Foul!

As published in Malay Mail today HARESH SAYS By Haresh Deol WATER gushed from the hose, splashing against the metallic silver car. Mr T was proud of his ride as he washed it almost every other day. I waved, while cringing inside, as I walked past him. To him, the wave was a signal to speak. “Wah, what’s happening in Terengganu? Menteri besar stripped of titles? Not too long ago, it was the Kedah menteri besar fiasco.” he said. He continued: “What you think of Sarawak? Time to ubah (change).” He had asked questions but was clearly not interested in knowing the answer. I smiled and told him we would chat soon. I genuinely had to rush. While all this was going on, water continued to flow out of the hose and onto his car. That two minutes saw at least three pails, if not more, of water wasted. If only he paid more attention to our weather than politics. Environmentalists and non-governmental organisations have repeatedly warned about a loomin...

PERSEDIAAN ATLET MENJALANI LATIHAN KETIKA KUALITI UDARA TERJEJAS DAN FENOMENA EL NINO Keadaan jerebu yang semakin teruk di beberapa kawasan di Semenanjung Malaysia sejak beberapa hari ini, terutamanya di kawasan Lembah Klang yang menyaksikan peningkatan bacaan Indeks Pencemaran Udara (IPU) yang tidak sihat. Disamping itu, negara juga kini berhadapan dengan cuaca panas dan kering berikutan kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh Pertubuhan Meteorologi Dunia (WMO) pada 15 April 2014, fenomena El Nino berkemungkinan besar melanda dunia pada pertengahan tahun ini yang dijangka bermula antara Jun dan Ogos depan, namun demikian masih terlalu awal untuk menentukan tahap kekuatannya. Impak El Nino kepada negara secara umumnya boleh menyebabkan jumlah hujan diterima akan berkurangan, terutamanya bagi Sabah dan Sarawak. El Nino juga boleh menyebabkan cuaca menjadi lebih panas dan kering yang seterusnya memudahkan berlakunya kebakaran hutan yang boleh menyebabkan kejadian jerebu te...

Haresh Says as published in Mailsport today. PERHAPS the prolonged heat wave earlier this year has fried our brains, severely impairing our judgement. And it looks like our ability to think will be further handicapped as we brace for El Nino this month. It could very well last till August or September. Weeks before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, we all turned football pundits and pretended to be Joachim Low or Vicente del Bosque. Housewives and even vegetables sellers were speaking about their favourite team’s chances. Restaurateurs got their workers to wear fake jerseys while roadside burger stalls displayed mini flags of the participating teams.   And during the World Cup, the conversations strictly revolved around football.   Sadly, this is not the case this time around. Brazil — the home of football — hosts the World Cup which kicks off on Thursday (Brazil play Croatia on Friday 4am Malaysian time).   I visited several shopping ...