Hazardous Haze

We used to be known as sunny Singapore... but now we are all praying for rain. Maybe we ought to start a bonfire and do the rain dance? It's a sad sight all around. For working parents, their children have to still go to school. For those who can make other arrangements, they rather  stay home.

The haze level started to rise to a hazardous high starting this Monday. My eldest son, was sent back from his OBS Camp. He was rather disappointed, but made up for it by catching a movie with friends. I am glad he did, because the rest of the week was to be worse. 

As for Ivan, he has been entertaining himself with this Ipod and DVDs. Little Iggy on the hand is rather upset about not being able to go for our walks. Around Wednesday night, we hit a high above 300. It was bad, we figured it was going to be house arrest for a while.

The next day, I woke up to the smell of smoke and itchy eyes. I knew we had to step it up a notch. I then realized that here in Singapore, we have been so blessed that we hardly have a back up plan for such things. I hear the face masks have been sold out, and everyone"s rushing to get their hands on air purifiers.

Fortunately, I have the scented kind of air purifiers, not that great, but would have to do. I turned on the air condition, in my living room and shut off the rest of the house. We sat around with our books, and gadgets, hoping to hear good news from on the PSI levels. But that was not the case, if anything, it was getting worse. I then thought of my little nephew, who would be so lonely. So my boys, and I invited him over. It was fun, the boys, rolled around and played. My nephew, ran through the house not knowing what was actually going on. 

Here's a picture of the two little ones, watching TV after lunch, feeling bored. Haze.... hazardous haze please go away.