Feeling the heat ...

Day by day, the Sun revolves around Earth, with each rotation the Earth makes in those 24 hours, drastic changes surface - the climate is losing its cool and so am I.

I for one know nothing about climate change or global warming but this for sure - I am experiencing this extremely uncomfortable situation in not having an air-conditioner working in my room.

Its a long story but this has somehow taught me a lesson, a bitter one and certainly hope this 'heat' issue is not going to drag on as a long one especially when the weekend is drawing near. I aren't going into details about how it all happened but this was what I learnt from this whole incident.

In life, we take a lot of things for granted, family and friends are surely one of those components that we take for granted but have you ever thought what would happen should someday, your household appliances fail you. Unlucky me, our air-con has broken down and tonight is going to be the second night without an air-con.

I cannot remember when on earth was the last time I actually slept without this
'air cooler', perhaps twenty years back when I was serving my National Service in some rural part of Singapore. Nothing in life really drives me nuts but this time, without the air-con, I feel frustrated and lost. I even pictured myself leaping out the window just wanting to die at the terrible heat I am facing. Even a fan blowing right at my face is not enough to cool me down, its just a different kind of temperature, a total different world I would say.

See, we all work hard at the office and when we reach home, we just want to pamper ourselves, lie in bed, read a book and feel nice under the sheets with nice and cool air filling the room. Sad to say, I cannot even do that.Its an enjoyment that I cannot even have after a hard day's work. Its causing an eruption of thoughts - anger and pure frustrations.

We took the air-con for granted. When it was working fine, we didn't even realised its existence and importance around us. We would just treat it as 'just another ritual' , placing a finger to the remote and 'beep', the air-con is activated. We do not even need to think, its just purely automatic. Now, its not working. No matter how hard I press on the remote, it just doesn't turn on. I just wish I could be somewhere else, in an air conditioned room but where can I really go? I am just a homeless person and yes, I meant it.

An alternative is the car, it has an air-con and can really cool the atmosphere inside. Frankly, I slept in the car this afternoon. I was just too tired to even drive due to the lack of sleep last night without the air-con. I actually parked my car one side just to nap a short while. Yes, its dangerous sleeping with the air-con on as it could cause carbon monoxide poisoning and I know the consequences but I just could not fight the weariness inside me. Anyway, the consequences of driving when one is fatigue is equally fatal as sleeping with the air-con on in the car.

Feeling this heat, I am at a lost on what is going to happen in the next few days. I know I am not going to sit here and just lose my opportunity of cool air and I for sure will find ways to get myself out of this pathetic state. I want my air-con back, at whatever costs it does not matter. This battle I am fighting is proving too costly for me and its could even cost me my life if this goes on. I don't think a sleepy driver would do any good to this situation especially when he is feeling the heat.