Saturday, June 22, 2013

Haze, Haze, Haze (sung to the tune of All I Have to Do Is Dream)

Respite! Apparently, the wind changed direction today and Singaporeans saw blue skies from around noon. The PSI reading even fell to 73 at about 5pm.

This was the pic I took from my balcony on a smoggy Thursday afternoon (June 20):


The pic below was taken this afternoon, at around 6pm:


But the weather people said, "Hang on to your N95 masks, expect the PSI to go back to the unhealthy level tomorrow". Indeed, by midnight, it had crept back to 91.

ST, meanwhile, provided this helpful infobox:


BT (June 20) carried a nice tongue-in-cheek story by reporter Joyce Hooi. However, the link below does not have the full story. Still, the few paragraphs below should tickle the funny bone:

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/top-stories/haze-puts-spore-map-millions-surprised-find-it-there-20130622

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What's really funny is this one (KA alerted me to it) on YouTube, titled "Haze, Haze, Haze":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBvNbmB_5vc

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Finally, with the sun in full glory today, my Solar Samurai (Solar Sam), which I bought at Narita airport recently, is happy to nod, nod, nod (he doesn't work when there's no light source)...



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