roads, thus, some buses and trams were heavily delayed. In addition to that, all the thousands of train commuters had to take buses and trams instead of trains, so all the buses and trams were fully packed. And i really mean FULLY-PACKED. Literally like a can of sardines. As for cars, major roads were blocked by huge tree trunks, and much of the traffic was directed on one or two other roads that weren't affected. haha, so there was serious traffic jams. One of my friends, Matthew, was stuck in a jam for 3 hours.

I was fortunate. Thank God! When Jerusha and i got to the station, we saw shocked faces on many commuters at the train station. We panicked even more when we realised that the train service was cancelled and that we would be extremely late for school. My mum brought us to another station on another line which wasn't affected. And i really couldn't believe it, i got to school right on time, 8.30am. haha, the school bell rang the moment i got to my class. However, there were only 5 students there, the rest were all caught up with transportation problems. haha! That's was i call havoc. Never experienced anything like that before. This would never EVER happen in the high-tech, and extremely efficient transportation system in Singapore. Really miss SG. haha!

Getting home was much worse, but i don't want to recount it...it'll only take too long. haha, anyways, i was at Nunawading train station. My mum picked me up and brought me to Westfield, a big shopping complex. Guess why? To get presents for two of her best friends...haha, i got some presents for the both of them as well. Not gonna divulge any secrets right now...don't wanna spoil the suspense. haha!