Dream and Seek To Achieve

It rained heavily for the 5th day running. While we rejoice and take a short breather from our watering efforts, I like to share with you this meaningful quote by Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has". Each and everyone of us has the power to make a difference. If we can come together and work towards a common goal, we can achieve what others deem as impossible.

Back then, if all of us were to just sit back and wait for things to happen, wait for the rain to come, it may not have come today and more trees would have dried up. Instead, all of us make an effort to collect used water to try to make a difference, at least to a few trees. Then, there were people throwing stones at this initiative, saying it will not work no matter how much water we watered. My personal opinion back then was that whether it worked or not, there is no harm trying. If we try, it may not work but if we don't try, it will definitely not work! Even if our actions don't bring rain, we are at least saving the trees and plants that we watered on. When the rain finally came, I felt so proud and happy that I have joined the many believers in making this happen. I have no idea on long the rain would last but I am very confident that even if the rain stops, there is a group of thought committed friends who are on standby, waiting to give their love and kindness to the trees and plants

Let It Rain In Singapore Initiative

The commonly talked about topics these days are the haze, the hot weather and the browning of trees and plants, as Singapore has experienced minimal rain for the past 60 days. Then, the attention shifted to the government, National Environmental Agency (NEA) questions asked on why they didn't do this or do that. In my opinion, instead of asking what others can do to solve the problem, why not ask ourselves what are the little things that we can do to help the situation?

Previously, I had no idea how to solve the problem, though the thought did cross my mind that we can all do something together to help the situation. I stumbled upon this great initiative started by a friend, Ling, on Facebook.I feel that if we can't think of inspiring ideas like this, the next best thing we can do is to help realize this vision by giving our support.

I used recycled water from washing of rice to fill these plastic bottles, up to a total of 1.7L of waters and started watering the plants, trees and grass patches underneath my blocks. I may not be able to save all the trees and plants in the neighborhood but at least I tried to do something for 1 or 2 of them. If more people can join me in this movement, I am sure we can achieve much more.

Without watering these plants, there will be no transpiration from trees and less likely there will be rain. Without rain, the haze problem will persist. Dear friends, let's start doing a small act of kindness for our environment by supporting this initiative. We will eventually all benefit from this :)

It finally rained heavily on 15th March (Sat) 14 and it had been more than 60 days since it last rained so heavily. I feel so happy and proud to have joined the many believers in reaching our goal together.