The heat is on…

Omigawd!!! It is so very hot here in Sibu. It has not rained ever since I got back from Kuching on Sunday – not even a drop…and I am oozing sweat from every pore! And as if that is not bad enough, this afternoon at around 12.30, I spotted this in the distance… 

Thick smoke was bellowing into the air somewhere from across river. I wondered whether there was a fire somewhere – maybe on KNB, TOC and Kpenyu’s land? LOL!!! By 4.00 p.m. when I went for the tuition class, it did not seem to have abated, not in the least…

Was there a fire? Or was it a blatant case of open burning by some unscrupulous individuals? Where were the authorities? It had been raging on for 4 hours and the sky was shrouded with smoke, the sunlight had turned a sickly red…and nothing had been done? There would be no difficulty at all tracing the source and slapping a hefty fine on the culprit to teach him one really good lesson that he would never forget as long as he lived. What were they waiting for? Another horrendous haze like the one in 1997…and then blame it all on the Indonesians?

Well, since it was so hot, I decided not to cook…lest I would be dripping in sweat and my dishes would turn out extra salty! Hahahahaha!!! So I stopped by my regular Bandong stall and bought RM10.00 worth of their chicken kurma…

…and their pumpkin and cangkuk manis masak lemak for RM2.00…

By sunset, the smoke was still visible… Sigh! When will they ever learn?