Much Much Clearer

Yes! The sun managed to penetrate through the thick layer of haze that has been bugging me of late. I could see the sun on my way to work and then ...... I could see the clear blue sky from my clinic window. Excellent stuff. It had been raining last night, which helped.

Hopefully the haze would stay away for that bit longer. I just couldn't tolerate the smokey smell that came with it. It just hit my nose and throat and made me want to throw up. It was that bad on Monday. News has it that the haze may return. So, I better enjoy it while it lasted ......

Better Today?

Was it any better today compared to the day before? Well, the visibility was almost the same, but the pungent smell that was driving me dizzy the day before was gone. The air was now more bearable.

Can't really see the sun in the morningNotice at Bangsar VIllage IISunlight finally breaking through by the afternoonThe boys' school were still closed, so I actually joined them for lunch at Bangsar this afternoon. I was late though but luckily managed to get a parking spot still. Even though the normal schools were already opened, I spot many school children around with their parents during lunch. It was very likely that the parents took the day off anticipating school to be closed, and it was opened instead, they might as well made the day out of it. The air was still unhealthy to be quite honest. School being opened also meant heavy traffic in the morning.

It started to become cloudy - not that I realised it - come late afternoon and before ling, I could see thunder and lightning in the horizon. Rain was coming. The bad thing was, it inky lasted about ten minutes. It wasn't enough to wash the haze away ....

Hopefully tomorrow would be better .....

Purify Me!

Anita managed to dig out the purifyers she naught the last time we were hit by haze. It had been sitting in storage for at least a couple of years, and thank God they were still in working order. Yes, we got a couple of these.

Not sure it would do anything much but increase the electricity bill. It could ionise the air while purifying it apparently, but as for the haze, not sure if it would work. As long as it would keep Puan Anita happy, then I was all for it.

So, purify me .......

The Haze

The haze had definitely cause my eyes to itch. My throat also felt strange since I arrived at ParkCity. The stench was something else.

I then got a phone call from Anita. The dust particles had already entered our house and Idlan had been coughing. We had to restart him on Ventolin as a precaution. But, generally speaking the situation in Kelang Valley was getting worst. A quick glance out my apartment definitely looked worrying. I shudder with the thought of this was going to get worst before it started to settle.

Anita was asking if we would be better off staying at the apartment. I didn't think it would make much if a difference. The stench could be smelt even at the apartment. The only remedy at the moment would be to wear masks in the open, and to.make sure that I'm not dehydrated. My throat was definitely getting more irritated.

Sound of Music

The hotel we stayed was right on top of a hill and there were limited bus service coming down. One every hour I think, with the final trip from town leaving at 7 bearing in mind, sunset would be at 9.30.

Since I decided to leave late, I took the public bus down into town. It was actually a nice drive through the lush greenary. And there were plenty of people just chilling out in the sun. I was wondering what they were doing with their time. Or was it just part of their summer ritual. Everybody taking it easy.

I wished that I could just leave the bus and tumble on the green grass just outside the bus window. Listening to Sound of Music in the background of course.

Nice sunny weather, with cool breeze on tow. You can't beat that ......