Precious Water

I was walking past a HDB estate and spotted this guy washing the floor. In fact, its not the first time seeing this but this time around, due to the recent heatwave, I decided to take a picture. The weather has been sizzling in the last 2 months or so with temperatures going up to 35 degrees celcius and rainfall has been minimum. Rivers are drying up and reservoir water levels have been dropping. It's not really noticeable to the casual visitor but if you fish the reservoir like I do, you'll noticed the falling levels.

Why did I take this picture? Well, I figured this guy is wasting alot of good water. Its like you can also wash you car by spraying it with a high pressure jet or you can wash it with a couple of pails of water and a brush, sponge or cloth. You'd probably end up using alot less water using the latter method...

Its nice to see workers keeping our estates clean but these workers should be taught to use a more water efficient way. I'm not blaming the workers. They are just doing their job. Just look at the amount of debris on the floor... wouldn't a big brush together with the water do a better job?

Do you really believe this?

This article appeared in the New Straits Times of Malaysia a few weeks ago. It showed a Malaysian fishing boat trying to lift a dead whale shark out of the water. The fishermen who brought the Whale Shark back claims they were trying to save it... or were they?

I mean, these are experienced guys of the sea. You see a huge whale shark that is probably injured or sick swimming on the surface and you tow it back to shore to save it? And 20 Nautical Miles (almost 40km) out to sea? They should have known that towing it backwards for that distance is going to stress it and probably kill it, not to mention bringing it back to shallow, polluted, dirty waters of the port.

So, were they actually looking for a quick sale of huge shark's fin, but unfortunately got caught by the media and changed their story to "trying to save it"? Or were they really trying to save it? You decide!

Meanwhile, I will just give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being. Innocent until proven guilty!