Yesterday I received my Envirosax bag from Miabambina.com, once I open the parcel I handed one of the bag to my colleague (we share order to save shipping cost) I bought mine Retro design, I choose this set because I think they able to be applied for my dearhubbychubby too! iya, I have to think of him while choosing the design because he helps me buying groceries all the time…

My excitable always been out of control when I got something new and pleased me! Unfortunately… something happends the other way round when the other colleague came to my desk and had a look at my Envirosax bag (mind u, I didn’t meant to show off, far behind to invite them to have a look at my stuffs ok..)

In the quote of * * is what exactly in my mind.

Colleague A: Apa ni Taty, apron ke?

Me: No, ini recycle beg lah… *I want to laugh, but it’s ok.. won’t blame him, maybe he never use an apron before*

Colleague B: Recycle beg??!! Satu harga berapa?

Me: RM26.90 each…

Colleague B: U nak guna untuk apa?

Me: I nak guna untuk bawa barang beli barang di kedai, Tesco, pasar and mana² yang I rasa boleh guna, so I dapatlah kurangkan penggunaan plastik bag.

Colleague B: U sorang tak nak guna plastik, ada lagi sejuta orang dalam Malaysia buang plastik.. apa guna..?

Me: Iya… but if dalam Malaysia ada satu juta satu orang, at least yang satu orang ni dah kurang guna plastik, itukan dah mengurangkan.. *if that’s true fact that I am the only one, I won’t follow what the other one million people do because I know what exactly I’m doing!!*

Colleague B: Eh, you buang sampah guna apa?

Me: At home? Yes, I’m still using black beg, tapi bukan ke I cuma guna 1 beg instead of 10, even lesser daripada yang selalu I guna sebab bila I guna recycle beg ni I dah kurangkan penggunaan plastik beg everytime i balik dari Tesco or pasar…? Sekarang ni, I tak cakap I tak nak guna lagi tapi I nak KURANGKAN… *I know it’s hard to survive without using plastic beg in Malaysia because not many people have the intention to stop using plastic beg!*

Colleague C: Kalau macam tu aku nak cipta lah plastik beg yang lepas kita balik dari Tesco kita boleh makan plastik tue!! -then they all laughed out loud- *I know you are joking but if you can invent something like that I am absolutely salute you! Can save lots of $$$!*

Coleague B: Taty I akan bawa ini pergi pasar! - still laughing and holding up an empty A4 paper box!

Me: Ok, I salute you if you buat apa yang you cakap, guna kotak kertas tu bagus sangat sebenarnya daripada plastik..!!-with high pitch of voice already.. *do you think this is a JOKE!!?, if yes please don’t ever think that way, oh dear… I wanna cry already*

Me: You tau tak berapa banyak plastik dah digunakan tahun ini? Dan u tahu tak apa akan jadi pada bumi pada tahun 2050 kalau penduduk bumi tak mengurangkan penggunaan plastik? Nah sekarang you boleh ketawa, tapi siapa yang akan menangis dan terima akibatnya kalau kita terus guna plastik and buang suka hati? anak² kita lah.. I tak nak nanti anak and cucu I merana sampai nak beli air bersih pun kena bayar RM10 sebotol… fikir lah how? rasa macam s****d tak? *Please don’t laugh to something that u are not sure the fact, and I know this bag is quite expensive, yes I can get RM1.99 recycle beg from Tesco, but I want something to cheer me up, there’s nothing wrong is it? Further more, I never ask someone else to pay for this bag anyway! geeeeee I boring already with my normal reusable beg that I have, sesekali makcik nak glamer tak boleh ke hahaha*

— Then all been silent… and few minutes later;

Colleague C: Taty, mehhh lerr aku nak tengok beg baru hang..

Me: Tak nak.. nanti kalau aku bagi hang tengok, hang amik ‘makan’ beg aku! *just joking* eh, ini bukan baru tau, masa aku aku kecik-kecik dulu pun aku dah tengok orang America beli barang guna paper bag.. hihihi kita je yang ketinggalan… tak ada kesedaran.. huhuhu

Ok, that was a situation on yesterday afternoon in my office, after they knew I bought those bags at RM110 and laughed at me… Some people might think they are expensive, but for me our world value is more expensive than RM110 (mind you I am not that wealthy ok..) despite my shallow knowledge about environment safety and recycle things I know I must do something to safe the planet. I start with a 1’st step by reducing consumption of plastic bag and at home we make sure to separate all the tins, plastic bottle, boxes and papers at one place before we send them to recycle centre. I know this small effort is ‘nothing’ compare to other people who live in fully recycle life style! My goal is to make a different to better step for our planet in easy way. LANTAK apa orang nak cakap I don’t mind people laughing at me, before also I’ve been laughed for using cloth diaper for Irfan and cloth pad for myself, get used to it already, anyhow I’m always proud with my life style and I won’t stop for what I’m doing. Lets Rockkkkkk hahaha

To answer my own question to my colleague B above, this year’s plastic bag consumed are.. (referring to reusablebags.com.. tq for the info!)

Plastic bags consumed this year:

Can’t you see??? They are increasing in every second!! Just think about it.. scary rite? if you wanna know about the impact of plastic bag to our planet please click here. Never too late to make a move folks!! have a good day!