Environment 101: Indonesia Fire Hotspots & Haze
(No smoke without fire – the problem is haze does not respect borders. The hot spots are mainly emitting from Indonesia. Image source: ASMC)
Nature 101
Anything to do with the nature, environment and animals
Nuisance 101: Damn, I Hate Cats! They Are So Evil!
WARNING: Cat lovers, walk away right now…you may not like this post. You have been warned!
(Cats are evil indeed – something in their eyes when they stare at you when you trying to chase it away from your home. Image source: http://www.debate.org)
One of the joys of moving a new house many years ago was the chance to do up a garden.
It was a joy because we used to stay in apartments which do not enough space for a garden (I mean a proper garden where we can dig in and plant things). So when I had the chance to buy a house of my own, I had great ideas on what I wanted to do with my garden, starting with beautiful carpet grass.
And when my dad retired and looking for a hobby to spend his time at home, he took up gardening. And he was good at it too – a mango tree at the front, several types of flowering plants and he would spend hours running through the carpet grass to look for weeds. At one point, carpet grass was clean and trimmed and was wonderful to walk on.
And then evil descended at my neighbourhood…
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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Rationing Up Water For the Worst Part 2
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(Some of the quick steps taken the State Government when the state faced with serious water contamination and people’s anger over the matter got worse on daily basis. Image source: YB Hannah Yeoh)
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Devastating Chennai Floods 2015 & Art of Prepping
Let’s talk about prepping which is another key aspect of this blog (the other is how Malaysians drive on the road and of course politics) and on the recent disaster in Chennai, India. Image source: www.newindianexpress.com
Read these first:-
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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Rationing Up Water For the Worst Part 1
(Prepping includes stocking up enough water. More people means higher water consumption and coupled with a longer run of the dry season causes a dangerous level at the water catchment areas. Image source: TheStar)
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Prepping 101: 2012, The Year of Concerned Reckoning
(A preview of things to come in 2012? A well documented natural disaster on video – the Japanese tsunami that killed thousands in a modern, well-prepared township in 2011. Image source: The Atlantic)
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Environment 101: Deadly Radioactive Sea Dump
(The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, conveniently situated next to the Pacific Ocean is now using the same ocean as dumping ground for radioactive waste. Image source: www.eternian.wordpress.com)
Environment 101: Celebrating Earth Hour 2011
(Earth Hour is an idea to create awareness – not only among the ordinary citizens of the world but also organizations and governments. Image source: www.hurting.wordpress.com)
Space 101: A Very Creepy Moonlight
This was creepy when I opened the window for a cool breeze and the full moonlight up the clouds up ahead.
Recycling 101: Pushing to Recycling An Old Car
Environment 101: Tackling The Largest Oil Spill
Photo caption: Sunlight illuminated the lingering oil spill off the Mississippi Delta on May 24, 2010. The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image the same day. Image source: Wikipedia
Environment 101: Earth Hour – KL Not Dark Enough
(The city of Canberra during the recent Earth Hour where switching off the lights is a symbolic act to show that we care for the environment. Image source: http://www.greenroofs.com)
It looks like many Malaysians are also still in the “dark” when it comes to the environment and efforts being taken on the conservation