Gotta Turn On the Air Purifiers

I have no brilliant comments about the haze. It's not as if I can do something about it. This happens every year. The same words are uttered by the politicians every year, and it seems that Singapore and Malaysia will just have to suffer what Indonesia chooses to do/ignore. 

It feels like haze returns yearly, and it's simply a matter of horrid, not too bad, eeky or terrible. It's a great inconvenience that we have to bear with. It doesn't just go away in a week. We've gone through the glitzy F1 weekends shrouded in haze in both Malaysia (Bahrain moved theirs to the Sepang Circuit) and Singapore It's been weeks now, and we're looking to have haze all the way till December. THAT SUCKS.

I didn't even bother laughing at Indonesia's statements. COME ON. I have no idea what concept or attitude they take about the haze, but if this is it, and it's been done so every year, I wonder how delusional they are. I doubt the Indonesian government actually care. They're like, 'Oh if you people want to slash and burn and live in smoke, y'all go ahead. Oh it blew over to other countries? That's just too bad. I can't control the wind. Tidak apa-apa.' 

This year, the words uttered by Syahganda Nainggolan (Head of Indonesia's Government Communications Agency), suugested that he isn't just delulu; he has no concept of science either. The Indonesian government really win liao.

In a report by Kompas, Syahganda said the fires are "beyond human error" and a natural phenomenon.

"We hope our neighbours understand that this is beyond human error; this is truly nature," he said to the media on Oct. 10.

The government continues its efforts to explain the haze situation to both Singapore and Malaysia, as well as the measures being taken to address it.

"When there's no haze, we send oxygen" "We're not just sending over the haze. When there's no haze, we send oxygen. The oxygen from Singapore and Malaysia is from our forests, right?" he added. 

Immuno-compromised people and those with respiratory issues aren't going to be comfortable at all. Accumulated particulates mean that the healthiest of us will feel it too. Air purifiers are a staple in our homes anyway. While I use air purifiers throughout the year, I hadn't turned on mine this haze season until last week. Mine are working extra hard now. The dog gets one of her own. They run two hours a day for sure even as I keep my windows and doors closed. I still air out the flat when the PM2.5 is low on some mornings. 

Haze notwithstanding, my dog still needs to toilet outdoors. And walk. She needs some sun. But I ain't complaining about the lower UV. She doesn't seem too affected by it except with occasional obvious eye irritation that I can soothe with eye drops. We simply reduce outdoor time. On the nights when the haze rolled in and we didn't make plans with anyone, we would eat in rather than sit outdoors with the dog.

Here, this is an oldie that has been floating around social media; it won't ever go out of fashion. I love it! I couldn't stop laughing each time I see it. VERY APT LAH. So clever.