Photo's from outside Daming's house

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Of Arkooloola

Dear TomHa,
Harry's done it again! Here's his latest entry on how to salvage poverty in our neighbouring fellow Asean states. Check it out! As he claimed that it is a social project, a part of me, the part that claimed that I know this guy well, says that he just wants to make a profit out of all these. Ha. Well, it is quite a lengthy essay, so make sure you'll have time for it. Hehe.

An article in the papers today talked about the growing concern in Australia over the dip in the water level that could see Australia experiencing a severe shortage of water if such a trend is not curbed properly. Really. Stalin once said Water that flows into the sea is wasted One of the real reasons why the Aral Sea is so much at risk of becoming one big salt pan with the then-Soviet governments taking their leader's words too literally and dammed off all the tributaries that supply the water to keep the fourth largest sea in the world as it is. Mexico is at risk of becoming a underwater world as they had drained off too much water from its underground aquifersor is it aquifuge? damn... returned all my geography to Mrs Chua liao As the water table's pressure had been the main force at keeping Mexico afloat, so as to speak, with rapid urbanisation and the building of all the what-nots and also, the draining of a lot of water from the water table, it is inevitable that Mexico may one day become the literal Underwater world.

Hence, as the saying goes, you reap what you sow, when there is a 'ying', there would be a 'yang'. You'll have to suffer the consequences if you take so much but not give back whatever is equivalent. The basis of alchemy Ok i admit i read too much Full Metal Alchemist Anyway, Australia by itself, have majority of its land locked in the Great Australian Desert, hence, there isn't much water in the first place and as a developed country, the need for water should have been known to be substantial enough to cause a concern for the government in question, so why the worry now? Poor water management? I think so. Water, is a renewable resource as what we had learnt since Primary 4, as it constantly renews itself through the water cycle. However, a lot of it is locked up and only 1% is fresh water. This is common knowledge but more often than not, us, humans prefer to go with the convenience, ignoring the harm that we had done to the environment that would fall back upon us in the future. For this, we should laud our Singapore gahmen for their efforts in water management. Although the efforts at educating us into not wasting water is not so apparently successful, their efforts at constantly looking for water is praise-worthy. Kudos to them.

Hence, with 'ying', there's a 'yang'. Should we harness renewable energy from the likes of agriculture produce, as what Harry had said in the entry I mentioned, would the farmers be too overwhelmed with the greed for money and ignore the damage that they do to their own land? When that day comes, wouldn't we be doing them more harm then good?

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Daniel Powter's Bad day has a truly delightful music video. Sort of the romantic scene that would get all lonely souls fantasising about..
Enjoy