Haze
August 14th, 2008 by MM2H
My headache tells me there is haze, my eyes in the above picture tells me there is haze, my nose can smell smoke of burning wood, yet the API (Air Pollutant Index) readings are "moderate".
API | Rating | Areas | % |
| 0-50 | Good | 29 | 56% |
| 51-100 | Moderate | 22 | 43% |
| 101-200 | Unhealthy | 0 | 0% |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | 0 | 0% |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | 0 | 0% |
| >500 | Emergency | 0 | 0% |
So to be sure that I should stay indoors today I googled for the latest API updates… (http://www.doe.gov.my/apims/)
Unfortunately I can only find the readings from yesterday. I mean: what do I do with the numbers of yesterday when I want to go out today?
Is it too difficult to get an hourly update? I mean, we are talking about the health of all Malaysian citizens and tourists who should be able to make an intelligent decision:
- whether to spend more or less time outside
- whether to close doors and windows…
Anyway, it’s supposed to be the hot season now and at almost 11am there is still no sun visible… This can’t be called healthy at all…
Just hoping the haze won’t be as bad as 3 years ago, but if all we can do is hope for the haze to disappear, it shows that world leaders don’t care at all about the air we breath.
Ever tried to hold your breath for 10 minutes? Then why can’t we make sure there is healthy air to breath in stead of haze?
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How to get rid of acne
July 23rd, 2008 by MM2H
I am an expatriate living in the tropics and my major problem with the hot weather is that it does cause me to break out in acne very often – more so if I spend a lot of time under the sun.
Anyway, I have found a way to manage it quite well and the first thing I did was to learn as much as I can on acne.
I got loads of information from this great website called acne.com.
They have articles on treatments, causes and effects, types of acne and how to prevent breakouts.
Once I learn how to manage it, I found that my acne breakouts have reduced quite substantially.
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Did you know your heart can stop without warning?
July 22nd, 2008 by MM2H
I have heard of people just collapsing and dying from a sudden cardiac arrest.
Do you know if you are at risk for a heart attack?
It can occur without warning and if you get yourself educated about heart attack symptoms you may one day be able to save your own live or lives of your loved ones.
Go to www.insidecardiacarrest.com and on this website you will be able to get all the information that you need about heart attacks relating to symptoms, treatment, risk factors etc…
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