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Rain has come

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Rain Has Come Rainfall is great where there are high mountains to trap the moisture borne by the winds from the South China Seas and from the Straits of Melaka. “ Dryness  ”  is the key word in understanding Arabia, the desserts but not for Melaka. Since May 1, 2019 rain measured is only marginal. If heavy rainfall continues, which is expected to do so until November, not only flash floods would replace people homes but the soil would lose most of its fertility. When rain falls in Melaka, there is usually far more than enough to wet the surface or to soak into the soil and the surplus runs off, and eventually works its way to the Straits of Melaka. More importantly, rain falls in Melaka has to cover the Durian Tunggal Dam to which I have visited on May 29 with a kid from Machap Baru. Lotuses everywhere got me fascinated but this kid alerted me that their colonies has shrink due to the receding water level. A Story For The Long-Waited Rain in Melaka Ra

Now you see how haze can waste your money

First, the news of the cancellation of FIT Malaysia came in yesterday morning due to haze. Next, the news of the cancellation of the Merdeka Community came in this morning, also due to haze. Both the events are supposed to cheer up Malaysian, one on the field of Dataran Pahlawan and the other within the compound of Dataran MBMB (MBMB stand for Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah or Historical Melaka City Council) No one expected this. Both the locations are located within the Melaka City where the entire population of Melaka is more likely to be affected by very unhealthy indexes that ranges between 201 to 300. (What does Range 201 to 300 means? It means that all active children and adults, and people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma or several other related health conditions should avoid all outdoor exertion; and everyone else, should limit outdoor exertion. According to Wiki, Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry