The Haze is Back ...

Isn't it ironic? At the beginning of 2015, we had the floods which caused schools to close for another week. Now, towards the end of the school year (4 more weeks) we are facing the haze which is causing erratic closing down of schools for certain states one day at a time. This time around the haze, which does not bother us so much all these years, suddenly escalates in thickness and volume. We could hardly breathe and most of us with respiratory problems start to suffer asthmatic symptoms again.

The haze caused a shut down of most schools in Peninsular Malaysia for two days. While we rejoiced the free holiday, it actually set the schools back in their activities, examinations and programmes planned. It is like a smoke screen has enveloped the entire country.

Where I am now, reaching my school is like going through the twilight zone on bad, hazy days. Early morning and you can hardly see the school until you come right in front of the gate. Suddenly, you can see this building in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of the afternoon, one can hardly see the view of Gunung Jerai from across the school field. Actually, that is the view that one sees on a clear day when one heads towards the school. Now, hardly anything can be seen but a smoke screen.

When Eton came to visit last week, she also commented that she could not see any clouds either. She thought north was not as bad as the centre of the country. 5:30pm is like 7:00pm. I cannot distinguish or identify whether it is cloudy or hazy .... yet since I can still see the landscape clearly, I go for my usual walk at the park. Yes, it affects the throat and most of us were coughing to clear the throat ... life still goes on. ;-0}}

The view of Gunung Jerai from the fourth floor in August

The view of Gunung Jerai at 2:30pm on 15 OCTOBER 2015

You can hardly see Gunung Jerai at 3:30pm on 15 OCTOBER 2015