Saturday, September 20, 2008

Reducing my Carbon Footprint - 5 Months later

Yesterday the draw bridge was up again on the way home. The sight was awesome - this little piece of engineering allows the century old interconnected river and canal system in the country still being used either for leisure or carrying goods without being hindered by the modern addition of roads and bridges. Sometimes one could see large barges whose sizes almost the width of the canal itself carrying bulk materials. And it is still actually possible take a boat and ply along the canals and go around many parts of the country. Like in Kampung Ayer, some people here 'lives' on the water. Their dwellings are made up of boat or floating houses and are normally found along one of the quieter canals.

The last time I used the public transport for work was nearly half a year ago. With about 100 km clocked in a week, I have now cycled just over 1,400 km! That's huge and that's my bit to reduce my carbon footprint. Now with the cooler weather, with the morning temperature at around 8 Deg. C, the kids are no longer using their bikes to school. Except for Fiz, our eldest, she still cycles every now and then.

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