Haha... so here I am - all rather very clean after completing the Water Challenge!
Waking up this morning, and realising that I could have a full-on 10minute shower, flush the loo, and just generally use water without the help of my measuring jug and various other calculations was just very pleasant! :) Carefully placing all my clothing that I wore during the week into the washing basket was rather a nice feeling too... ;)
Felt really clean this morning, whilst travelling to school in clean clothes & having had a proper shower ;)
Through this week, I guess the main thing I've learnt is that, unlike us, who can use water subconsciously at any time, because of the widely available access we have, there are some people in the world who's main problems and thoughts invading their minds are to do with water... whether they'll have enough to survive on.
This week has challenged me in so many ways; not just the fact that I wasn't able to have a shower, but the fact that I was using the resource I had access to in most places I go to, very carefully and calculating each time, so that I would be able to use it efficiently!
Before I started this challenge, I thought it would be too difficult, and that I just won't be able to do it... it's funny how, the things I thought would take up the most water (general cooking) takes up the least... and flushing the loo... well, takes up literally over half of my daily allowance! :P Haha(:
This I'm guessing will be the last post on this blog, from me... for probably a very long time(: maybe forever, but you never know ;) (not that I have anything in particular in mind in the reason to post again... obviously!)
But, one lasting thing...
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Esther, Naomi and I did this as a 'challenge' for a week. There are people who do this every single day, without the luxury of free public toilet flushes and having 10L as a definite reserved amount for each day...
Thank-you so much for your on-going support(: & your sponsorships too!
Your support will go towards Tearfund, a charity that's working towards providing this essential need to those who don't have the everyday access to it, like you and I do(:
An idea of how the money raised will be used:
£20 enables Tearfund's church partners to provide year-round clean water, no more than 500 metres from home for one person.
£55 is the cost of enabling a family of EIGHT to achieve safe, adequate sanitation.
Hope this challenge has made you think, as much as it effected us in a lot of ways! :)
Maybe... you could try this out sometime? ;)
Thank-you, so, so, so, so, much, you lovely people :) xxx
Friday, 28 January 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 7... THE last summary! ;)
So, only three hours till this Water Challenge is over... personally, I think it's gone pretty quick, but I'm not sure what you guys thought, reading all these long blog posts of mine ;)
Revision so far has been successful to a certain extent, but I still got a lot to do... I'm afraid this summary is going to have to be rather short! :/ (as it has been for the past couple of days!)
So, water usage so far today, since the last count (i.e. last blog post) is 7.45L... I also drank about 485ml :-)
Haha, part of that was 6L used to flush the loo, and it wasn't accidental this time.... ;) besides, I had quite a lot of water on reserve, so it's okay :-) if it hadn't been for that, I pretty much would've used minimal water tonight too!
Anyhow! :-)
Therefore, total summary of Day 7: 1 Free public toilet flush + 10.75L + 485ml (for drinking) ;)
I probably won't be using any more water tonight... at least, I don't think!
Yesterday, I calculated that, my allowance for today was:
7 Free public toilet flushes... :P
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 11.22L + 5.875L (for drinking)
Therefore, from above, theoretically, if Day 8 had existed, I would have the following left to roll over to tomorrow:
6 Free public toilet flushes... oops ;)
9.27L + 6.59L (for drinking)... haha :')
I guess the conclusion from that is that, I haven't used all the potential free public toilet flushes, and I haven't been drinking much ;) ooooops!
Haha, 'tis a strange feeling, writing the summary for pretty much, the very last time....
Will be back tomorrow though, after my exam, to summarise my experiences during the week! It should be very interesting... ;)
Thank-you so so so much for the support & hope you've enjoyed the blog :) x
Revision so far has been successful to a certain extent, but I still got a lot to do... I'm afraid this summary is going to have to be rather short! :/ (as it has been for the past couple of days!)
So, water usage so far today, since the last count (i.e. last blog post) is 7.45L... I also drank about 485ml :-)
Haha, part of that was 6L used to flush the loo, and it wasn't accidental this time.... ;) besides, I had quite a lot of water on reserve, so it's okay :-) if it hadn't been for that, I pretty much would've used minimal water tonight too!
Anyhow! :-)
Therefore, total summary of Day 7: 1 Free public toilet flush + 10.75L + 485ml (for drinking) ;)
I probably won't be using any more water tonight... at least, I don't think!
Yesterday, I calculated that, my allowance for today was:
7 Free public toilet flushes... :P
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 11.22L + 5.875L (for drinking)
Therefore, from above, theoretically, if Day 8 had existed, I would have the following left to roll over to tomorrow:
6 Free public toilet flushes... oops ;)
9.27L + 6.59L (for drinking)... haha :')
I guess the conclusion from that is that, I haven't used all the potential free public toilet flushes, and I haven't been drinking much ;) ooooops!
Haha, 'tis a strange feeling, writing the summary for pretty much, the very last time....
Will be back tomorrow though, after my exam, to summarise my experiences during the week! It should be very interesting... ;)
Thank-you so so so much for the support & hope you've enjoyed the blog :) x
Day 7 - How the last day of water challenge began(:
Well, I have a beautiful afternoon/evening planned ahead of me... revision!
But just before I get into it, I thought I would keep a record of how much I used so far on this lovely day(:
Haha, I love how I'm at home for the afternoon(: freedom! Listening to music and writing blog, after getting home on a rather peaceful bus journey straight after an awesome CU session, followed by a walk with two lovely friends(:
Anyhow...
So far, I've used about 3.4litre today... which is quite a lot, but it does include taking about 1 litre to wash this morning, to make my face appear a bit alive, as I'm feeling slightly ill(: and 1 litre was used at school, when I was washing my hands after going to the loo (at main school, before chemistry!)... (1 free public toilet flush used too;)) That's just an estimate, judging by the water that came out :P I didn't even need all of it, but it just showed how much water there is coming out every time it's pressed... wondering whether that's really necessary/needed... I mean, if not all of it is used, how much is being wasted everyday? :P
Oh, and I have drunk 200ml of milk this morning (which doesn't count), and some water (to take paracetamol), which I will count in later... once I've drunk a full 500ml water bottle (I drank if from that, to make it easier to count how much I drank :P) ;)
Think that's enough for now(:
Time for some mechanics... or maybe some tidy up before I get on with revision(; feeling rather motivated with happy music! You know, Switchfoot, Owl City etc. etc. :)
Hope you're all having a lovely lovely day(: xx
But just before I get into it, I thought I would keep a record of how much I used so far on this lovely day(:
Haha, I love how I'm at home for the afternoon(: freedom! Listening to music and writing blog, after getting home on a rather peaceful bus journey straight after an awesome CU session, followed by a walk with two lovely friends(:
Anyhow...
So far, I've used about 3.4litre today... which is quite a lot, but it does include taking about 1 litre to wash this morning, to make my face appear a bit alive, as I'm feeling slightly ill(: and 1 litre was used at school, when I was washing my hands after going to the loo (at main school, before chemistry!)... (1 free public toilet flush used too;)) That's just an estimate, judging by the water that came out :P I didn't even need all of it, but it just showed how much water there is coming out every time it's pressed... wondering whether that's really necessary/needed... I mean, if not all of it is used, how much is being wasted everyday? :P
Oh, and I have drunk 200ml of milk this morning (which doesn't count), and some water (to take paracetamol), which I will count in later... once I've drunk a full 500ml water bottle (I drank if from that, to make it easier to count how much I drank :P) ;)
Think that's enough for now(:
Time for some mechanics... or maybe some tidy up before I get on with revision(; feeling rather motivated with happy music! You know, Switchfoot, Owl City etc. etc. :)
Hope you're all having a lovely lovely day(: xx
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 6 :-) It's not purely about saving water.
So far, during the week and before I started taking part in Water Challenge, I've had various conversations with people, including my parents... all about how me using a 'little more' water wouldn't affect the whole consumption as much, and there's not a really point to 'just saving water'...
My allowance for today was:
8 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.37L (general use) + 4.675L (for drinking)
But the truth is, as much as we're limiting ourselves to the amount of water we use, this challenge seriously is not about purely saving water... as much as it kind of does in a way, it's about us experiencing personally of the situations which so many people face everyday on the other side of the world, because of lack of water. It is a serious injustice... I've felt this before, whilst in Uganda, but when I came back, I did try and use the resources I often take it for granted more effectively and efficiently, which, being honest, did start to fade away a little. I guess this week has made me think again :-)
For those who know me, I can get a little bit argumentative... well perhaps a little bit more than that ;)
Alright, I can get very argumentative! But I am trying to make that happen less often...
Anyhow, Naomi and I were having a conversation with one of our teachers today, and this came up as a subject, because we were talking about our water usage etc. :) The conversation overall was pleasant, but the one little part of the conversation that didn't really sit peacefully at heart was the fact that, on the topic of using microwaves instead, it kind of defeats the point, seen as the people in the developing world don't have that access... which I guess is true, and has a fair point.
Hmmm, I really don't know what's going on in my mind at the moment, but I just felt kind of necessary to tell you that, even though I'm having an excess water that I can roll over to the next day's limit, and I'm finding it slightly easier than I thought I would, there are just so many supplies of water that I should be applying to my everyday life, but am not, because either it's just too difficult to calculate or any other weird reasons... But the truth is, I, in a way, have the 'luxury' to do that - to 'save' water... but I still have that access, and the choice to whether use more or not. Not a lot of people in the developing countries are in the same position as I am.
As I've found out, no water = so many health & hygiene problems etc. Oh, I'm not even drinking enough either, as you can probably tell... It's just so much hmm... frustration that 10L really isn't a little amount, but once you start using it freely without a measuring jug, the limit gets filled up pretty quickly...
Anyhow, moving on :-) Please don't forget that you can visit http://www.justgiving.com/hen-waterchallenge and donate (all money raised goes to Tearfund!) or you can just see one of us :-) Thank-you so much!
Now, to calculate my water usage so far for today... ;)
I think you guys probably had enough of my long waffles.... so, here's just a sum of what I used today:
Morning before school: 750ml (and drank 250ml of milk, which doesn't count :P)
During school: 1 Free public toilet flush (used antibacterial hand gel afterwards!), 2L (because I bought lunch)
After school (evening!): 4.4L (200ml of milk, which again, doesn't count ;))
Therefore, total water usage for Day 6 is:
7.15L + 1 Free public toilet flush :)
Haha, I love I haven't drunk any actual water today... ;)
8 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.37L (general use) + 4.675L (for drinking)
From the above, I now have left (for today):
7 Free public toilet flushes ;)
2.85L of my usual allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.37L (general use) + 4.675L (for drinking)
Therefore, if I don't use any more water tonight, for Day 7 (last day! :D), I will have:
7 Free public toilet flushes... somehow, I don't think I'll be using all of that :P ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 11.22L + 5.875L (for drinking)
Woah... that's quite a lot saved :P may use some water tonight... maybe :) if I can get a moment off from revision ;)
Right, better be off then ;) au revoir. Probably see you tomorrow(:
(Edited: 8:49pm :P)
(Edited: 8:49pm :P)
Second to Last Day
I keep forgetting about the loo flushing thing, So i haven't really drunk much recently.
However, good news, I managed to save enough to have a 'shower' type thing twice this week. So its relatively normal. Felix told me that if I hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have noticed anything different about my level of smelliness.
Its weird though that little things like flushing the loo use so much water. But also weird how I can save so much and live on so little. (i already knew this from Uganda, but applying it to my life in the UK is so different)
Last day tomorrow.. wooooo :) xxx
Day 6: I smell :(
So I'm on the train, and it's packed. I'm coming home from climbing, and I had to run for the train, so I'm all horrible and sweaty and smelly and the man next to me has just moved seats. I actually stink. I've got enough water for a 3 minute shower tonight though, so I'll be a bit better tomorrow :) One thing that I have been contemplating is this: on Friday, when this is all over, I'm going to have a huge bath with lots of bubbles and feel really clean. In a developing country, that's just not an option. We've had a hard time doing this for a week: I feel horrible and yucky and smelly as it is, but so many people have to live like this all the time. I hope the money that we've raised this week will help people like that, people who don't have the luxury of clean running water whenever they want it. If you can spare any money at all then please do, the fact that people have to live like this all the time is terrible, and I hope we will all do all that we can to help. I'm giving my lunch money for this week, and I hope that it will make a difference to someone's life. Thanks :) Naomi x
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 5... shortest summary ever! :P
Haha, hellooo people :-)
Hope you're all having a great day!
So, it has not approached nearly the end of Day 5 ;)
The post today I'm afraid will have to be rather short... due to tonnes of work I have to do! :P But I'm pretty sure you're all fine with that... it just means you don't get any details to what I wear/ate etc. and other stuff I spent my water on... ;) shame really, seen as I did record it all on a post-it... ;)
I think I'm starting to get used to this whole 10L a day thing... I've made sure I focused when I went to the toilet, to not to flush... but my mum still puts out cutlery for me, despite having told her for the last five days that I have my own pile distinguished from all the nicely cleaned ones ;) We both agree that, when this challenge is over, she'll probably then not put out some at all for me :P
So, here is the Day 5 total water usage (I'm pretty certain that I won't be using anymore... but we'll see ;)):
No free public toilet flushes used... :P (because obviously, I didn't go to to the toilet whilst at school)
3.8L (general used) + 15ml (for drinking)
**QUICK EDIT - after this post, I used 1litre to wash my feet & hands and stuff :P so, all figures have been updated because of this(: sorry about the confusion!
Haha, I had a sip from my bottle you see... whilst 'working hard' in the library this morning.. it was just too hot! And my throat felt too dry :P I did have 200ml of milk today though, so it's okay, I'm not dehydrating myself at all... ;)
I think I'm starting to get a cold though... I sincerely hope not!
I realised how having limited water access can have a huuuuge effect on not just hygiene & stuff, for general health too... I mean, I would quite like a hot shower right now, to get rid of all these ill-feelings!
So, back to calculations, yesterday, I concluded that for today, I have:
8 Free public toilet flushes :D
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 2.17L + 3.49L (for drinking)
This therefore means that, from the allowance above, I now have left:
8 Free public toilet flushes (still! :D)
8.37L + 4.675L (for drinking! Oops...)
Haha, this means for Day 6 (woahh time does tend to fly quick...) I will have:
8 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.37L (general use) + 4.675L (for drinking) Yayyy! :D
Alright, I better be off....
Wishing you all a very lovely evening; see you tomorrow I guess ;)
Hope you're all having a great day!
So, it has not approached nearly the end of Day 5 ;)
The post today I'm afraid will have to be rather short... due to tonnes of work I have to do! :P But I'm pretty sure you're all fine with that... it just means you don't get any details to what I wear/ate etc. and other stuff I spent my water on... ;) shame really, seen as I did record it all on a post-it... ;)
I think I'm starting to get used to this whole 10L a day thing... I've made sure I focused when I went to the toilet, to not to flush... but my mum still puts out cutlery for me, despite having told her for the last five days that I have my own pile distinguished from all the nicely cleaned ones ;) We both agree that, when this challenge is over, she'll probably then not put out some at all for me :P
So, here is the Day 5 total water usage (I'm pretty certain that I won't be using anymore... but we'll see ;)):
No free public toilet flushes used... :P (because obviously, I didn't go to to the toilet whilst at school)
3.8L (general used) + 15ml (for drinking)
**QUICK EDIT - after this post, I used 1litre to wash my feet & hands and stuff :P so, all figures have been updated because of this(: sorry about the confusion!
Haha, I had a sip from my bottle you see... whilst 'working hard' in the library this morning.. it was just too hot! And my throat felt too dry :P I did have 200ml of milk today though, so it's okay, I'm not dehydrating myself at all... ;)
I think I'm starting to get a cold though... I sincerely hope not!
I realised how having limited water access can have a huuuuge effect on not just hygiene & stuff, for general health too... I mean, I would quite like a hot shower right now, to get rid of all these ill-feelings!
So, back to calculations, yesterday, I concluded that for today, I have:
8 Free public toilet flushes :D
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 2.17L + 3.49L (for drinking)
This therefore means that, from the allowance above, I now have left:
8 Free public toilet flushes (still! :D)
8.37L + 4.675L (for drinking! Oops...)
Haha, this means for Day 6 (woahh time does tend to fly quick...) I will have:
8 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.37L (general use) + 4.675L (for drinking) Yayyy! :D
Alright, I better be off....
Wishing you all a very lovely evening; see you tomorrow I guess ;)
Monday, 24 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 4...
Aha, so here's the last post for today... I'm almost in my pyjamas, getting ready to get to bed... or not(; haha(:
After that little 'disaster' of mine earlier, where my preoccupied mind kinda threw me out a little, resulting in flushing the loo... I 'strategically' planned my water usage for the evening... well, kind of anyway ;)
Using 200ml of water, I cleaned my teeth...
(also went to the loo and did NOT flush it ;)) - Yay!
Then, I used 100ml to rinse out a wash-bowl, which I then poured a mixture of hot & cold water, measuring to about 4litres altogether :-) Using this water, I washed my hair (without shampoo), and my feet too (using soap) :P By doing this, I attempt to be cleaner than I was today ;)
However, having had a chat with my parents just now, I am told that I should have at least used soap on my hair... there's a difference between using no or some soap when washing hair apparently... we'll see how my hair appears tomorrow though! As long as it doesn't look too umm, weird, then I won't mind at all ;)
More spots seemed to have appeared, thanks to the greasiness of the hair... hopefully putting it up in the coming days will solve the problem ;)
I actually feel slightly cleaner now than I previously did, although it's really not the same as having a proper shower :-) But hey, it's like when I had my first shower in like, ummm quite a long time :P in Uganda! Haha :-) Except this time, water is available.. it's just my decision not to use it :P
Followed by washing my hair & feet, using a smaller wash-bowl, I poured 1.4L of hot water, and washed my socks/underwear, using the biodegradable soap :-) another 1L was used to rinse them all out :-) They're now on the radiator, and at least one pair of socks should hopefully be dry by tomorrow... otherwise no socks for me ;) Haha, it's like Uganda all over again... all this hand washing :') except, it's so much less dustier here than it is there, so it's kinda easy to wash clothes ;)
I think that's it for Day 4 water usage :-)
Soo, time for some calculations ;)
In yesterday's summary post, it was concluded that I have the following for today:
9 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.72L + 2.29L (for drinking)
Day 4 total water usage:
1 Free public toilet flush
After that little 'disaster' of mine earlier, where my preoccupied mind kinda threw me out a little, resulting in flushing the loo... I 'strategically' planned my water usage for the evening... well, kind of anyway ;)
Using 200ml of water, I cleaned my teeth...
(also went to the loo and did NOT flush it ;)) - Yay!
Then, I used 100ml to rinse out a wash-bowl, which I then poured a mixture of hot & cold water, measuring to about 4litres altogether :-) Using this water, I washed my hair (without shampoo), and my feet too (using soap) :P By doing this, I attempt to be cleaner than I was today ;)
However, having had a chat with my parents just now, I am told that I should have at least used soap on my hair... there's a difference between using no or some soap when washing hair apparently... we'll see how my hair appears tomorrow though! As long as it doesn't look too umm, weird, then I won't mind at all ;)
More spots seemed to have appeared, thanks to the greasiness of the hair... hopefully putting it up in the coming days will solve the problem ;)
I actually feel slightly cleaner now than I previously did, although it's really not the same as having a proper shower :-) But hey, it's like when I had my first shower in like, ummm quite a long time :P in Uganda! Haha :-) Except this time, water is available.. it's just my decision not to use it :P
Followed by washing my hair & feet, using a smaller wash-bowl, I poured 1.4L of hot water, and washed my socks/underwear, using the biodegradable soap :-) another 1L was used to rinse them all out :-) They're now on the radiator, and at least one pair of socks should hopefully be dry by tomorrow... otherwise no socks for me ;) Haha, it's like Uganda all over again... all this hand washing :') except, it's so much less dustier here than it is there, so it's kinda easy to wash clothes ;)
I think that's it for Day 4 water usage :-)
Soo, time for some calculations ;)
In yesterday's summary post, it was concluded that I have the following for today:
9 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.72L + 2.29L (for drinking)
Day 4 total water usage:
1 Free public toilet flush
15.35L + no drinking water
(Oops, definitely would've went over the limit there, had I not saved up! Only if I hadn't flushed the loo, I would be fine.... I guess this really shows how this one single act we do as part of our everyday lives, are the difference in having enough or not enough water for someone out there to live on...)
From the figures above, after calculations made, I seem to have the following left over:
8 Free public toilet flushes
2.17L (general use) + 3.49L (for drinking)
Therefore, for Day 5 (tomorrow), I have:
8 Free public toilet flushes - yay ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 2.17L + 3.49L (for drinking)
Haha... I really ought to drink more ;)
I guess that's the end for today :-)
Thanks for reading :-)
p.s. Check this out - It's actually one of the most beautiful song I've heard :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMr9Zbw5Ao - Only Hope, Switchfoot :-)
(Oops, definitely would've went over the limit there, had I not saved up! Only if I hadn't flushed the loo, I would be fine.... I guess this really shows how this one single act we do as part of our everyday lives, are the difference in having enough or not enough water for someone out there to live on...)
From the figures above, after calculations made, I seem to have the following left over:
8 Free public toilet flushes
2.17L (general use) + 3.49L (for drinking)
Therefore, for Day 5 (tomorrow), I have:
8 Free public toilet flushes - yay ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 2.17L + 3.49L (for drinking)
Haha... I really ought to drink more ;)
I guess that's the end for today :-)
Thanks for reading :-)
p.s. Check this out - It's actually one of the most beautiful song I've heard :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMr9Zbw5Ao - Only Hope, Switchfoot :-)
Done it again... Ahh!
Basically, was about to get myself prepared to do some work...
Went to the loo, my mind was too preoccupied and I flushed the loo. AHHH!
Meh, as soon as I flushed it, my mind was like 'NOOOOOOOO', but unfortunately, you can't really stop the toilet from flushing in the middle of it.... haha, used 100ml to clean my hands...
Oh dear... looks like my plan for my water usage this evening has gone down the drain.... :P meh.
It's okay... not the end of the world ;)
Went to the loo, my mind was too preoccupied and I flushed the loo. AHHH!
Meh, as soon as I flushed it, my mind was like 'NOOOOOOOO', but unfortunately, you can't really stop the toilet from flushing in the middle of it.... haha, used 100ml to clean my hands...
Oh dear... looks like my plan for my water usage this evening has gone down the drain.... :P meh.
It's okay... not the end of the world ;)
Day 4 - First day of school, during Water Challenge... HALF WAY!
Haha, it's been an interesting day.. so far ;)
Judging by how I worked in chemistry this morning, I don't think I was fully awake... either that, I clearly wasn't concentrating enough! Was very happy to hear that biology was cancelled this morning though ;) maybe got a bit too excited! I do love biology though - don't get me wrong :P It just gives me more time to catch up on work ;)
Woke up rather late this morning, but then again, I did to to sleep pretty late last night, so no surprises there :P I believe the time was around 6:20am. :-) This kinda meant that I couldn't get myself washed using Esther's idea, or wash my hair, soo... I used my 'intelligence' and soaked the towel in about 300ml of water and gave myself a wash with that - better than nothing to be honest!
I hope I didn't seem too messy/smelly today :P If I did, my sincerely apologies! But trying to use about 10L a day and therefore not having a shower seems to do that to you....
The day carried on by moving on to breakfast - which to my surprise wasn't just toast, but piece of this meat thing my mum had prepared many days ago in Korean style ;) The cooking & washing up the pan it was used to cook in probably used about 250ml, and my washing up (i.e. plate, fork & knife) required 200ml.
I didn't drink anything this morning... I think several people told me off for that at school today :P Ooops!
Oh, to certain someone, with name beginning with A, you know you said you didn't need to eat lunch as much as I said I can survive without drinking? I hope you had lunch... otherwise that really would've been silly! ;)
Anyhow, I cleaned my teeth & stuff using 300ml, and used extra 200ml to make my appearance reasonably clean... hope it was okay? ;)
Had an awesome start to school day(: Prayer meeting was rather very awesome! A great way to start the morning & the week(: Very powerful too... pity that I had period 1 though... :P in most ways, I'm rather glad the lesson bell didn't ring this morning! ;)
During break, I had half of my lunch - which were mango slices :) yum!
At lunch: basically, I spent first half of my lunch having a violin lesson, then choir (yes Parry! ;)) for the second half, so I couldn't actually eat my lunch properly :P AND, because of the limitation in cutlery, I didn't even use my pack lunch box! - Used plastic bags instead :-) although I'm not entirely sure which is more 'eco-friendly'... ;) aha(:
So, as a result, I had half of my sandwich on the way to Further Maths, where some people discussed about my lack of drinking water... not entirely sure how/why the conversation went that way!
During Further Maths, I went to the loo.. flushed it (using one of my free public toilet flushes ;)) because I'm a good girl ;) and used antibacterial hand gel to wash my hands because it's really hard to measure how much water I use with the school taps, because they're one of those press-on-automatic-that-won't-turn-off-till-ages-after taps ;) besides, using antibacterial hand gel was probably more clean to be honest! ;)
Because my biology lesson was cancelled, I went to the library for p5 and did some mechanics(: and had some interesting chats with lovely people too! ;)
Afterwards, whilst walking to Centre, I had the rest of my bacon sandwich (yeh... I forgot to mention what it was, didn't I?) Calculating the water usage for my lunch overall, I think it was probably about 400ml, including all the preparation and stuff like that :P and yhh... I didn't drink anything during school time either! ;)
Came home, had some small potatoes as 'snack' because parents weren't to be back till a bit later, using plate & fork :) For cooking, my share probably would've been maximum of 200ml including the washing up :P and my cutlery (plate, mug & fork) required 150ml in washing up ;) I'm getting pretty slick at this minimum-water-for-washing-up-business! ;) I actually drank something too - about 400ml of milk, which doesn't count towards my water allowances... haha(:
Okay, and finally (for now) is my tea:
- Rice (150ml... estimate :P)
- All other Korean stuff & leftover from this morning (didn't require any water to cook anything, so 250ml for washing up would do ;))
- My cutlery (plate, spoon, chopsticks) required 150ml to wash up :) so yhhh :P
- and to conclude, I had a satsuma(; which obviously doesn't require water ;)
That's it, for now ;) going to get some 'real' work done tonight... and violin! :P
So, Day 4 total water usage so far: 2.55L + 1 free flush ;)
Over half way now :-) I must say, it's truly been a valuable and interesting experience so far... more to come I guess(: Just realised how detailed my blog accounts are... you could stalk me using this if you really want :P but I doubt that somehow ;)
Judging by how I worked in chemistry this morning, I don't think I was fully awake... either that, I clearly wasn't concentrating enough! Was very happy to hear that biology was cancelled this morning though ;) maybe got a bit too excited! I do love biology though - don't get me wrong :P It just gives me more time to catch up on work ;)
Woke up rather late this morning, but then again, I did to to sleep pretty late last night, so no surprises there :P I believe the time was around 6:20am. :-) This kinda meant that I couldn't get myself washed using Esther's idea, or wash my hair, soo... I used my 'intelligence' and soaked the towel in about 300ml of water and gave myself a wash with that - better than nothing to be honest!
I hope I didn't seem too messy/smelly today :P If I did, my sincerely apologies! But trying to use about 10L a day and therefore not having a shower seems to do that to you....
The day carried on by moving on to breakfast - which to my surprise wasn't just toast, but piece of this meat thing my mum had prepared many days ago in Korean style ;) The cooking & washing up the pan it was used to cook in probably used about 250ml, and my washing up (i.e. plate, fork & knife) required 200ml.
I didn't drink anything this morning... I think several people told me off for that at school today :P Ooops!
Oh, to certain someone, with name beginning with A, you know you said you didn't need to eat lunch as much as I said I can survive without drinking? I hope you had lunch... otherwise that really would've been silly! ;)
Anyhow, I cleaned my teeth & stuff using 300ml, and used extra 200ml to make my appearance reasonably clean... hope it was okay? ;)
Had an awesome start to school day(: Prayer meeting was rather very awesome! A great way to start the morning & the week(: Very powerful too... pity that I had period 1 though... :P in most ways, I'm rather glad the lesson bell didn't ring this morning! ;)
During break, I had half of my lunch - which were mango slices :) yum!
At lunch: basically, I spent first half of my lunch having a violin lesson, then choir (yes Parry! ;)) for the second half, so I couldn't actually eat my lunch properly :P AND, because of the limitation in cutlery, I didn't even use my pack lunch box! - Used plastic bags instead :-) although I'm not entirely sure which is more 'eco-friendly'... ;) aha(:
So, as a result, I had half of my sandwich on the way to Further Maths, where some people discussed about my lack of drinking water... not entirely sure how/why the conversation went that way!
During Further Maths, I went to the loo.. flushed it (using one of my free public toilet flushes ;)) because I'm a good girl ;) and used antibacterial hand gel to wash my hands because it's really hard to measure how much water I use with the school taps, because they're one of those press-on-automatic-that-won't-turn-off-till-ages-after taps ;) besides, using antibacterial hand gel was probably more clean to be honest! ;)
Because my biology lesson was cancelled, I went to the library for p5 and did some mechanics(: and had some interesting chats with lovely people too! ;)
Afterwards, whilst walking to Centre, I had the rest of my bacon sandwich (yeh... I forgot to mention what it was, didn't I?) Calculating the water usage for my lunch overall, I think it was probably about 400ml, including all the preparation and stuff like that :P and yhh... I didn't drink anything during school time either! ;)
Came home, had some small potatoes as 'snack' because parents weren't to be back till a bit later, using plate & fork :) For cooking, my share probably would've been maximum of 200ml including the washing up :P and my cutlery (plate, mug & fork) required 150ml in washing up ;) I'm getting pretty slick at this minimum-water-for-washing-up-business! ;) I actually drank something too - about 400ml of milk, which doesn't count towards my water allowances... haha(:
Okay, and finally (for now) is my tea:
- Rice (150ml... estimate :P)
- All other Korean stuff & leftover from this morning (didn't require any water to cook anything, so 250ml for washing up would do ;))
- My cutlery (plate, spoon, chopsticks) required 150ml to wash up :) so yhhh :P
- and to conclude, I had a satsuma(; which obviously doesn't require water ;)
That's it, for now ;) going to get some 'real' work done tonight... and violin! :P
So, Day 4 total water usage so far: 2.55L + 1 free flush ;)
Over half way now :-) I must say, it's truly been a valuable and interesting experience so far... more to come I guess(: Just realised how detailed my blog accounts are... you could stalk me using this if you really want :P but I doubt that somehow ;)
Alright, should head off :P see you soon, and thank-you for reading! :-)
Sunday, 23 January 2011
HaEun's 'summary' plus everything of Day 3 :-)
Hello people(:
So I've been told... someone's been suffering from withdrawal symptoms of the lack of the posts in the blog today! :P I do sincerely apologies; saying that I didn't have time is probably a very bad excuse, but I thought I would leave it till later... and here I am now, with just over 2hours of Day 3 left!
This water challenge overall so far has been rather... interesting :) and made me think a lot!
Was in church today... and realised, no matter how much I smelled ;) (don't worry guys, I'll freshen up before school tomorrow... :P and for those at Church: I'm really sorry! Hopefully you would've seen this and known why... ;)) God still loves me lots and lots and lots - I'm so thankful for that! ;)
Also realised once again of how precious water really is! But more of that as this post goes along....
Day 3 - started off rather interestingly :-)
Woke up this morning (feeling blue... haha :') not really, but here you go, an insight to my year9 music classes!), anyhow - [looks at my record sheet for water usage today... pretty long!], used 100ml to wash my face and stuff(: You'll be glad to hear, my hair wasn't flicky today! :D
This was then followed by breakfast:
- Three cheese on toasts... yeh, shush, I was hungry :P (wow, this blog seems to be revealing the 'secret' of how much I eat at the same time :P oops!) which used no water ;) - my excuse for eating three really...
- 200ml milk (which doesn't count - yay!)
I then used 300ml in washing up (plate & mug :)).
300ml was then used to clean my teeth & to make my face appear clean ;)
Haha, also had a rather amusing conversation with my brother... He was saying how he would do the water challenge, but it would just be too hard for him and stuff... there were some amusing stuff being said, which I simply cannot remember! (Yeh, that's what you get when I'm trying to remember the stuff that happened this morning!)
Whilst doing this, I noticed that I had a spot on my face, near my right eye... meh! You know all the puberty stuff? Well, I never really had spots (yay!), except the occasional ones... and yh, today's the day I found out that one somehow appeared :P Probably because of lack of water & cleanness & hair washing to be honest! Might actually have to somehow 'wash' my hair tomorrow!
Moving on, went to church this morning :-) (super gluee :D awesome message!)
In terms of water usage: went to the loo & used 1 free public toilet flush (out of possible 10 ;)) and probably used about 400ml to wash my hand thoroughly (because I was to help with communion stuff :))... maybe less than that, but overestimation ftw! ;)
Next on my list is the grape juice/wine from communion, which to be honest, was a sip, so 10ml would probably do :-) and then I'll say about 30ml for my share of the washing up of the cup & the plates with refreshments, that I had a shortbread from after church :-) good estimation, don't you think?
After church, I came home, went to the loo, didn't flush it :P washed my hands, which was about 100ml :-)
Lunch:
- Rice (100ml, probably :P)
- & Korean stuff (which are all 'pre-prepared' stuff, and therefore required no water ;))
- 200ml of Korean tea :-)
- Chestnuts & prunes & pumpkin seeds...
- Fairtrade chocolate... ;) (from packaging :P) & tiny bit of korean snacks :P
In terms of washing up for my cutlery (bowl & chopsticks), 400ml was used, because it was all sticky and stuff :P I didn't use the spoon though, so at least there was one less object to wash-up! ;)
My lovely mummy washed up all the plates with Korean stuff & dried fruits etc. on it that we shared as a family (which isn't cheating by the way, because I put all the quantities of each stuff I was going to eat on my bowl before I ate them - my siblings can prove this! :P) and she and I actually measured how much we would use per person during washing up :) Turned out to be 200ml, but we all agreed that, it was that less because we did it using a measuring jug - not from a running tap! :-) Still, pretty useful for me to be honest ;)
After lunch, I read for a bit... in french ;) and fell asleep... had a nap :-) which I'm not entirely sure was a good idea, seen as I've done limited revision this weekend! :P
Woke up (once again), cleaned teeth (300ml) :-) and then went to church again :-)
No water usage whilst at church, but when I returned home and went to the loo, my mind was so focused on saving water whilst washing hands (used antibacterial hand gel instead!), so I can wash my hair tonight or tomorrow morning, that I subconsciously flushed the loo... fail! Was pretty annoyed with myself for that (hence my facebook status), but ah well :-) I'll just have to focus better next time... goodbye 6litres, that I could've used elsewhere! :'( ...haha(:
Had a rather late tea(: which was basically Korean Kimchi pancakes - tastes reaaally nice, more than it sounds by the name :P No water was used in cooking but I had a bit of rice, so including that & washing-up for the stuff my mum used to cook with, about 200ml was used (for my share in the family ;)) Also had about 200ml of Korean tea & 100ml of green tea :-)
Because I'll probably have a toast for breakfast tomorrow, I didn't clean my plate spotlessly :-) and the mug didn't need that much cleaning either, so only 100ml was used in washing up... to make up for the 6litres lost obviously! :-)
Went to the loo, and 200ml was used to my hands :-) another lovely family member flushed the loo (obviously after they used it) so it's all good! :-)
So I've been told... someone's been suffering from withdrawal symptoms of the lack of the posts in the blog today! :P I do sincerely apologies; saying that I didn't have time is probably a very bad excuse, but I thought I would leave it till later... and here I am now, with just over 2hours of Day 3 left!
This water challenge overall so far has been rather... interesting :) and made me think a lot!
Was in church today... and realised, no matter how much I smelled ;) (don't worry guys, I'll freshen up before school tomorrow... :P and for those at Church: I'm really sorry! Hopefully you would've seen this and known why... ;)) God still loves me lots and lots and lots - I'm so thankful for that! ;)
Also realised once again of how precious water really is! But more of that as this post goes along....
Day 3 - started off rather interestingly :-)
Woke up this morning (feeling blue... haha :') not really, but here you go, an insight to my year9 music classes!), anyhow - [looks at my record sheet for water usage today... pretty long!], used 100ml to wash my face and stuff(: You'll be glad to hear, my hair wasn't flicky today! :D
This was then followed by breakfast:
- Three cheese on toasts... yeh, shush, I was hungry :P (wow, this blog seems to be revealing the 'secret' of how much I eat at the same time :P oops!) which used no water ;) - my excuse for eating three really...
- 200ml milk (which doesn't count - yay!)
I then used 300ml in washing up (plate & mug :)).
300ml was then used to clean my teeth & to make my face appear clean ;)
Haha, also had a rather amusing conversation with my brother... He was saying how he would do the water challenge, but it would just be too hard for him and stuff... there were some amusing stuff being said, which I simply cannot remember! (Yeh, that's what you get when I'm trying to remember the stuff that happened this morning!)
Whilst doing this, I noticed that I had a spot on my face, near my right eye... meh! You know all the puberty stuff? Well, I never really had spots (yay!), except the occasional ones... and yh, today's the day I found out that one somehow appeared :P Probably because of lack of water & cleanness & hair washing to be honest! Might actually have to somehow 'wash' my hair tomorrow!
Moving on, went to church this morning :-) (super gluee :D awesome message!)
In terms of water usage: went to the loo & used 1 free public toilet flush (out of possible 10 ;)) and probably used about 400ml to wash my hand thoroughly (because I was to help with communion stuff :))... maybe less than that, but overestimation ftw! ;)
Next on my list is the grape juice/wine from communion, which to be honest, was a sip, so 10ml would probably do :-) and then I'll say about 30ml for my share of the washing up of the cup & the plates with refreshments, that I had a shortbread from after church :-) good estimation, don't you think?
After church, I came home, went to the loo, didn't flush it :P washed my hands, which was about 100ml :-)
Lunch:
- Rice (100ml, probably :P)
- & Korean stuff (which are all 'pre-prepared' stuff, and therefore required no water ;))
- 200ml of Korean tea :-)
- Chestnuts & prunes & pumpkin seeds...
- Fairtrade chocolate... ;) (from packaging :P) & tiny bit of korean snacks :P
In terms of washing up for my cutlery (bowl & chopsticks), 400ml was used, because it was all sticky and stuff :P I didn't use the spoon though, so at least there was one less object to wash-up! ;)
My lovely mummy washed up all the plates with Korean stuff & dried fruits etc. on it that we shared as a family (which isn't cheating by the way, because I put all the quantities of each stuff I was going to eat on my bowl before I ate them - my siblings can prove this! :P) and she and I actually measured how much we would use per person during washing up :) Turned out to be 200ml, but we all agreed that, it was that less because we did it using a measuring jug - not from a running tap! :-) Still, pretty useful for me to be honest ;)
Realised how much water we normally use in washing up everyday... especially when doing it in a running tap! Hygiene and staying clean etc. is really important, so washing dirty dishes is really important too... but there are people out there who don't even have clean water to drink :/
After lunch, I read for a bit... in french ;) and fell asleep... had a nap :-) which I'm not entirely sure was a good idea, seen as I've done limited revision this weekend! :P
Woke up (once again), cleaned teeth (300ml) :-) and then went to church again :-)
No water usage whilst at church, but when I returned home and went to the loo, my mind was so focused on saving water whilst washing hands (used antibacterial hand gel instead!), so I can wash my hair tonight or tomorrow morning, that I subconsciously flushed the loo... fail! Was pretty annoyed with myself for that (hence my facebook status), but ah well :-) I'll just have to focus better next time... goodbye 6litres, that I could've used elsewhere! :'( ...haha(:
Had a rather late tea(: which was basically Korean Kimchi pancakes - tastes reaaally nice, more than it sounds by the name :P No water was used in cooking but I had a bit of rice, so including that & washing-up for the stuff my mum used to cook with, about 200ml was used (for my share in the family ;)) Also had about 200ml of Korean tea & 100ml of green tea :-)
Because I'll probably have a toast for breakfast tomorrow, I didn't clean my plate spotlessly :-) and the mug didn't need that much cleaning either, so only 100ml was used in washing up... to make up for the 6litres lost obviously! :-)
Went to the loo, and 200ml was used to my hands :-) another lovely family member flushed the loo (obviously after they used it) so it's all good! :-)
I then used another 200ml to clean my teeth ;)
And now, here I am :-) about to get into my pyjamas...
I kinda realised how smelly I am... oops ;) it's okay, I'll be clean for tomorrow! It's only because, my outfit for today was basically what I wore on Friday, excluding the green t-shirt :-) - My body itself actually is fine - it's just the clothing! (I've been using deodorant, but haven't had any wetwipe washes, like Uganda :P) Pyjamas tonight is obviously going to be the same :-) Was going to wash my socks tonight too, but may have to leave that for tomorrow... maybe(:
So, time for some calculations...
At the end of Day 2, my water allowance for Day 3 was concluded to be like this:
10 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS extra 8.85L + 1.6L (for drinking)
Today, I have used (Day 3 total water usage):
1 Free public toilet flush
8.93L + 0.51L (for drinking)
I kinda realised how smelly I am... oops ;) it's okay, I'll be clean for tomorrow! It's only because, my outfit for today was basically what I wore on Friday, excluding the green t-shirt :-) - My body itself actually is fine - it's just the clothing! (I've been using deodorant, but haven't had any wetwipe washes, like Uganda :P) Pyjamas tonight is obviously going to be the same :-) Was going to wash my socks tonight too, but may have to leave that for tomorrow... maybe(:
So, time for some calculations...
At the end of Day 2, my water allowance for Day 3 was concluded to be like this:
10 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS extra 8.85L + 1.6L (for drinking)
Today, I have used (Day 3 total water usage):
1 Free public toilet flush
8.93L + 0.51L (for drinking)
Therefore, from the allowance I had, I have the following left over:
9 Free public toilet flushes
8.72L (general use) + 2.29L (for drinking)
This means for Day 4, I have:
9 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.72L + 2.29L (for drinking)
YESS! Tomorrow will hopefully be a clean day(: but I guess you'll be the judge of that...
Rather glad I've saved up during Day 1 and 2 :-) it'll be very useful for Day 4 :-)
Thank-you so much, again, for the support(:
8.72L (general use) + 2.29L (for drinking)
This means for Day 4, I have:
9 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS 8.72L + 2.29L (for drinking)
YESS! Tomorrow will hopefully be a clean day(: but I guess you'll be the judge of that...
Rather glad I've saved up during Day 1 and 2 :-) it'll be very useful for Day 4 :-)
Thank-you so much, again, for the support(:
And in third place..
So in comparrsion with Haeun and Naomi, i am a fail this. Firstly because I have really written anything on the blog
Secondly because everyday so far I've forgotten and flushed the loo, but only once! so it only ate half my water.
BUT, good news, I also figured out a really good way to wash, which is to stand in the bath with however many litres i can have in bottles and poor them over myself.. african style me thinks.
Other than that, its all good in the hood.. The only annoying thing is that its the week before my art deadline and so I have to be really careful about water I use to wash up my paint brushes.
But for now, I am clean, and ready for school tomorrow.. armed with my 10 free flushed!!!
But I realised that in this week I will have used less water than I normally do in a day :O!!!
Saturday, 22 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 2...
So, this shall be the last post of Day 2 ;)
Basically, my evening, in terms of water usages was like this:
Toilet (without flush) & Washing hands x2 = 200ml in total :-)
Tea with a family friend: umm, was basically roast chicken, potatoes, rice, kimchi (Korean stuff ;)), tofu, and cherries/grapes/pineapple/dried fruits (dates - yum!, pruuunes & pumpkin seeds :P) as dessert :-)
Aha, I'm back! ;) Just cleaned my teeth and stuff :) - that's another 200ml of water used!
Not going to wash my socks right now... I'll do that tomorrow night ;)
Also just saw Lizzie's reply on Google Buzz :-)
Here's my special reply: ;)
Basically, my evening, in terms of water usages was like this:
Toilet (without flush) & Washing hands x2 = 200ml in total :-)
Tea with a family friend: umm, was basically roast chicken, potatoes, rice, kimchi (Korean stuff ;)), tofu, and cherries/grapes/pineapple/dried fruits (dates - yum!, pruuunes & pumpkin seeds :P) as dessert :-)
I only used my set of cutlery, so you know ;) I think I did pretty well there... Oh, and I had some Green tea stuff :P which is 200ml :-)
Apparently, according to my lovely parents, the water used in the whole process of cooking really isn't much :P seen as chicken didn't really need any water, or kimchi, or tofu :P just potatoes and washing fruits... which isn't much at all!
Washing up though, I really don't have a clue! I used my plate, bowl, mug, fork, knife and chopsticks which doesn't take much to wash, and there were some plates of food (like tofu) and cookery stuff my parents used to cook with that needed to be washed... which will obviously be divided into seven! (Thank-you parents, for doing the washing up! Shall retrieve my cutlery tomorrow morning... :))
In conclusion, after some 'discussions' with my siblings and parents ;) I have decided that cooking & washing up would come to about 2.5 litres, which should be more than enough to cover everything! Aha :-) Who cares if this is an overestimation.... no one will mind :P as long it's not underestimated ;) riiight? ;)
Hmm, living on 10litres a day is pretty tough :P
...too many calculations! ;) But seriously, it is pretty tough... water is a precious thing!
Apparently, according to my lovely parents, the water used in the whole process of cooking really isn't much :P seen as chicken didn't really need any water, or kimchi, or tofu :P just potatoes and washing fruits... which isn't much at all!
Washing up though, I really don't have a clue! I used my plate, bowl, mug, fork, knife and chopsticks which doesn't take much to wash, and there were some plates of food (like tofu) and cookery stuff my parents used to cook with that needed to be washed... which will obviously be divided into seven! (Thank-you parents, for doing the washing up! Shall retrieve my cutlery tomorrow morning... :))
In conclusion, after some 'discussions' with my siblings and parents ;) I have decided that cooking & washing up would come to about 2.5 litres, which should be more than enough to cover everything! Aha :-) Who cares if this is an overestimation.... no one will mind :P as long it's not underestimated ;) riiight? ;)
Hmm, living on 10litres a day is pretty tough :P
...too many calculations! ;) But seriously, it is pretty tough... water is a precious thing!
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Aha, I'm back! ;) Just cleaned my teeth and stuff :) - that's another 200ml of water used!
Not going to wash my socks right now... I'll do that tomorrow night ;)
Also just saw Lizzie's reply on Google Buzz :-)
Here's my special reply: ;)
Alright, I did roll over all 6L of my left over of my allowance yesterday, but seen as the rule said that I must allocate 1.2Litres for drinking, I shall roll over that specific part of 10L-per-day, if not used, to the allocated amount to drink for next day - does that make sense? ;) Hope you're happy Lizzie :D xx
Finally, Day 2 total usage: 4.95L + 0.6L (for drinking) out of my allowance today(:
Wow, that's slightly more than what I used yesterday... hmm... not sure if that's a good thing ;) but rather glad I'm drinking (as in water - obviously!) more now!
So, basically, this means that:
- Over Day 1: 3.8L + 0.2L (for drinking) = 4L
- Over Day 2: 4.95 + 0.6L (for drinking) = 5.55L
-----> So I've used 9.55L out of my 20L allowance for Day 1 and 2! :D Yayy!
Therefore, for tomorrow (Day 3), I will have:
10 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS extra 8.85L + 1.6L (for drinking) ;) Yes! :D
Alright, probably maybe time for sleep ;) Night all!
Thank-you so much for reading :-)
Wow, that's slightly more than what I used yesterday... hmm... not sure if that's a good thing ;) but rather glad I'm drinking (as in water - obviously!) more now!
So, basically, this means that:
- Over Day 1: 3.8L + 0.2L (for drinking) = 4L
- Over Day 2: 4.95 + 0.6L (for drinking) = 5.55L
-----> So I've used 9.55L out of my 20L allowance for Day 1 and 2! :D Yayy!
Therefore, for tomorrow (Day 3), I will have:
10 Free public toilet flushes ;)
My usual 10L allowance (inc. 1.2L for drinking)
PLUS extra 8.85L + 1.6L (for drinking) ;) Yes! :D
Alright, probably maybe time for sleep ;) Night all!
Thank-you so much for reading :-)
Day 2 - Before I forget... ;)
So, lovely morning :-) Rather tired though.. not sure if that's anything to do with all this water limiting processes :P Probably not to be honest(:
Just a quick update on water usage... have to go very soon :P I shall write a fuller account later...
Lunch: Lots of cereal bars - well, three and half... ;) (because it was just after orchestra), and some small potatoes :P which really, including the washing up, is overestimated to be about 500ml :-) (there were four of us, and we didn't really use plates etc. just a pressure cooker thing and forks! :-))
I'm deliberately going to over estimate, so that I avoid over spending water as much as possible...
Came home, after a good look around Tesco, Hobbycraft & Charity shop :) (I have a phone! Yayy!), went to the loo, didn't flush it, washed hands, which is about 200ml :-)
Then I had some Korean tea (200ml)
- washing the mug was only about 100ml ;)
Had some dried fruit.... and the bowl is yet to be washed, and it's actually for after tea, when we have a guest around (making a 'family' of 7 ;)) so water usage is yet to be included :) It's going to be rather complicated, trying to calculate all the water usage for tea! I might just have to overestimate again ;)
Went out for few minutes, to take some plastic bottles/milk bottles for recycling :-) and instead of washing my hands, I used my antibacterial hand gel :D yay! Hygienic ;) Reminds me of the Uganda times when I used it constantly... rather missing the Dettol bowl :(
Haha, should really go now :-)
Realised I must've included drinking water in the previous calculation... ah well :) I'll put it right here ;)
Total water usage of Day 2: 1.85L + 0.4L (drinking water) :-)
Just a quick update on water usage... have to go very soon :P I shall write a fuller account later...
Lunch: Lots of cereal bars - well, three and half... ;) (because it was just after orchestra), and some small potatoes :P which really, including the washing up, is overestimated to be about 500ml :-) (there were four of us, and we didn't really use plates etc. just a pressure cooker thing and forks! :-))
I'm deliberately going to over estimate, so that I avoid over spending water as much as possible...
Came home, after a good look around Tesco, Hobbycraft & Charity shop :) (I have a phone! Yayy!), went to the loo, didn't flush it, washed hands, which is about 200ml :-)
Then I had some Korean tea (200ml)
- washing the mug was only about 100ml ;)
Had some dried fruit.... and the bowl is yet to be washed, and it's actually for after tea, when we have a guest around (making a 'family' of 7 ;)) so water usage is yet to be included :) It's going to be rather complicated, trying to calculate all the water usage for tea! I might just have to overestimate again ;)
Went out for few minutes, to take some plastic bottles/milk bottles for recycling :-) and instead of washing my hands, I used my antibacterial hand gel :D yay! Hygienic ;) Reminds me of the Uganda times when I used it constantly... rather missing the Dettol bowl :(
Haha, should really go now :-)
Realised I must've included drinking water in the previous calculation... ah well :) I'll put it right here ;)
Total water usage of Day 2: 1.85L + 0.4L (drinking water) :-)
Day 2 - Hair goes flicky, again!
Helloo there :)
So, I'm up and it's Day 2 :-) and today is going to be gooood!
I think I'm starting to get hang of this whole 10L thing... my dad was talking to me earlier of how, if we divided the water we used to wash up by six (no. of family members :P), it really won't be much :P But, the truth is, as much as I love maths, that's just wayyyy too complicated to calculate!
Pyjamas: Same as yesterday's obviously :-)
Hair is still rather flicky, so I had to use some water whilst brushing teeth to calm it down! (It's been included in calculation :P)
Outfit for today: Same as yesterday, without the black cardigan :P (obviously new socks, because socks from last night aren't & clean (by magic ;)) underwear :P)
Water usages so far:
250ml -Wash before breakfast
150ml -Had to take rubbish out, so washing hands after that :-) (I'm being hygienic! :P)
350ml -Washing plate & mug after breakfast
300ml -Brushing teeth etc. after breakfast :-)
Breakfast:
Two cheese on toasts (no water used! :D)
200ml of milk (which doesn't count!)
200ml of Korean tea (which unfortunately does count :P)
So, total usage of water Day 2: 1.25L ;) Yayyy! :D
So, I'm up and it's Day 2 :-) and today is going to be gooood!
I think I'm starting to get hang of this whole 10L thing... my dad was talking to me earlier of how, if we divided the water we used to wash up by six (no. of family members :P), it really won't be much :P But, the truth is, as much as I love maths, that's just wayyyy too complicated to calculate!
Pyjamas: Same as yesterday's obviously :-)
Hair is still rather flicky, so I had to use some water whilst brushing teeth to calm it down! (It's been included in calculation :P)
Outfit for today: Same as yesterday, without the black cardigan :P (obviously new socks, because socks from last night aren't & clean (by magic ;)) underwear :P)
Water usages so far:
250ml -Wash before breakfast
150ml -Had to take rubbish out, so washing hands after that :-) (I'm being hygienic! :P)
350ml -Washing plate & mug after breakfast
300ml -Brushing teeth etc. after breakfast :-)
Breakfast:
Two cheese on toasts (no water used! :D)
200ml of milk (which doesn't count!)
200ml of Korean tea (which unfortunately does count :P)
So, total usage of water Day 2: 1.25L ;) Yayyy! :D
Day 2: an early morning and a messy breakfast...
So, it's about quarter past six in the morning, and I'm sat on a huge empty train, which will soon be leaving Weston station for London. I'm going to a Woodcraft development meeting which is being held the other side of London, hence the early train. (Sorry about the lack of paragraphs, btw, I'm doing this from my phone.) Anyhow, we're just leaving now, and I'm going to tell you about my slightly disastrous breakfast this morning... I was woken up at 5 am by my alarm and, after a little extra sleep, went downstairs to the kitchen in my PJs (yup, the same ones as yesterday) to make myself some breakfast. I decided I would have a boiled egg (we have chickens, so we have quite a few eggs in the fridge). Obviously, boiling a whole saucepan of water for one egg wasn't going to be feasible, so I decided to boil a jug of water in the microwave and cook it in that. Now, because it was about 20 past 5 in the morning and I don't think very clearly at that early hour, this seemed like an ingenious idea. However, as you will probably know, you can't cook eggs in a microwave. So, to cut a long story short, my egg exploded in the microwave. It wasn't as bad as it could've been because it was in a jug of water, but even so, there was quite a bit of egg on the inside of the microwave. Silly girl. So I used 100 ml of water to clean the microwave and another 100 ml to wash the jug. Then I put some clean water in the jug and boiled it for tea and just had toast for breakfast. By this point it was about quarter to six, so I went upstairs to get dressed (in the same clothes as yesterday). Then I finished packing my rucsack (packed lunch, PJs, towel, revision, knitting, Rubick's cube, kazoo, you know, the usual stuff...), and put on my walking boots. Then Dad drove me to the station, at about 5 past six. We bought a ticket and here I am now, about halfway to Bristol, recounting my tragic breakfast... Hope you enjoyed reading this xD Naomi x
Friday, 21 January 2011
HaEun's summary of Day 1...
Alright, final post for the day(:
Had a lovely evening with 'little' kids :-)
Didn't use any water in any way whilst there :P (other than electricity... if you count that :P) I did wonder though... we use electricity pretty much all the time, and via that, we're kinda using water indirectly too (you know, steam and all that :P) Hmmm...
Came home, went to the toilet etc. (didn't flush it!) and washed hands (about 400ml I think ;))
Also washed my socks using the biodegradable soapy stuff I took to Uganda... which used about 600ml :-)
So my water usage for Day 1:
- 3.8L for general usage
- 0.2L for drinking (oops...)
Therefore Day 1 total usage: 4L out of my 10L allowance
Sooo, I can have extra 6L tomorrow! :D Should be very useful, esp in terms of cooking :-)
Still got all 10 free public flushes to use too ;)
Haven't used any wet wipes or antibacterial hand gel yet (used water instead!)... but probably may have to in the days to follow ;)
Probably should end it there now... time to revise(: or rather, pyjama time ;)
- HaEun :-)
P.S. Thank-you so much for reading! Do visit Tearfund's (the charity we're raising money towards!) website to see what they're up to :-) http://www.tearfund.org/
Had a lovely evening with 'little' kids :-)
Didn't use any water in any way whilst there :P (other than electricity... if you count that :P) I did wonder though... we use electricity pretty much all the time, and via that, we're kinda using water indirectly too (you know, steam and all that :P) Hmmm...
Came home, went to the toilet etc. (didn't flush it!) and washed hands (about 400ml I think ;))
Also washed my socks using the biodegradable soapy stuff I took to Uganda... which used about 600ml :-)
So my water usage for Day 1:
- 3.8L for general usage
- 0.2L for drinking (oops...)
Therefore Day 1 total usage: 4L out of my 10L allowance
Sooo, I can have extra 6L tomorrow! :D Should be very useful, esp in terms of cooking :-)
Still got all 10 free public flushes to use too ;)
Haven't used any wet wipes or antibacterial hand gel yet (used water instead!)... but probably may have to in the days to follow ;)
Probably should end it there now... time to revise(: or rather, pyjama time ;)
- HaEun :-)
P.S. Thank-you so much for reading! Do visit Tearfund's (the charity we're raising money towards!) website to see what they're up to :-) http://www.tearfund.org/
Day 1 - It seems as if I'm avoiding as much food as possible...
Aha :) Hello again! Third post today I think...
Basically, after the last post and some facebook.... (should be revising :/), I had a bit of nap, because I was rather tired :) Woke up in time for tea though!
Tea:
Rice & stuff - bascially, because of the way it's been cooked, I've technically only used 100ml in cooking (or even less than that! But we'll go with this figure ;)) which is actually rather awesome! :-) Never realised how 'little' water you need to cook rice... but then again, thinking back to Uganda, I guess I should have known ;)
Also, went to the loo... didn't flush it because I remembered, but somehow managed to subconsciously wash my hands... oops! But did turn off the tap almost immediately though, so I think that was about 200ml to be safe... :-)
Had two satsumas, and water wasn't needed for them :P
Washing up:
A bowl and chopsticks - which used about 300ml :-) did have a spoon too, but I didn't use it (and therefore didn't wash it ;))
Also had an apple, so I used 50ml to wash it... :-) (& a vitamin jelly thing! which didn't require water...)
Brushing my teeth only used about 300ml :-)
That's it really... nothing really exciting!
To explain the title:
Yhh, there were far much more stuff than just "rice&stuff" at the dinner table :P which I simply didn't eat, not because water was needed to cook them or prepare them etc., but because they were on plates etc. which were going to be washed, and therefore it was just too complicated to calculate, as there's six of us in the family etc.... so yh :-) There were cherries too... but taking the water used to wash them into account was far too complicated for my brain at the moment!
I think I'm beginning to realise how I've been using water so casually and subconsciously, beginning to forget the experience I had back in Uganda, where there were eco-toilets to save water usage!
Going to children's youth group tonight... will be back about 10:20pm me thinks :-)
I do have to wear the t-shirt though... would this count as part of the three outfits allowed? It's only a evening thing, and I'm not planning to wash it till after next week's youth group :P Hmmm...
Will calculate the total water usage later, seen as I need to go... au revoir for now! :-)
Basically, after the last post and some facebook.... (should be revising :/), I had a bit of nap, because I was rather tired :) Woke up in time for tea though!
Tea:
Rice & stuff - bascially, because of the way it's been cooked, I've technically only used 100ml in cooking (or even less than that! But we'll go with this figure ;)) which is actually rather awesome! :-) Never realised how 'little' water you need to cook rice... but then again, thinking back to Uganda, I guess I should have known ;)
Also, went to the loo... didn't flush it because I remembered, but somehow managed to subconsciously wash my hands... oops! But did turn off the tap almost immediately though, so I think that was about 200ml to be safe... :-)
Had two satsumas, and water wasn't needed for them :P
Washing up:
A bowl and chopsticks - which used about 300ml :-) did have a spoon too, but I didn't use it (and therefore didn't wash it ;))
Also had an apple, so I used 50ml to wash it... :-) (& a vitamin jelly thing! which didn't require water...)
Brushing my teeth only used about 300ml :-)
That's it really... nothing really exciting!
To explain the title:
Yhh, there were far much more stuff than just "rice&stuff" at the dinner table :P which I simply didn't eat, not because water was needed to cook them or prepare them etc., but because they were on plates etc. which were going to be washed, and therefore it was just too complicated to calculate, as there's six of us in the family etc.... so yh :-) There were cherries too... but taking the water used to wash them into account was far too complicated for my brain at the moment!
I think I'm beginning to realise how I've been using water so casually and subconsciously, beginning to forget the experience I had back in Uganda, where there were eco-toilets to save water usage!
Going to children's youth group tonight... will be back about 10:20pm me thinks :-)
I do have to wear the t-shirt though... would this count as part of the three outfits allowed? It's only a evening thing, and I'm not planning to wash it till after next week's youth group :P Hmmm...
Will calculate the total water usage later, seen as I need to go... au revoir for now! :-)
Some Good News about our dish washer...
So basically, having read copious dishwasher manuals in an attempt to find out how much water our's consumes, it turns out that, on the "Quick Wash" setting, it only uses 10L, which, divided by the five people in our house, counts as two litres for all my washing up, which is good because trying to wash up using water in a jug was proving to be quite difficult.
Happy times :D
Water used so far today: 1.2 litres (the dishwasher hasn't been on yet.)
The idea of a shower is looking quite hopeful...
Now, maybe I should go and get dressed... ;)
Naomi
Happy times :D
Water used so far today: 1.2 litres (the dishwasher hasn't been on yet.)
The idea of a shower is looking quite hopeful...
Now, maybe I should go and get dressed... ;)
Naomi
Day 1 - Sorry Mummy, I can't do the washing up... otherwise I won't have enough left to live on!
Haha :') Awwwh, Esther... hope you're surviving okay!
So, basically... so far, it's going pretty well - I think!
Had a lovely morning out with friends(:
- Didn't drink or use any water then :P
(I don't think Kitkat (fairtrade -yay!) and a polo counts...)
Came back, went to the loo, didn't flush it ;)
Used about 150ml of water to wash my hands...
Then lunch:
Tea (not English tea :P) (200ml of my drinking water :))
2 toast turkey/cheese/strawberry conserve sandwiches - which didn't use any water - yay! :D & a satsuma :)
& one and half piece of Tesco's fair trade chocolate & Korean snack :P
(Yh, I know that seems like a lot... no one was having packed lunch and I was rather hungry :P)
Washing up (used 400ml):
1 plate, 1 mug and a knife! :D
It's rather unfortunate of how I can't really help my mum with the washing up.... meh!
After using limited water for washing up etc., I realised how much 'excess' water I use everyday... something we have so much of as part of our everyday lives.. some people around the world don't even have an access too... takes some thought :P
Alright, tea to get through, and that's today pretty much done ;)
Some photos:
Total water usage so far: 1.85L + 0.2L out of my 10L for today :-)
So, basically... so far, it's going pretty well - I think!
Had a lovely morning out with friends(:
- Didn't drink or use any water then :P
(I don't think Kitkat (fairtrade -yay!) and a polo counts...)
Came back, went to the loo, didn't flush it ;)
Used about 150ml of water to wash my hands...
Then lunch:
Tea (not English tea :P) (200ml of my drinking water :))
2 toast turkey/cheese/strawberry conserve sandwiches - which didn't use any water - yay! :D & a satsuma :)
& one and half piece of Tesco's fair trade chocolate & Korean snack :P
(Yh, I know that seems like a lot... no one was having packed lunch and I was rather hungry :P)
Washing up (used 400ml):
1 plate, 1 mug and a knife! :D
It's rather unfortunate of how I can't really help my mum with the washing up.... meh!
After using limited water for washing up etc., I realised how much 'excess' water I use everyday... something we have so much of as part of our everyday lives.. some people around the world don't even have an access too... takes some thought :P
Alright, tea to get through, and that's today pretty much done ;)
Some photos:
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| My pyjamas :-) |
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| My towel for the week :P |
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| My cutlery for the week :) |
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| Measuring jug to help me throughout the week! :-) |
Not even 12 hours in and Half the Waters Gone
Well Done Esther, not even 12 hours in and you subconsciously flushed the loo and washed your hands.. so half my waters gone for today.. woop woop.. making the prospect of a shower before school look even more unlikely.. silly me
Day 1 (so far)
So, I was woken up at about 9 by my dad shouting "will you be quiet, Naomi's still asleep" at my brothers, who were fighting. Oh, the irony...
I went to the toilet, which I didn't flush, and used 400ml of water to wash my hands.
Then I had cheese on toast for breakfast, which didn't use any water, although I am yet to wash up the cheese grater, or my plate or cup or cutlery. I'll do it in a bit.
I'm still in my pyjamas: purple PJ trousers, Year 6 leavers t-shirt, walking socks and dressing gown.
I guess I should probably get dressed soon...
Naomi :)
I went to the toilet, which I didn't flush, and used 400ml of water to wash my hands.
Then I had cheese on toast for breakfast, which didn't use any water, although I am yet to wash up the cheese grater, or my plate or cup or cutlery. I'll do it in a bit.
I'm still in my pyjamas: purple PJ trousers, Year 6 leavers t-shirt, walking socks and dressing gown.
I guess I should probably get dressed soon...
Naomi :)
Day 1 - Here we go, starting with an early rise!
So, I got up at about 7:15am this morning :-)
My hair's all rather flicky.... which should make this week rather interesting, and easy in some aspects as I'll just have to have it up all the time ;)
My pyjamas:
World Challenge t-shirt
Blue pyjama shorts
Music Dept Hoodie (yay!)
Sleeping socks ;) (and underwear obvs!)
Been using a measuring jug to measure all these ;)
Here are my water usages so far...
- Went to the loo, didn't flush it (but it's okay, some other family memeber went this morning and flushed it after them ;))
- used 200ml of water to get washed this morning, before breakfast
- used 200ml of water to get washed & brush my teeth after breakfast
Breakfast:
- Rice & seaweed&soy sauce stuff (you won't understand ;)) - which is about 500ml, for my part of the family usage ;)
- Used 400ml to wash up my bowl., spoon and chopsticks!
My outfit for today:
-1 set of underwear
-1 pair of socks
- Green & grey t-shirt (that I tend to always wear together :P)
- Jeans
- Black Cardigan
I think that's about it :) Will upload photos later about what happens during the course of the day ;)
Haha, this is going to be an interesting dayyy! :) I'm rather excited!
Total water usage so far: 1.3L out of my 10L for today :-)
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Just over an hour to go... had my last shower(:
Having read what Esther's written, whilst having my shower, I realised how much this reminded me of Uganda... the moment I felt clean after so many days spend in the hot sun without shower! Rather looking forward to that feeling once again after this challenging week!
I think I'm prepared... I hope I'm prepared!
All my clothes seem to be clean/washed... just need to be careful in picking what I wear...
Thinking the World Challenge t-shirt can be my pyjama top for the week ;)
Praying that there won't be any torrential rains during the week, otherwise things may get a bit difficult... ;)
I think I'm prepared... I hope I'm prepared!
All my clothes seem to be clean/washed... just need to be careful in picking what I wear...
Thinking the World Challenge t-shirt can be my pyjama top for the week ;)
Praying that there won't be any torrential rains during the week, otherwise things may get a bit difficult... ;)
Tomorrow's going to be SUCH an awesome day!
The realisation that I just had my last shower for a week....
So you know how they say that a shower takes roughly 9 litres of water-- I swear that isn't true because you know when you fill up the shampoo bottle when its almost empty, it takes almost notime at all and thats almost a litre. So you must get a litre a minute, or something similar. Which means that I could have a 1 minute shower everyday is I saved enough water... plan :)
So I've had my last shower, washed all my cloths, told my boyfriend that I'm going to smell for a week.. and so its all good.. I'm ready :) Bring on the days of BO. In a gross way I'm kinda looking forward to it.. it'll be like being back in Uganda.. minus the awesomeness though :(
I found out, via the BBC, that my household uses roughly 421 litres of water a day, thats 84 buckets, and 105 litres per person.. WOW.. however the average for a person in the UK is 155 litres.. so i guess thats good :) bring it on....
ps. I rather like our fish.. can we call one of them clive :)
Less than three hours to go!
I must say, despite the exams and everything else that's happening, I'm pretty excited for this coming week! :D It'll be awesome, amusing and probably full of hilarity at times... hoping for minimum frustration :-)
A week without shower... it'll be like the time Uganda all over again, except it's here, at home, in England, where water's 'plenty'!
Survived a month with three pairs (well, four ;)) of underwear, I'm pretty sure a week will be fine!
Those out there reading this: Thank-you so much for your support :-) Please do come back to read the blog (and don't forget, you can also feed our little fishes!) ;) & pray for us and remember in your thoughts too, as this is going to be a rather challenging week!
Now, I think it may be a good time to have a shower, for the very last time before this awesome week begins...
Survived a month with three pairs (well, four ;)) of underwear, I'm pretty sure a week will be fine!
Those out there reading this: Thank-you so much for your support :-) Please do come back to read the blog (and don't forget, you can also feed our little fishes!) ;) & pray for us and remember in your thoughts too, as this is going to be a rather challenging week!
Now, I think it may be a good time to have a shower, for the very last time before this awesome week begins...
Well this is exciting...
So, basically, I'm really excited.
The Water Challenge is starting tomorrow, and it's really exciting (I know, I said it already...)
I've just had my last bath and washed my hair. That was fun :)
I've made a little video thing, so if you want to watch me babble incoherently about what HaEun's already said then that would be cool. You can find the video by clicking here. (wow, hyperlink...)
Also, if you want to donate, all the money we raise will go to Tearfund, and you can find the donation page here.
That's about all for now... :D
Naomi
The Water Challenge is starting tomorrow, and it's really exciting (I know, I said it already...)
I've just had my last bath and washed my hair. That was fun :)
I've made a little video thing, so if you want to watch me babble incoherently about what HaEun's already said then that would be cool. You can find the video by clicking here. (wow, hyperlink...)
Also, if you want to donate, all the money we raise will go to Tearfund, and you can find the donation page here.
That's about all for now... :D
Naomi
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Rules we must follow...
Thought you may would like to know :-)
The rules:
• Each person has a daily allowance of 10 litres.
• You must allocate at least 1.2 litres of your daily allowance to drinking. A maximum of half of this quantity can be caffeinated or alcoholic drinks.
• Drinks that are mostly water-based (fizzy drinks, juices from concentrate etc) must be included in your ten-litre allowance.
• Litres can be saved up and rolled over.
• For any general water usage in your home (a dishwasher, washing machine, meals cooked by others that you eat), you must count your share of that use (eg in a family of four, a quarter of the usage).
• If you eat out, or have any takeaway meals during the week, you must still consider the water used in preparing and washing-up for that meal.You should assume around two litres per person, per meal (unless you can be sure of other figures).
• You will be given an allowance of ten free flushes per week that can only be used in public toilets (school, work, restaurant…). Ten flushes equates to two a day for the five days you are compelled to spend most of your time out of the home. (So allocate them carefullly ;))
• To ensure that you do not save water in a way that results in over-consumption the following week, you are allowed just three full outfits and one set of nightwear for the duration of the challenge. This includes underwear folks! You also have an allowance of just one set of crockery – one plate, one bowl, one mug and one knife, fork and spoon.
Taken from:
http://youth.tearfund.org/webdocs/website/youth/campaigns/tiu/TIU_4_1.pdf
The rules:
• Each person has a daily allowance of 10 litres.
• You must allocate at least 1.2 litres of your daily allowance to drinking. A maximum of half of this quantity can be caffeinated or alcoholic drinks.
• Drinks that are mostly water-based (fizzy drinks, juices from concentrate etc) must be included in your ten-litre allowance.
• Litres can be saved up and rolled over.
• For any general water usage in your home (a dishwasher, washing machine, meals cooked by others that you eat), you must count your share of that use (eg in a family of four, a quarter of the usage).
• If you eat out, or have any takeaway meals during the week, you must still consider the water used in preparing and washing-up for that meal.You should assume around two litres per person, per meal (unless you can be sure of other figures).
• You will be given an allowance of ten free flushes per week that can only be used in public toilets (school, work, restaurant…). Ten flushes equates to two a day for the five days you are compelled to spend most of your time out of the home. (So allocate them carefullly ;))
• To ensure that you do not save water in a way that results in over-consumption the following week, you are allowed just three full outfits and one set of nightwear for the duration of the challenge. This includes underwear folks! You also have an allowance of just one set of crockery – one plate, one bowl, one mug and one knife, fork and spoon.
Taken from:
http://youth.tearfund.org/webdocs/website/youth/campaigns/tiu/TIU_4_1.pdf
Welcome to our blog!
We're taking part in Tearfund's Turn it up Water Challenge from Friday 21st - Thursday 27th January 2011.
This consists of surviving by using only 10L of water per day, for one whole week! This is the amount which an average person in a developing world has to live on, compared to the 200L that an average European uses each day.
This blog is the place where you'll be able to read our thoughts & experiences during the week, which we hope you'll enjoy & find it amusing. :-)
This consists of surviving by using only 10L of water per day, for one whole week! This is the amount which an average person in a developing world has to live on, compared to the 200L that an average European uses each day.
This blog is the place where you'll be able to read our thoughts & experiences during the week, which we hope you'll enjoy & find it amusing. :-)
Thanks for your support & happy reading! :-)
- HaEun, Esther & Naomi.
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