Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I typed this post out long ago, but I must have forgotten to publish it!
Hey ppl, long since I posted anything. Just thought of posting randomly. Well, was on duty since 22 Jun a and only left camp, MINDEF at around 3pm on 23 Jun. Was a strange day. Never seen it rain so heavily before. As I left camp, I took out my small foldable umbrella, attempting to make it to the entrance of my camp, but I didn't stand a chance! Its a 15 minute walk down a slope. The rain was just too heavy and the umbrella was kind of small for me.
By the time I reached the entrance, I was semi drenched! I usually take a cab home after duties, but the rain was so heavy, the passing cabs couldn't really see me flagging from the bus stop. One cabbie did, and he stopped a few meters ahead of the bustop. I immediately took out my umbrella and wanted to walk towards him, but he just drove off suddenly. Finally, after about half an hour, a cab stopped. However, he could only go to Choa Chu Kang as he needed to refuel. I hopped in anyway cos I just wanted to get out of that bustop! The journey to Choa Chu Kang, which would typically be a hassle free few minute drive seemed like a challenge. The roads were all flooded and visibility was so poor. Finally, I arrived in Choa Chu Kang MRT station. I quickly went to change out of my uniform, as I was semi-drenched.
Well, I had two thoughts about this weather. Firstly, it was raining so heavily and it was cold, was hoping I could get stuck under some shelter with my girlfriend! It would have been so romantic! Unfortunately, she was at work. Secondly, Singapore never has had such weather! People, the world is slowly coming to an end and these are the initial signs! Look at all the disasters happening in the other countries. We have to do something about it before we loose everything. I happened to watch a documentary about global warming. They showed before and after pictures of the Antarctica, and seems like a significant amount of the ice has melted due to global warming. This water definitely has to go somewhere, so it ends up flooding countries!
Personally, Ive seen the government asking people to recycle and stuff for years. When they placed a recycle bin not too far from my place about 2 years ago, I decided that I'll just keep aside those bottles, cans papers etc and throw those into the recycle bins instead. My Mum, who always supports me in whatever I do helps me with that too. Although I don't make any money or gain anything personally from doing that, I feel that Ive contributed to a greater purpose and feel a sense of satisfaction. Ive always wanted to do more with my life other than to eat, work, sleep and die and this is one such avenue where I can play a part.
Well, some of those teenagers have told me stuff like "Why bother, don't care, its someone else's problem". Yeap, it might seem like an uncool thing to do, and it would be "more cool" to throw rubbish in those bins instead. I'm just glad that its only a minority of people with such immature mindsets. I'm starting to see more people becoming conscious over these things and using these recycle bins. Who knows, perhaps when enough people "wake up" and enough industries do their part, it might actually come to a stage where global warming and natural disasters start to reduce in occurrences! We humans do have hope :D
into part of the universe...
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