December 17 2013, Tuesday
Weather
This morning was freezing cold
when I went to school. Before leaving home, I saw on TV that it was snowing in
Vietnam! The newspapers were also reporting that last week Cairo known for its heat
and sandy deserts, was blanketed in thick snow for the first time in 112 years.
Extreme weather conditions such
as heavy rains, drought, heat waves, snow storms and super cyclones across the
globe have become more common these days. And in the forseeable future, abnormal
weather will continue and could get worse overtime if global warming, the
culprit of all this abnormality, is not arrested soon.
I am not here to talk about the
adverse impact of global warning. We have heard quite a lot about this in
recent years. And that is almost all that we have done – talking! Most
governments have pledged that they will comply with The Kyoto Protocol to
reduce usage of greenhouse gases but the much needed actions are not
forthcoming.
Lame as the governments are, we
too are not less guilty! We can easily list the “crimes’ we have committed –
the relentless printing, the blasting of air-conditioners, leaving the tap
running while we brush, the dumping of computers and mobile phones we grow
tired of etc. Hong Kong as a society is so rich that we take everything for
granted because we do not suffer any scarcity. But if we want our future
generations to have the same affluent life, we have to be more prudent in our
daily routine – use what we truly need not what we desire! The same message has
to be passed on to our children not just by words but by our deeds. We have to practise
what we preach!
Here I have attached the photo of
a camel in snow! I hope this is enough food for thought!
Weather
This morning was freezing cold
when I went to school. Before leaving home, I saw on TV that it was snowing in
Vietnam! The newspapers were also reporting that last week Cairo known for its heat
and sandy deserts, was blanketed in thick snow for the first time in 112 years.
