Saturday, October 07, 2006

멍한 여름

요즘에는 싱가포르의 공기가 나뻐지고 있어요. 왜나하면 불 재가 인도네시아에서 많이 생겼는데 그 재는 바람을 타고 싱가포르로 밀려왔기 때문이에요. The unwelcome haze is back in Singapore. No thanks to the the forest fire in Indonesia and the unfavourable wind direction.

Singapore is a victim of trans-boundary pollution just like Korea. I experienced a sandstorm in Seoul this March. Sandstorm is formed in the desert of Inner Mongolia and will make its way to Korea when the wind direction becomes unfavourable. While I could not actually see those fine sand particles in the air, I knew that a sandstorm had swept pass by just looking at the dirt covering the cars on the road.

I just wish that the north-east monsoon wind can arrive earlier this year and blow the haze back to the Indian Ocean. People used to joke that Singapore has two seasons - a hot summer and a hotter summer. I thought we have four seasons too. 싱가포르에 4계절도 있어요. 더운 여름, 더 더운 여름, 비가 많은 여름하고 멍한 여름. (A hot summer, a hotter summer, a rainy summer and a hazy summer)

To take the gloom out of the hazy days ahead, I thought I shall just add the music video "태양은 가득히" by SM Entertainment's artistes. Let's hope that summer is always filled with sunshine and not haze.



3 comments:

  1. Singapore is vulnerable in many ways. Haze from Indonesia, tremor from Sumatra earthquake, arguement from ex-lover, Malaysia etc (sigh)

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  2. Singapore is vulnerable in more ways than these. I shall not talk about its vulnerability. I will be writing a non-fiction book if I do. ^^

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  3. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 4계절

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