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7th September 20215th September 2021Leave a Comment

Water Pollution 2021: Two Water Disruption, Faster Recovery This Time

One of the biggest headaches, whenever we have water disruption, is that once the water treatment plant starts working, it takes at least 2 days for the treated water to reach our homes.

The reason for the delay is due to the number of water treatment processes that need to be done before the water can be released to the end consumers. Those homes on hills like mine take even longer due to the lower water pressure. Image source: Dwyer

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Tags: 2021, Pollution, Rivers, Selangor, Semenyih, Water, Water Disruption, Water Pollution

25th July 202118th July 2021Leave a Comment

Outbreak 2021: I Finally Got My First COVID19 Vaccination Done

It is said that as of 17th July 2021, based on the vaccination progress around the world, it is estimated that 1 billion people has been full vaccinated whilst 1.04 billion people have been partially vaccinated. One of the plus points in recent days is that Malaysia is leading on the number of daily doses administrated per 100 people. Chart source: Our World In Data / Mathieu, E., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E. et al

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Tags: 1st vaccination, 2021, AstraZeneca, COVID19, Infection, Lockdown, Malaysia, Movenpick, Selangor, Sinovac, Statistics, vaccination, Vaccine, Virus

30th May 202129th May 2021Leave a Comment

Outbreak 2021: Malaysia Breaks An Insane 9,000 Daily COVID19 Infection Mark!

The number of daily new COVID19 infections only has kept increasing with every day seeing the numbers recording new records.

As of 29th May 2021, Malaysia saw a new number of 9,020 COVID19 infections making a total of 558,534 COVID19 infections todate. Worst is the number of deaths – it was highest thus far at 98 deaths making a total of 2,650 deaths todate.

Out of the more than 78,000 active cases, 844 of them are still in ICU with 27 critically on ventilators. Infographic: MOH

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Tags: AstraZeneca, COVID19, Frontliner, Government, Health, Infection, Lockdown, Malaysia, News, Pandemic, Quarantine, Selangor, vaccination, Vaccine

19th May 202119th May 2021Leave a Comment

Outbreak 2021: State of Selangor – Absurd High Virus Infection, Low Vaccination Rates

Today Malaysia recorded 6,075 new COVID19 infections, with 2,251 of the cases was from the State of Selangor which had continued to be the state with the highest number of cases for the last few months. Infographic source: Malay Mail.

It is said that there is a sudden increase in the number of cases due to the Selangor State Government’s initiation to open numerous testing centres in the state.

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Tags: COVID19, Federal Government, Frontliner, Government, Infection, Malaysia, Opposition, Pandemic, Selangor, Statistics, vaccination, Vaccine, Virus

25th April 202125th April 2021Leave a Comment

Recycling 101: Why We Are Not Segregating Our Waste in Malaysia?

In 2015 the Government made it mandatory for residents to separate their waste at the source and I was happy that finally something concrete being done on the manner our garbage is being processed.

After all, we have not gone big by going with recycling on a wider scale coupled with a greater push towards protecting the environment. Image source: Ministry of Housing & Local Government.

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Tags: Enforcement, Environment, Garbage, Government, Guide, Home, Management, Recycling, Science, Selangor, Solar, Technology, Waste, Waste Segregation

22nd February 202121st February 20211 Comment

Technology 101: The Headache of Having Multiple e-Wallet Apps

In today’s world, one cannot escape from performing financial transactions through the internet, e-wallets or pre-paid cards. We have become a cashless society considering the high risk of carrying cash around and the ease of performing financial transactions using online and e-wallet apps. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

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Tags: Banking, Business, COVID19, Credit Card, e-Wallet, GrabPay, Highway, Lazada, Malaysia, Petrol Station, Petronas, Restaurant, Selangor, Service, Setel, Technology, Toll Charges, Touch N Go

25th November 202024th November 20201 Comment

Water Pollution 2020: Some Bad News, Some Good News to Ponder

On 10th November 2020, the State of Selangor experienced another water disruption affecting some 1.1 million accounts making it the 9th water disruption this year alone. This time the suspect is from Indah Water but there is another twist to the story. Image source: Facebook

It has been a fact that the state of Selangor has been having too many water disruptions and despite the offenders have been identified and punished, it has not been the end of the trouble for the consumers in this state. The matter has been talked about for far too long but there seems to be no proper closure to this man-made incidents.

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Tags: Contamination, Enforcement, Environment, Government, Pollution, Rivers, Selangor, Water, Water Pollution, Water treatment

28th October 202025th October 2020Leave a Comment

Malaysia 101: When Stupidity, Stubbornness and Double Standards Mixed

What really went wrong in Malaysia’s fight against COVID19?

Just when Malaysia almost able to bend the curve, it suddenly spiked up again and it is running loose now. Have we gotten lax in enforcement and maintaining our precautions? It is the same case with water disruptions in the state of Selangor – it is happening way too frequently these days. Image source: Our World In Data

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Tags: COVID19, Elections, Enforcement, Government, Malaysia, MOH, Pandemic, Pollution, Prison, Quarantine, Rivers, Sabah, Selangor, Semenyih, Water, Water Disruption, Water Pollution, Water treatment, Weather

13th October 20208th October 2020Leave a Comment

Water Pollution 2020: Why We Are Not Punishing Everyone For Water Disruptions?

Seriously I have lost count but once again, someone had polluted the rivers that caused the water supply in Klang Valley to be disrupted again. And once again, the act of polluting the rivers seemed intentional and with little regards to the welfare of thousands of consumers. If it is not considered as malicious sabotage, then what is it then? A sheer recklessness? Image source: NST

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Tags: Contamination, DOE, Drinking water, Enforcement, Environment, Government, Illegal dumping, Klang Valley, National Security, Pollution, Rivers, Sabotage, Selangor, Semenyih, Water, Water Disruption, Water Pollution, Water Security, Water treatment

27th September 202024th September 2020Leave a Comment

Outbreak 2020: Malaysia Breaking 10,000 COVID19 Case Thresholds

Malaysia is under the 2nd wave of COVID19 infection wave – from a single-digit infection at one point mostly from returning Malaysians; it has now increased by 2 digits in recent days. This is not a good trend. Image source: DG, Ministry of Health

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