Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Whither our ecosystem?

I am happy that the lousy neighbours with the rudest kids you can imagine have shifted off just a few days before Hari Raya Puasa. It is really good to have some peace and quiet but unfortunately they left a load of rubbish behind when they moved on the corridors, stairways and landing. Imagine our surprise one morning when we were going down the stairs and found our way blocked by a 3in high single foam mattress! Some of the other neighbours were so furious that they pushed the whole mattress over the wall only to have it land on the roof of the ground floor back gate. It is still laying there getting wet from the rains and dried by the sunshine.
The tenants on the other blocks have stated that the block I am staying in has been dubbed 'the speculator's block' as most of the owners of the apartments here just rent it out to every Tom, Dick and Harry. What's even worse is that these nights at 2am there are fire crackers being let off in the airwell area and the loud bangs have scared my little girl so much that she no longer wants to sleep in her cot.
When we bought the apartment, we told that there were only going to be a few blocks and the greenery would stay all round us. Now the only greenery we see are the grass and the small hillock which I dare not venture to as there have been reports of robberies, rapes, snakes and monkeys that attack people who go to the lookout tower.
I shudder to think about the rest of the green areas of Selangor. Will the only tree, shrubs, flora and fauna our children, grandchildren's children see will be in museum photos? What then will happen to our Earth? Will we have to buy oxygen and stay indoors?

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