Water Irony

Just noticed that the famous Songkran Festival is now in full swing mode in Thailand. Songkran is a New Year festival celebrated in Thailand and it can be described as a "Water Festival" as the main attraction of it is having fun with water.

 

Just struck me how ironic that now in Malaysia we're having a water crisis yet in some parts of the world, water is of abundace.

No don't get me wrong. I'm not condemning or criticizing. It's just that we may be side by side each other, yet we share the different reality and fate.

It also got me thinking that in other parts of the world there are people who are struggling to find clean potable water just to stay alive. Water crisis to Malaysians is just an annual scare or practice. It triggers a momentarily awareness to save water. But then again after we've survived through the crisis, we tend to get back to our old habits.

It's just the same as Earth hour. What was an initiative to create awareness is slowly become a social gimmick.

Cause the way I see it, Earth hour hasn't reduce the carbon emission, even after 7 years since it's induction. Nor do we see an improvement on the ever deteriorating climate change.

Where does our future lie? Pondering...