Haze from Indonesia

/EDIT:/ this was written a long time ago.

I don't even know what to say. The haze is affecting me, it's affecting everyone. Megan woke up and got a very bad sore throat. I feel irritable and thirsty all the time, and my brother does too. My head hurts vaguely. I'm pissed for no particular reason.

Why? Because the goddamn clear sky is now filled with haze. There's no wind, the air is thick and there's no satisfaction in breathing in. Nothing looks nice anymore, they're all foggy and unclear... if you get me, but whatever.

Goddamn. Of all times, they have to burn those stuff during my end of year exams? the exams that make up forty percent of my entire year's grades? Do you know how much that fucking haze affects us all? Inability to concentrate, annoyed at the slightest things...

It's not just this year, it's been going on for many years. I seem to remember one year, the haze was so bad that schools were closed.

This is so serious.

Your country's smoke is being blown to other countries - hello? Do something about it! It's not unreasonable at all, because we're not asking you to do it all in one day, we've been asking you to improve the situation for years.

Nothing.

I understand it's a fucking huge country and everything, but this is on an international scale. Do you feel no pressure? No shame? If your smoke is staying within your country, then your citizens can write to you. If your smoke is blown over to us, we can write letters to our governments.

BUT.

Our governments can't just send those letters over to you and tell you to improve. That is not diplomacy. That is too blunt and honest to be considered polite.

That's right. We're all too embarrassed to tell you straight out that your stupid smoke is pissing us all off, so all we can do is to sit here uncomfortably and suffer through your fucking smoke.

Your haze not only has short-term effects, it also has long-term ones. Hello? Seriously! Apart from affecting our moods, the fucking haze also affects our physical health. Lung disease! Throat and eyes irritation! Asthma, for fuck's sake.

And if you think I'm only talking about those around me, think of your own fucking country! You want to improve your standards? Then fucking stop the smoke from giving all your poor citizens asthma and such! It's already severe over here, so far away from the real actual site where the burning occurs. What about your own people? They're suffering through haze that's so many times worse than ours!

What the fuck are you doing? Ugh.

You irritate me! DO SOMETHING. Nobody fucking wants the fucking haze.

How about the environmental impacts? Huh? Global warming, enhanced greenhouse warming! Bitch, what the fuck? There's no reason not to fucking stop that shit with the burning right now!

Either they're too lazy to use the proper method to get rid of the crops, or they don't give a fuck about the consequences, or they're fucking uneducated! Lazy and don't give a fuck? Throw them in jail for a while. Fine them. See if they give a fuck then. Uneducated? Pamphlets! What else would they be used for? Government people can go and talk to them!

Oh god, this is pissing me off.

And if it's on too large a scale, then deal with it bit by bit! Ensure that this little village has a few police officers so that they won't burn crops, then move on to the next!

Corruption? Bribes? You must at least have one person that has a high position that's morally upright! Surely that's not too much to ask of a country of that size? That one morally upright person has to be busy, then, and not sitting on his or her ass!

Scare them! No one wants to be jailed or fined, so use that threat to stop them! And if it doesn't work? Then make it a reality, not just a flimsy threat! Jails need to be used!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The excessive use of exclamation marks are NOT ENOUGH TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION.

The haze is SO FUCKING IRRITATING OHMYFUCK.

I've been dealing with it for so many years, I DON'T WANT TO JUST 'DEAL' ANYMORE.

We're all suffering. From those in Indonesia to those in Singapore to those in Thailand! THINK ABOUT IT and then DO SOMETHING.

There is something wrong with this picture, OBVIOUSLY because nothing much has changed from what we see. Clearing land via burning is ALREADY ILLEGAL. If your country needs help, THROW AWAY YOUR FUCKING PRIDE. Use your brain and think about how your stupid pride is causing people to suffer.

If you want help, ASK FOR IT, don't wait for it to be delivered. Nothing wrong with that, except your hurt pride. And if they don't deliver the help they promised, then harass them a little. Delicately. Something. Mention it in a closed meeting or something.

GODDAMN, THIS HAZE IS PISSING ME OFF SO BADLY.

I KNOW you're already doing something but it clearly ISN'T ENOUGH AT ALL.

/EDIT:/ You know what, I was high when I did this post, so just fucking disregard every fucking thing here.

edit 15/09/13: whatever, the haze is back. suddenly i feel a lot more sympathy for the me that wrote this post. anyway, here are some pictures for comparison, just so you know how bad the haze is (besides using the psi)