Hazy!!

I go jogging everyday - for about 2.5 km . And as I usually do early in the morning, I enjoy the fresh air, the lush green sight, the cool breeze across my face and in my lungs as I gasp - things which I took for granted - till yesterday. But when I stepped out of my room yesterday, I felt conjested. Smoke was limiting my sight even as the unhealthy air tried to invade my lungs. Dejected, I returned to my room and gave up my most refreshing activity of the day!
As you perhaps know, the forest fires in Indonesia are polluting Singapore...Well yeah, yeah, I know that all right - how many times back home have I read such a news with interest and commented on the atrocities of burning down forests - but never have I truly given a thought to the pollution caused and the suffering of the people. Do you think that that's too strong a usage? I mean, yeah, discomfort is okay, but suffering??
But that's exactly what will come about if we continue at the rate we do today. Having lived through the last 2 days - when the CO levels exceeded into the 'unhealthy band' - I actually realized the significance of what so many environmentalists, ecologists and my geography text books were trying to drill into my head! What we would loose if we were to burn down all our forests - in exchange for a conjested and dark future!
Maybe, it isn't too late yet. Maybe, I can still do something to save my planet so that the future generations will enjoy a morning jog as much as I do. I still have to figure out how to do that - but what I know is that, now I will.

10 comments:

brute said...

"Maybe, it isn't too late yet. Maybe, I can still do something to save my planet so that the future generations will enjoy a morning jog as much as I do. I still have to figure out how to do that - but what I know is that, now I will."

good thot :)

Archun said...

@brute
Thank you! I've decided to print all my lectures and other notes on both sides and to pay to plant on every b'day so far :-D

Bala said...

Excellent thought and I see you have started already. You have my unstinted support for the same and in my all works I will make sure that I do something which will reduce CO and add more O2.

Bye

Archun said...

@Balakrishnan
I'm so glad to know that!! Thanks a lot!

Unknown said...

very well said Archun.

What we would loose if we were to burn down all our forests - in exchange for a conjested and dark future!


Yes the future does look gloomy! :(

The only solution would be to plant more no. of trees and save our planet.

Unknown said...

And by the bye, thank u for blogrolling me! I too have blogrolled u! :)

Unknown said...

eppa.. archana... inna aalaye kaanom???

exam fevera??? Seri, exam mudichadhumey vandhu oru post podunga! OK?

archana said...

hiiii Archana! Haven't blogged for quite some time! My blog was also dead, until I revived it today and replied to all comments. And after a haze-free atmosphere all these days, it seems like the haze is back today! I can smell it in the air :(

archana said...

Thanks a lottt! When do your exams end then? And are you going to India?

I'm seriously not at all conscious about punctuality! On the contrary! You saw me yesterday before lecture no? Nearly one hour late :( :( It's really bad. I've gotten sooo much scolding from my parents the past few days about my tardiness! Sigh.

பிரியமுடன்... said...

புகைமூட்டம் போய்
நீண்ட நாட்களாகிவிட்டது
வெளியில் வந்து பாருங்க!
பயந்துகிட்டு வெளியே வரவேயில்லையா?
அல்லது
உலகத்தை பாதுகாக்க
அறைக்குள்ளேயே உட்கார்ந்து
யோசிக்கிறீங்களா?
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பழசுபோல இருப்பதால் இதை கேட்கிறேன்.. கோபம் வேண்டாம் சரியா!
அட உண்மைதாங்க... அந்த நேரத்தில் ரொம்ப கஷ்டமாயிருந்துச்சுதான்.. ஒரு சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன் வந்தப்ப கூட இப்படித்தான் இருந்துச்சு... இதுக்கு என்ன செய்வது...
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