dying

back when i was at OBS, we were out sailing one day, in the east coast area. i looked over at the CBD and thought it was raining because the whole area was covered in a thick grey mist. so i prepared myself for the storm to hit us, because sailing in a storm is no fun at all.

anyway the storm didn't come and i thanked the gods for that. we spent the night at east coast park, and set out again the next morning. again, i noticed that it was raining in the CBD. shit, i thought. maybe today we won't be so lucky.

but as we were sailing back to ubin, i realised that there were no dark clouds above the rain. if it wasn't rain, then it had to be haze from those damn indonesian forest fires. i looked around and saw that the surroundings were all clear, even to places further away than the CBD.

if it were haze, then the whole area should be equally covered. so what the hell? i finally figured that the only possible explaination was that the number of vehicles in the CBD was so concentrated that their fumes and smog managed to get so thick and evil.

anyway that was almost a year ago. on friday, i was at kallang, which is very much closer to the CBD than east coast. i again noticed that the area was covered in a grey mist, which then reminded me of what i saw at OBS. it's quite sad that our man-made damage can become so obviously seen.