Lately it's been pretty hot. More so than usual (or so it feels). You may have heard of the raging wildfires in Kalimantan and how the resulting haze has caused many people to suffer from respiratory illnesses. Maybe what caught the attention of international media was the fact that the intentional burning of palm oil plantations this year, in the worst drought year since 1997, has made Indonesia's CO2 emissions surpass those of the entire US economy and, as well, the UK.
Well, all I know is that it's dry, it's hot, the rice paddies look like cracked craters and many people don't even have running water (although I can still take my two baths per day. Alhamdulillah). It was so hot the other day at school that when I was walking from the sink in the main office to the teacher's room not 20 feet away, my hands were already bone-dry without wiping them on my pants or shaking the water off. Only walking, which I guess is something.
This observation, mixed with a little restlessness in the teacher's lounge, prompted me to suggest to my two main partners in crime - Bu Euis, my English counterpart, and Bu Dila, a biology teacher and my other best friend - that we document this phenomenon and record it for posterity or, at the very least, our amusement. Ergo, Bu Dila filmed the below experiment and Bu Euis timed us. Then we explained our findings. Hope you enjoy!
Here's the link in case the video doesn't play:
https://youtu.be/9oMq6XPhS4U
Well, all I know is that it's dry, it's hot, the rice paddies look like cracked craters and many people don't even have running water (although I can still take my two baths per day. Alhamdulillah). It was so hot the other day at school that when I was walking from the sink in the main office to the teacher's room not 20 feet away, my hands were already bone-dry without wiping them on my pants or shaking the water off. Only walking, which I guess is something.
This observation, mixed with a little restlessness in the teacher's lounge, prompted me to suggest to my two main partners in crime - Bu Euis, my English counterpart, and Bu Dila, a biology teacher and my other best friend - that we document this phenomenon and record it for posterity or, at the very least, our amusement. Ergo, Bu Dila filmed the below experiment and Bu Euis timed us. Then we explained our findings. Hope you enjoy!
I wrote that the first time I timed the water evaporation by myself the time was 34 seconds. This may have been slightly faulty information because I was counting in my head.
Here's the link in case the video doesn't play:
https://youtu.be/9oMq6XPhS4U
