Help Mother Nature

Hye...na....

I wanna ask a simple question. Do you love a sight of a beautiful landscape? Do you love and appreciate nature? Imagine this.....

- A beautiful clear turqoise sea and the white sand. The wind blowing with the great salty scent of the sea. The colourful eccentric creature down the sea. The pretty blue sky. You know how the sea looks and feel right?.........or...

- A beautiful clear cool waterfall and river which reflect the light on its surface like diamonds floating. Once in a while you can see fishies jumping out catching some bug above the water. You can do some fishing. The trees hovers above majestically...green, mystifying, natural, untouched. You can even jump in the river till u turn blue and shivering....

U watch the documentary and saw the majestic lion and the whimsicle elephant in the African dessert? Do you watch about the tigers or the amazon and think its all invaluable? Do you watch about the whale and dolphin and think they are awesome?

When you go to other country, say Phuket...or Switzerland, u feel its so pretty with all the pretty sea, mountain and the white snow. U love the cleanliness and crisp cool air. But when you come back to Malaysia, you throw rubbish and be irresponsible. There's a little hypocrisy there isnt it? Dont you love your own country? Ok then....say hi to Switzerland.

Of course you like all that right? Of course u like clean air. Beautiful landscape that makes u feel good. Going to beautiful country and enjoy yourself. Of course u like all that!

Do you believe in karma towards mother nature? You better believe it, cos when you're being reckless and irresponsible, it will backfire. Thus the arctic is melting and all the water will flow in the sea and lessen the land. Singapore, will be gone. I wonder what are the leaders of the world and doing about this. And now there are holes in the ozone which will bring the sunlight straight to the earth. That, my friend....can bring you skin cancer. Now you have to put a thick layer of sunscreen. Not like the people 30 yrs ago. They dont even know whats sunscreen. And so many other things can can affect us.

So help mother nature. Because if we continue being irresponsible and reckless in what we do everyday, all that will be gone. Be responsible! How? Example....

When u buy stuff, if its not big and easy to hold, refuse the plastic bag. Put the stuff in your bag or pocket. Better still, if u have your own shopping bag. Ikea is doing a great thing about this. They offer the durable shopping bag at RM1.90 that you can reuse everytime. Now, one plastik bag would cost 20 cents in Ikea. Other country has already adopted this kind of thinking. When i went to UK early this year, they dont give plastik bag. I once need a plastic bag there, and the cashier ask me for 10 pence....malu sket saya. We dont really think that way yet.....itu beza antara pemikiran negara maju, dan pemikiran orang Malaysia.

When you go to restaurant, use the tissue paper as what u need. Do not take it like u need to make a living out of it! Its not like "oh its ok....we already paid for it!". Yeah you did pay....and so does thousands of other people. But do they do take half of the tissue? Dont think like that. Again, i like to take Ikea for example. They put a notice at the tissue dispenser. It says "take only what you need". Thats the kind of thinking Malaysian need. We should change the way we think and not be like....kiasu. Thats one way to save nature and the trees...save the usage of tissue pape. And papers too. Print and use only what you need.

Others would be....save water. When you shampoo, sabun yourself, brush your teeth - turn off the tap.

Recycle papers and bottles (kaca/plastik/aluminium) whenever you can. Some say, "jual suratkhabar bukan dapat byk duit pun. 20 sen je". Alahai......itu pun nak kire ke! Just give the papers to the lorry or send it to the recycling centre. Try to get whole family and friends to do the same.

Turn off the electricy whenever you are not using. You feel so hot? I dont think you have to turn the air-cond everytime in your room. Turn on the fan and just get naked =p

Also, don go killing animals. Dont go and support the killing of the whales and dolphins. Dont go eating every creature on earth. Some things are created to be eaten....some just here on earth to roam. Like us, human beings.

Some people think...."its no use for me to do it alone when 25 million other people in Malaysia not doing it". Do not care about other people. Its not about other people. Its about your own principle. Try to educate others. Some say westerners brings bad influence. But this influence from the west, is great.

Till next time......xoxo