Tremors felt in Singapore after quake rocks Sumatra
Posted: 06 March 2007 1214 hrs

Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang, Indonesia at about 11.50am on Tuesday.

The epicentre was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore.

Tremors were also felt in many parts of Singapore.

Callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline said they felt tremors in areas such as Beach Road, Jalan Besar, Robinson Road, Shunfu and Toa Payoh.

Some buildings, like the Concourse at Beach Road, Capital Square and Centennial Tower in the city, and even Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Clementi, were evacuated.

Witnesses said several tall buildings in the central business district swayed slightly.

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Nope,i did not feel the tremors. My fren did. According to her,the tremors were so great that she felt giddy. Aiya,i haf NEVER felt the quake tremors before. Due to the fact that i lived in a housing estate that's built on solid rock. =)

Anyway,i got a shock of my life jus now. When i was having lunch at the hawker centre near my hse wif my mom,i saw a commotion nearby. Oh my god!!!!! There was an old woman whose right side of the head was BLEEDING PROFUSELY. OMG!!!!! There was really A LOT of blood. The right side of her blouse(in the front)was totally drenched wif her blood. My mom went over to check it out,to see if the old woman is under her charge. (My mom is in the social work line,caring for the elders,btw) Ok,she knew the old woman but she's not under my mom though. I gave an "EEE..." sound when my mom came back & told me how drenched wif blood the old woman was. =X But when i saw the old woman wif my own eyes,i was really :O at the sight. The poor old woman was sitting on the chair,looking numb & lost. A paramedic was stopping the blood flow wif a towel. Poor ah po. Dunno how she got injured. A hawker witnessed the incident said the old woman & another ah soh dunno-how bumped into each other and then the old woman knocked against sth,thus injuring her head. Oh dear,it's really a lot of blood. Muz be a very bad knock. I pray that the old woman will be alright. Buddha bless her. And i also wonder why nobody called the ambulance. The old woman lost a lot of blood,the consequences can be disastrous! Yet only a few paramedics came only. Quick sent her to hospital mah. Alamak.

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Tutee no 1 scored 60++ for her English,Maths and Science each. Only for Chinese did she get 83%. -.- And 83% is not that good. A only. Her Chinese is A* standard and she got A? Ahh~~~~ I have alr told her ytd that i will give her TONS of assignments to do for the March hols which starts this Sat. She promised me that she will work harder to get >250 for PSLE. Let's see whether she will keep her promise or not. *fingers crossed*

And tutee no 2 scored 19.5/50 for his English. Although i noe he's naturally weak in English,but still,it's still a lil bit upsetting to see him fail his CA1 English. He has been failing/passing-by-borderline English since p1 but he managed to score 67% for SA2 last yr;suddenly his English grade dropped so much again this time. And he noe it's bad la. He gave me a silly-and-bu hao yi si smile everytime i looked at him last night. I bet he didnt tell his mom that he failed English coz his mom only complained that he scored 29/50 for his Maths. I think she doesnt noe her son failed English again. And i oso told him that he will be doing a lot of catching up next wk during the hols. He went "HAH!!!" No choice,sweetie.

Ahh~ i LOVE buying assessment books for my tuition kids. And i will get to do that once again. BINGO!

And of course,do more but learn little wont work. Hmm,i muz find many more interesting ways to teach them liao.

This is gng to get so challenging.