the earth hour - lets show our support!

Now, im feeling 'green' today.. hehe.. my blog is almost always about my love life, but i got some inspiration today. i always thought i wanted to be more giving and be more caring towards the environment. but i do not want to be so obsessed with it that i had to walk to work and stuffs. some environmentalist are just too 'orthodox', i dont wanna be them. i just want to be more aware about the situation, and maybe help out whenever and where ever i can to make the world cleaner and greener.

I took a class when i was in Uni, we had to choose one, among various topics on international environmental situation. We chose climate change as my group's topic. So, every 2 weeks we had to give out presentation on the topic we chose in our most creative way, must be very different from typical paper presentation. so, it was challenging every time, since every group took so much effort in giving out applaudable and memorable presentation, and of course, the presentation must be very informative that everyone in the class can actually relate to it and understand it. once we were discussing on kyoto protocols (it would be a flop if we are talking about climate change and global warming without mentioning and understanding it), so i was actually acting as an Australian Minister who of course are against signing of the document. I was having such a hard time actually, trying to get information to defend 'myself' in order to get in character. because believe it or not, actually the world do care and really want countries to support the document, that there is more information on global warming than global cooling (yes, there is such thing as global cooling). and that made me realize, i shouldnt be as ignorant as i was before i took the class. but, while some people might think im civic minded because im very strict about not throwing out rubbish outside the window of a moving car, i consider it as my responsibility for the environment. yeah, u might not believe it, but its true.


some people might think that one people's effort will not make a difference. (sadly, my mom is one of them). but, actually, if no one took the effort, who will? Malaysians are not participating enough on green issues. Our green NGOs are not as famous as other countries' are. We have to depend on celebrities to do so, and most of them are as much ignorant as i was. Maya Karin was an exception of course, her wedding was also an effort towards greener reception. (well no, im afraid, my wedding will not be like that) i read NST yesterday. Malaysian celebs (minimal number of them) are volunteering in the efforts towards promoting the earth hour. and to my amazement, Petronas Twin Tower is yet to join the effort while other global landmarks has all stood in darkness for an hour during earth hour since 2007, and they are still in operation up until today. Because im not so sure what is the relation between safety and lights out? (if you read NST yesterday, you would understand what im saying). we are not asking you to drive without turning the light (duhh!!) there are so many ways to turn off the lights. we can still watch tv without switching on the light. it will be better if we dont watch it at all for the one hour. after all, its just an hour. what's there to watch on 8.30pm - 9.30pm anyways? (from the words of someone - yours truly - who rarely watches tv, except for football matches featuring MAN UTD and the news bulletin) .


anyway, i would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to sign up and 'vote' for earth. by turning the lights out on earth hour, we are voting the earth and if you dont, you are voting for global warming. think of it as the current political situation =) [earth = your chosen political party, global warming = the party you will not cross in the ballot box] please visit http://www.earthhour.org/about/my:en for more information and to register and also support the earth hour, March 28th, 8.30pm - 9.30pm. VOTE EARTH!