Haze and Children

I'm honestly a sensitive nose age guy. When the haze came, immediately my nose start to be runny. I even have thoughts whether should I go to marketing on the second day of the haze. I decided I have to go and I brought out a towel to cover my nose. People saw me with weird stares, but I have no choice.

I went past a nearby clinic and I saw the clinic assistants wearing the masks. I straight away asked one of them whether can I purchase from them. They directed me to the TCM shop. And I am so glad when I saw it and I bought 6 of them. After I donned the mask, I felt the immediate difference. And it's so much comfortable to have a filter before your nose.

I managed to get hold of the N95 mask, and it is so much better because it blocks the small particles. Love it.

Me with the N95 mask.

PS: It's named N95 because it can block out 95% of the particulates that are more than 0.3 micrometers. Hence that comes the number! I didn't know until this haze saga.

Steps we did at home

1. Close the windows and switch on air con 

Yes, once we open the windows, we can smell the haze. Hence we close the windows and switch on the air con. 

It's much better and with the children running around and playing at home, they are not directly exposed to the haze air. 

We also closed the toilet doors as well as the main door.

2. Used the humidifier and air purifier

We managed to get the Sharp humidifier and air purifier for ourselves. And Eve managed to call the available Best Denki shops and all are sold out except the one in Vivocity.

We really felt the difference after using it and especially we have children, all the more we should have this additional lung at home.

Thanks for the haze, we managed to stop the procrastination for this air purifier for months because we have always regarded our house aircon as an air purifier and it actually got choked. The aircon maintenance guy told us that having an air purifier can help to prolong the aircon life and efficiency.

It's very good. It's called - SHARP AIR PURIFIER KCA50EW.

Our additional lung at home. $290 U.P. I bought at $245nett.

Now, no reservations can be made and people who wants to buy have to queue up. And it's like the Hello Kitty craze, first come first serve.

Actually on the first day, we used but I still feel there is smog smell. Eve said I'm too sensitive. Anyway, the second day, Eve asked me about how to maintain the filters. So I showed her. And guess what!!! I forgot to remove the plastic cover of the filter. Lol.. Hence the first day, the air wasn't purified and my nose was right! It's really so comical... And on the second day, we really smelt the fresh purified air...

3. Mop the floor

Oh. The floor is terribly dusty even though we can't see the dust particles, the colour of our feet is black.

I mopped the floor once a day and the water is milky. And now Eve is pregnant, all the more the house should reduce the amount of dust. It only takes about 20 minutes to mop the whole house area. And it feels good after that.

4. Increase intake of fruits 

We bought lots of organic blue berries, blackberries, cranberries and the fresh vegetables for salad. Find that after eating them, we have more antioxidants. We also ate organic apples! My children love it and Eve eats 3 apples everyday! Amazing.

I'm not sure how long this situation of haze will last. However, we will do our ways to minimize the contact of the haze for my children, especially Eve.

Kinda miss those days we go to playground, running around at void decks...