Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts

Sunday, April 13, 2014

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.

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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...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

The Leidenfrost Effect

I once heated up my pan for too long while cooking.

I added in my butter and the pan smoked and the butter went brown instantly.

Panic, I switched off the stove and pour in water...

I saw a phenomenon which I never seen before. Nor did I bothered to learn up this peculiar incident as it did slipped off my mind after that.

Until today when 9GAG posted this... I gain a new science knowledge.

How funny it is to bump into a science phenomenon when you aren't still aware of the truth and explanation behind it...

Sunday, March 2, 2014

UNICEF Tap Project

I came across this quite some time ago (around 2 weeks ago?) And thanks to a random post from 9GAG, I revisited this idea, read about it and think hey it could be legit. Why not try?

You don't even need to install an app. Just log in to the website tap.unicefusa.org to start the challenge. Every 10 minutes you don't touch your phone, you can give a child enough water to use for a day.

If you ask me sincerely, I don't really know how this works out. And yeah it does raise my eyebrows too.

But since TIME is also reporting on this, why not just give it a try?

My phones is already in the 7th minute of the minimum 10. If it does help, then I really wanna help.

And I hope you people reading this do feel the same. #TakeUpTheChallenge.