A Hazy Outing

I had to settle some business in town and ended up walking in town in the worsening haze this afternoon. The API - Air Pollution Index - was around 120 in central KL at the time, well into the unhealthy range.

After the business was taken care of and a spot of lunch, I decided to have a quick walk towards Low Yat - none-the-less - to have a look at a few things. I brought my camera along to see how different the cityscape looked like.

Spare some thoughts to this working in this condition

I was walking without a mask and by the time I reached Low Yat, my throat had already felt the irritation. I stopped for a drink - indoors of course - before walking on. Had a look at a few items before returning back to Pavilion where I parked. There was an event by KakiSeni going on, plus other campaigns and roadshow taking place in the open. How I pity those sales people having to endure such elements.

By the time I drove home, it was already threatening to rain. The haze was still lingering thick after the rain was done and we decided it would be no school for both Idlan and Irfan tomorrow. Another day of havoc at home! We found out that other parents had also decided against bringing their children in due to the bad air quality. Should the situation deteriorates, even the school may be closed ...

T'was Getting Worse

If was bad at the start of the week before improving come Wednesday after an overnight rain. Unfortunately today, the haze had returned with a vengeance. Walking to the mosque for Friday Prayers today was pretty bad.

Good thing that I don't suffer much from cough, flu or eye irritation. But I could imagine that a host of people do. The smell along the corridor at the hospital was bad. Luckily our apartment was rather well insulated. We kept the windows and door all closed for today, and decided against going out for our customary Friday evening outing. Don't think that we would have enjoyed it.

It looked like there would be no photo outing this weekend unless the situation improved. The camera to be kept in the cupboard!

The Haze is Back

We had managed to avoid the dreaded haze for the past year. But during the time, we had to cope with some really dry weather, not to mention the water shortage and all.

But now, the haze was back. The smell, although not overpowering was definitely back. This surely would put a downer to the proceeding this weekend with the Merdeka celebration as well as the planned Bersih march.

A clear morning ...This was from last ThursdayHopefully rain would come soon and wash away the haze before my kids started coughing ....

Haze in an Empty City

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The City dwellers were still away. Might as well as overnight, the air quality plummeted. Visibility was down to less than 200m despite the City being almost devoid of its usual traffic.

Not a good idea for outdoor activities. At least that was what I told myself when I got up this morning and was too lazy to have my morning jog.

Now praying that it would rain, washing the haze particles away ....

The Sky is Blue

The haze which threatened to come looked to have dissipated somewhat, but the heat was still felt. A welcomed changed as I could really smelled the fumes in the air last Monday.

But the relief was thought to be short-lived. With the hot weather predicted during the Ramadan, it might return.

Let's pray that that would be later rather than soon. ‎