Yesterday evening's big thunderstorm

It was a roaring thunderstorm yesterday evening over here in parts of the Klang valley.

We just had our dinner and korkor asked me why the lightning made the thundering sound. I frowned a bit and honestly answered I do not know (dang! don't that always make you feel stu...)

I was just about to tell him to google it up when he pointed out from his big book of "I Wonder Why" on a page of just about everything you probably wouldn't know or hadn't thought of wanted to know about lightning.

Ooh... I was so enlightened! I felt a sense of achievement when I read that paragraph about just the answer to his question. He asked me "You mean you really do not know why ah?" I frankly admitted yes, I do not know. Then I told him the answer is just right over here. He said he couldn't understand it, and I had the pleasure to explain to him what it meant.

He then counted the seconds of a lapse between a lightning and the sound and told me that the lightning was 1 km away. Apparently, 3 seconds lapse meant the distance of the lightning is roughly about that. This little guy is really a science guy. Interested in all science and facts stuffs. I feel proud that he's absorbing all these info and knowledge.

Then later, just when we were about to go for his tuition class, we were greeted with a fallen big tree that blocked the whole of the only road out of our condo. Some cars parked at the side of the road were smashed and I went down to check it out. There was no way anyone could drive in or out. It was a very ugly sight but I was so glad noone was hurt and we were safely at home when the big bad thunderstorm was happening.

Made a U-turn back, happily read some of the new books we acquired and tucked them to bed earlier into the night. I needed an excuse to skip going out and it was the very good reason for me to do so.