Friday, June 21, 2013 11:54 AM
From my own experience, I have never seen such poor air quality in Singapore since I was born. A vague impression have was during 1997 when PSI was high and it kept appearing at the top left hand corner of the TV. Since then, I have never seen PSI reading appearing at the top left hand corner of the TV despite having poor air quality on and off throughout the years.
This year, the haze blown from Indonesia hits record high of 3-hr PSI of 400 as of 21/06/13 at 11am. This is insanely high as never have Singapore experience such a high PSI. Currently blogging in my roon, inhaling a thin layer of burning smell every breath. Sucks to be me, my air conditioner is faulty since JC time and my parents did not get it fixed. Thanks to this externality, my life may be shortened.( Joking.)
Honestly, I was not really concerned with the health effects. I am taking care of myself every day and I am living healthily like other days except that my mood is affected and become cranky and frantic. I spam drinking water and herbal tea to counter the negative effects of inhaling the bad air. It helps people. Please take care of yourself. The only thing now I am lack of is a N95 mask or surgical mask. I can't seem to buy it as it's out of stock island-wide.
I was more interested and concerned to know what are some of the people's reaction to this current phenomenon. I follow the news closely, view my tweeter as and when for latest updates and also facebook for some jokes and comments by people. Some comments were really brainless such as asking government to build sprinklers at high rise building to ease the haze a little. Come on, how many sprinklers must the government build to ease the entire island? By the time they are built, I think we may have inhaled umpteen units of bad air and by then it may have subsided. What's the use? And large amount of money is needed. Are you gonna waste tax-payers money just to build such a infeasible device that can only be use for this time? Even if its gonna be used in future, its gonna be really costly for maintainence.
Secondly, I find that its acceptable to rant a little for the discomfort one experiences due to the current haze. I myself feel cranky as I can't breathe fresh air and at a few moments feeling breathless. Although I am really uncomfortable and my lifestyle is slightly affect as I wouldn't wanna go for outdoor activities or dine outdoors, I feel that Singaporeans should really calm down and not just blame the government for not taking actions. I have seen many complaining about the government for not doing anything to cease the fire. I presume it involves geopolitical issues that are far more complex than just telling them to ceasefire. I believed that the government will do appropriate actions on this and solve this issue asap. So I seek Singaporeans to calm down and stop the complains that the government are not doing anything. What we can do now is to take care of ourselves, wear your mask and adapt to this lifestyle for the time being. Seek medical care if need be and leave the rest about ceasing the fire to the higher authorities to get it settled with Indonesia's government ASAP.
I am not sure why are some people blaming the government for this matter. You mean they set the fire in Sumatra and pollute you guys? Some companies should be blamed as they are responsible for this. So I urge you guys to make sensible comments and not just for the sake of doing it due to some unhappiness towards them for whatever matters if it is the case.
In a more sensible approach, I am more incline to think that some agreement should not only be signed but also reinforced strict orders and making sure they adhere to it. The cause for today's haze is most likely due to lax in adhering to some orders. Clearing up land via burning is fast, easy and cheap. New land can be used to grow more oil palms and other resources to supply raw materials for commodities. It boils down to too having limited resources for unlimited wants. At the end of the day, there should be a balance and some quota's involve in the agreement. What you see and breathe today is excessive burning and hence PSI at very unhealthy to hazardous range.
Boosting the economy at the expense of the environment should come to a general consensus. I would not want to delve into that as there are too many complex issues involved. It's very ironic as having either stand make sense. So what are your views?
I urge people to follow the news and NEA website closely, try to stay indoors as much as you can, shut windows and doors, wear a mask when you head out and take good care of yourselves. Drink more water and seek medical care if need be. I believe we can survive this as a nation.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:41 AM
Time flies. Its mid June and I am still slacking around. Decided not to work as I wanna take a break and relax for the time being. I remember my last entry was about my worry about results. Let me share about some thoughts.
Honestly I was really worried about my results. Although I have been saying that I am not gonna care about CAP whatsoever, it naturally came to haunt me before the release of result. That night before the results was quite stressful.
Anyway, after brushing my teeth, I sat down on my chair and open my SMS folder on my phone. I cover it with a book and view it one by one. In the nutshell, I was just very surprise and touched by the outcome. Me and my friend analysed that I will get somewhat 3.3 this sem but I got better than that. I was very shocked to see grades that are unexpectedly well. Overall, I was satisfied and contented with my results.
It's not fantastic but it met my own requirement. I felt really good after seeing the results. Yeah so that's about it. Next semester I foresee that it will drop cos I will be doing 3 Econs mod. Hopefully my UE's will pull it all up again.
Went back to join them for a day in this year's ARTS CAMP. It was ok but I didn't manage to talk to the freshies as the day was quite boring. Oh well its ok. I had fun though.
Wanted to join them today but I suddenly remember I have to give tuition to my cousin as promised. Oh well hope they have fun.
Excited for next week's Genting trip with my mum. A short getaway to feel the travelling mood this year. haha..
Alright, that's it for now.........
Monday, June 3, 2013 11:24 PM
Feeling the rapid pumping of the heart since late afternoon today. Not because I have heart problem, not because I am doing cadio exercises but having constant reminder to myself that I will be getting my Sem 2 results tomorrow.
I have tried to suppress the reminder as and when but I have failed to do so. Every single time when the scene of being nervous for exam and the relatively average CA marks that I have got during the sem, it just makes me really down.
I have predicted that my CAP will definitely drop after tomorrow's result. I just hope not to drop below 3.5 and very high chance that I will as sem 1's CAP is not very high. After going through 1 semester and most result is reflective of how well I fare for CA. it has a direct relationship. Hence, I am not hopeful for this sem. Sad, isn't it?
Oh well. I just have to pray(which I did) and hope for the very best. Hopefully it won't drop below 3.4 if not I will just keep sighing the whole day.
Right now, I wish for a peaceful night that I can sleep like the other days and pray for miracle to happen....
no confident sem 2......