Right. I'm not exactly dead yet.. but I just can't get past my aching shoulders and deteriorating brain to type and blog.. what with the kind of weights and conditioning that wouldn't look out of place in a concentration camp that Opens have to go through. We train like cows on sleds ploughing the fields, literally. Trust me, I'm a changed person - in a permanent PMSing mood with menses that never comes.
So what triggers this post now? Even last Xmas, this New Year, a whole lot of holidays in between, Daisy Tan victory, TK's gatherings, Novak's shameless exit in the Aussie Open and BLOODY weights hasn't given me enough reason to holler in this space.
Alas, little-miss-environmentalist-wannabe (but not quite smart enough) is driven by a deadline and personal pledge to inform the world of Earth Hour...
As you'll know, my friend, I'm dead serious when it comes to environmental issues. I have considered turning vegan... and boy, that's a tough resolution that's still waiting to be realised. For now, abstaining from beef is the next best thing I'm doing (cows giving off tons of methane. ie - very very bad greenhouse gases tt's a few times worse than CO2). When I was relief teaching, it honestly annoys me to walk past the empty hall & classrooms and see the lights and fans still turned on. And so I'm very much the green ranger in the campus on the hunt to tell off students to switch off the lights or to recycle the papers strewn around that they scribbled on out of boredom.
So... I found this Earth Hour Campaign very apt for me to raise awareness and make a difference. It doesn't take any effort at all, just to turn off the lights for an hour and to do it together with the rest of the world is really quite a beautiful feat. For those skeptical pessimists, just make sure you keep your doors locked, keep your mobile in hand to dial 911 when the world plunges into darkness and you'll be safe from burglars. =)
Right. For more info, you can visit Earthhour.org/singapore. I saw a couple of educational institutions on the site that are participating in Earth Hour, kinda drives me to tell SJC to do the same thing - but I'm still in the midst of editing the email to make it formal and proper enough.. if not, I don't need to relief teach there ever again. HAHA
If you're a teacher, tell your students to switch off the lights for 60 minutes on the 28th March at 8.30pm. If you're a student, you know what to do. If you're somebody, pledge yourself here and help spread the word. Join the fight against climate change and save the world like Hiro Nakamura (from Heroes). Muahahahaha.. Switch off the lights and admire the brilliant stars that's been burning for gazillion years before you're born. Count them if you will.
Till I speak again another day...
P/S: If you are the spoiler whose unit amid the blacked-out building has its lights gleaming at me while I'm enjoying the serenity of the night... I will set your house on fire and make sure it's brightly lit.
