haze

9.41pm

hi guys! how are you all today? for those of you who are reading this and living in Singapore or Malaysia, I hope you will take care especially now that the stupid haze is back with vengeance! never muck around with mother nature I say. cant blame this totally on mother nature but in fact, blame the humans who are causing all this problems.

every year without fail, there will be a haze problem and it usually starts from Indonesia. plantations there start these fires because planting season is over(or started or whatever, hey, im no farmer therefore I don't bother much about understanding all these things..) and they need to clear land for new crops or whatnots. plus there's also illegal burning going on too. and then theres some folks  who would take this opportunity to burn as well since the others are already burning so they too jump on the bandwagon.

indeed this breathing in of smoke is really bad especially for those who are asthmatic,the elderly or even kids/babies. lets not forget about our furkids too. im in kuala lumpur right now and the haze has been pretty bad for the past few days. before coming here, Singapore was bad but I reckon kuala lumpur is worst off. here, take a look at this picture, so you'll know what I mean when I say its bad here.

there we go. that's the sunway lagoon theme park which is closed to the public due to the haze.  you cant even see the buildings in the distance. lots of hawker centres around the city especially those open aired ones are having bad business because not a lot of people are eating out lately and today, most schools  in and around kuala lumpur are closed too. im not sure when they are re opening though. some folks here are praying hard for rain to come. me too!! a thunderstorm or two would/could help some.

Singapore and Malaysia are trying to help Indonesia tackle this big problem but alas, there's "finger pointing" and "arrows" flying around on whose bloody fault it is, saying that some of these plantations there belong to either Malaysian and/or Singaporean companies etc  ..bla bla bla.. honestly all this is really sickening and irritating to me. now, would you believe if I told you that one country called another - "childish."  i mean can you beat that? and lately the citizens of Singapore are pretty fed up and are voicing out their anger and frustration to the government because, as I've said before, this time round the haze is so bad there. and I also must add that the winds blowing just isnt helping much. seems to be loitering around these parts. *look at my blank expression*

I've been in kuala lumpur about a week now and the situation hasn't really improved. certain parts of the country have been hit pretty badly like in the state of Johor where I think the highest reading of the psi was 700 over. imagine that wow! and in Singapore couple of days ago, was more than 300 over psi. as it is with the mark over 300 psi is BAD but 700 over psi, that's effing EVIL!! how do the people tolerate it I don't know. its totally hazardous to ones health ok!! sheesh  folks are told to TRY to stay indoors as much as possible.

by having said that, staying indoors, you can still smell the smoke smell in the air inside your own home(speaking through experience). and your eyes get watery or dry even at times and then some may feel dizzy or nauseous. at the moment, the only thing im feeling is that my eyes feel dry and I do feel a bit nauseous(but it comes and goes thankfully). till today ive not seen blue skies.

I think the ministries from each country especially neighboring countries to Indonesia, should sit down and trash out everything once and for all and TRY to bloody rectify this annual problem which may/could get worst in time(like now). be it illegal burning or peat fires etc whatever it is, just lay it all on the table and have a bloody serious discussion about it and then sign all the damn documents and nobody gets blamed again in the future. geez!

ok ok I know by making that statement, I don't know what is REALLY going on when these officials have their talks and whose responsible for what etc but hey, im just a concerned citizen giving my 2 cents worth.  I only want what is  best for everybody. cant we just try to live peacefully and amicably with one another instead of always pointing fingers at each other? cant we try to come to a solution and work hand in hand, rather than arguing all the goddamned time? theres already so much evil and hatred around and war going on in this so called wonderful world of ours that  we live in, instead why cant there be love, warmth and happiness?  sadly, more often then not, its humans who create all this shit.

before I end here, I'd like to just to update you a bit about the haze situation -
 The air quality in Muar showed a slight improvement with the Air Pollutant Index (API) reading dipping from 746 at 7am to 507 at 5pm according to Department of Environment website. and for Singapore, as of
6pm today, the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading was 76. The 24-hour PSI was in the range of 81-97.

well that's that then. until another day dear friends, do take care, please use your masks if you are in these parts and stay healthy!!

ttfn

10.42pm




p/s do not quote me on any of these ok! its just my opinion and thoughts that im sharing, geez!