YELL #BumiBelia Stories

Lenyap

By: Zikry Adib Kurnia Bin Zaiful Zukry

Bila kamek berada di atas bukit tok, semua masalah hidupan harian kamek di bandar kedak lenyap ditelan kabus. Bukit Bendera tok udah jadi kamek empun tempat ngembak dirik lari dari stress nok kamek ada sebagai pelajar universiti. Udara sejuk dan nyaman rah sia berbeza gilak dengan udara nok panas dan tercemar di bandar Georgetown. Sik lalek dah kamek tangga hidupan liar limpas di bahagian kanopi atau lantai hutan Bukit Bendera tok sebab tempat tok merupakan kawasan banyak hidupan liar berlindung, sik kisah mun sidaknya migran atau lokal.

Baru-baru tok, kawasan Bukit Bendera telah berjaya diiktiraf sebagai sebahagian daripada Rizab Biosfera Bukit Bendera oleh UNESCO dan dapatlah kita terus gik menikmati tempat tok empun perkhidmatan sebagai paru-paru hijau Pulau Pinang dan melawan kesan jaik perubahan iklim nok disebabkan oleh akitiviti harian kamekurang. Kamek maok nangga pada masa hadapan ada banyak gik kawasan hijau kedak tok nok berhampiran dengan bandar-bandar untuk berik inspirasi kepada kita untuk menjaga alam sekitar.


 

<English translation>

Up on this hill, the problems of urban living seem to just disappear into the mist down below. Penang Hill has always been my magical escape from the stress of being an undergraduate student in this increasingly urban city. The cool and clean humid air of this hill is so different to the hot and polluted dry air of Georgetown. The canopy and underbrush is brimming with wildlife, a sanctuary for both locals and migrants alike.

Thanks to the recent designation of this area as part of the Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, we can expect it to continue being the green lung of Penang, staving off the effects of climate change brought by our daily activities. I envision a future where more green spaces around major cities like Penang Hill will exist to inspire care for the environment, and to remind us that the increasingly inhospitable climate we live in is not normal.