too used to khamsin or sharav
Singapore and some of the countries in this southeast asian region are now experiencing haze from land/forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia. It got pretty bad these few days and doctors have advised people not do strenuous activities outdoors.
It reminds me of khamsim when we were living in Israel. "The Sharav or Khamsin, is a scorchingly hot, dry desert wind which blows from the Arabian Desert from May to mid-June and from September to October". So I didn't really care too much about what I was doing here. Yesterday, Faraz and I were meeting some friends for lunch. After lunch, they wanted to visit a nearby Buddhist temple. It wasn't too far, and I suggested walking there, and the rest felt that it would not be advisable because of the haze. Haha... and Faraz and I have been walking everywhere even going for a BBQ/Braii that evening.
posted by sweec @ 8:25 AM
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Yeah, the haze is sometimes really bad but I think we're just too used to the khamsin that we don't really think of it as such a big deal. Then again I read that just yesterday the pollution index in Singapore reached a 9 year high due to the haze...that's extreme.
i know, once you've experienced days when the sky is yellow, the air is dry and hot, and the rain is actually mud, it's hard to take the other things too seriously...but be careful, you don't want to ignore the warnings and end up like charles :) -amelia
what happened to Charles???
charles has a history of ignoring such warnings and exhausting himself...i wonder what he did now! ;)
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