:: A Walk in SengKang Forest ::
Sunday, September 05, 2010 @ 1:06 AM
::4th September 2010::
Remember the online nature trekker, SiYang, who I asked directions on how to get to the Tuas Grassland’s pitcher plants? Link to post Well, I contacted him on Facebook message; asking him questions regarding these nature treks. And yea, he has invited me along one of his many field trips of forest bashing; with his friends. Whee~ This time round would be at the forest just opposite SengKang riverside park. I managed to get Joshua invited in as well; so that I won’t be lonely during the trip. Heh :X
We were to meet at Fernvale station @9.30am. And also to wear long pants, hiking shoes and comfortable long sleeves shirt - necessary for forest bashing activity. However, I do not own any hiking shoes... so I have to make do with my sneakers :X Moreover, to be prepared to get dirty 'cos the trail might be muddy D: Hopefully not!!!
Met up with Joshua first on that day and we made our way to Fernvale. SiYang texted me and told me to alight at Thanggam station instead; as it was nearer to our destination. Joshua and I were twenty minutes late :( Wasn't very sure about the SengKang LRT line. My very first time taking it. SiYang and his friends - Hazelina, PeiYa and WenQing (btw, they are all like NUS people!!) were already there on time! So they went off to scout the area for a bit.
Totally nothing around the station @@!
We all met up at the trail entrance which is at the left of the station, introductions made and let's move on! SiYang told me that there are many forest fragments in Singapore; and it's interesting to bash in to see what's inside. And for this particular forest used to be a plantation, evident from the lots of fruit trees - durian, rambutan, starfruit, growing there.
Caterpillar found! :P
SiYang leading the way~
Ipomoea tricolor;
morning glory with heart-shaped leaves :)
Going down a side forest trail!
So cool to see that someone actually maintaining the trails!
Small piles of swept up leaves xD
Entering the forest and crossing over a small river!
Luckily for me, I didn't miss my footing. If not, I will end up with dirty wet shoes D:
Through the forest...
... and out the other side! :D
They nicknamed this, the "chee-bye" plant...
due to that slit at the stalk (^///^)
A slug that WenQing has found!
This Malayan Banyan, Ficus microcarpa attracted lots of hungry birds.
Mass chirping sounds filled the entire forest!~
These are the tree's figs!
Cricket :P
& with that, we were out of the forest and into the open!! :D
Doing random stuffs xD
Mini watermelon???
More like round mini cucumber (@@)
There's a climber patch filled with Gymnopetalum sp.
SiYang wanted to taste the fruit of it; but decided not to after opening it up! D:
Why??
'cos the fleshy part covering the seeds looks like bird shit! D:
& looks worse than Koko's, yipyip's or Ocean's!
Pretty Clitoria sp. :D
(Many vernacular names of these flowers in different languages are
similarly based on references to a woman's sexual organ)
Wanted to backtrack back to the LRT station...
but we decided to walk down the slope and head back to Thanggam station.
Hazelina, WenQing, PeiYa and SiYang :D!
Caterpillar found! :P
SiYang leading the way~
Ipomoea tricolor;
morning glory with heart-shaped leaves :)
Going down a side forest trail!
So cool to see that someone actually maintaining the trails!
Small piles of swept up leaves xD
Entering the forest and crossing over a small river!
Luckily for me, I didn't miss my footing. If not, I will end up with dirty wet shoes D:
Through the forest...
... and out the other side! :D
They nicknamed this, the "chee-bye" plant...
due to that slit at the stalk (^///^)
A slug that WenQing has found!
This Malayan Banyan, Ficus microcarpa attracted lots of hungry birds.
Mass chirping sounds filled the entire forest!~
These are the tree's figs!
Cricket :P
& with that, we were out of the forest and into the open!! :D
Doing random stuffs xD
SiYang, going forth to scout for more plant species.
I think he has spotted a Hoya sp.
I think he has spotted a Hoya sp.
Mini watermelon???
More like round mini cucumber (@@)
There's a climber patch filled with Gymnopetalum sp.
SiYang wanted to taste the fruit of it; but decided not to after opening it up! D:
Why??
'cos the fleshy part covering the seeds looks like bird shit! D:
& looks worse than Koko's, yipyip's or Ocean's!
Pretty Clitoria sp. :D
(Many vernacular names of these flowers in different languages are
similarly based on references to a woman's sexual organ)
Wanted to backtrack back to the LRT station...
but we decided to walk down the slope and head back to Thanggam station.
Hazelina, WenQing, PeiYa and SiYang :D!
With that, we strolled back to the Thanggam station; where they all retrieved their bicycles (yes, they rode here on their bicycles!!) And said to meet up at SengKang mall for lunch :P After lunch at Kopitam, we went to the event space in the middle of the shopping mall; where there's some Gundam event/exhibition going on. Joshua is really interested in Gundams... for me, I think they are GunDAMNs... not my cup of tea :\ So we just hung around for a bit - checking out the Gundam displays and gachapon machines.
Gundam in chibi form(?)
Proper Gundams...
(really! I've got nothing to talk about for these things D:)
Me, wanting to steal the kid's Gundam gachapon capsule!
Giant gachapon machine with only Gundam stuffs...
YAY!!! Dragonball!! :D♥
I would have to admit that I think this Gundam is pretty cool :X
Joshua's and my gachapon Gundams (@@)
I don't even know what they are!!
& ♥ the cute Beat City bees! :D
☆＼( ^ ^)/〜〃｡.:*:･'°☆ﾊﾞｲﾊﾞｲ!
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Gundam in chibi form(?)
Proper Gundams...
(really! I've got nothing to talk about for these things D:)
Me, wanting to steal the kid's Gundam gachapon capsule!
Giant gachapon machine with only Gundam stuffs...
YAY!!! Dragonball!! :D♥
I would have to admit that I think this Gundam is pretty cool :X
Joshua's and my gachapon Gundams (@@)
I don't even know what they are!!
And so, we home'd!!
MRT, BUS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!!
IMO, I had loads of fun with this forest bashing. Learnt a lot more about plants; although I didn't quite get their scientific names... SiYang and his friends were identifying all the plants with their scientific names! All sort of plants; even those plants with no interesting features, just plants with common green leaves - they could even identify them. They are like in a whole different league from commoners like me D: I really admire them!♥ Thanks so much, SiYang, for inviting me and my friend Joshua, along for this trek! :) (even though you only know me online.)
MRT, BUS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!!
IMO, I had loads of fun with this forest bashing. Learnt a lot more about plants; although I didn't quite get their scientific names... SiYang and his friends were identifying all the plants with their scientific names! All sort of plants; even those plants with no interesting features, just plants with common green leaves - they could even identify them. They are like in a whole different league from commoners like me D: I really admire them!♥ Thanks so much, SiYang, for inviting me and my friend Joshua, along for this trek! :) (even though you only know me online.)
& ♥ the cute Beat City bees! :D
☆＼( ^ ^)/〜〃｡.:*:･'°☆ﾊﾞｲﾊﾞｲ!
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Never regret anything,
because at one time
it was exactly what you
wanted.
because at one time
it was exactly what you
wanted.
Labels: event, nature trekking, plant
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
Birds Visit @ Mr. Salleh's House
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 4:06 PM
::30th May 10::
Too many back dated posts to blog!
Too little time to blog!
Some of which I can hardly remember what it's about already O.Q
Short post is short :(
Mr. Salleh, my secondary school Geography teacher, has invited Damien and his friends, Gavin and Gerald, over to his house to see his pet birds! :D Yep, Mr. Salleh is now my brother's Geography teacher as well :) I was very interested as well; and since my GV work only starts at 5.30pm... I invited myself over :X
We were able to bring Koko and yipyip over too as he is staying in Blk111A which is the block right beside mine :D
One of the very few times yipyip gets to go out of the cage! :X
Red-Sided Eclectus Parrot - Emmett
Curious lil' bird :D
Pretty boy~
Lovely green~
♥ its beak!
Emmett & Mr. Salleh
Koko likes Mr. Salleh too!! D:
So cute!! :3
It's heavy @.@!
Heavier than Koko!! Dx
Too little time to blog!
Some of which I can hardly remember what it's about already O.Q
Short post is short :(
Mr. Salleh, my secondary school Geography teacher, has invited Damien and his friends, Gavin and Gerald, over to his house to see his pet birds! :D Yep, Mr. Salleh is now my brother's Geography teacher as well :) I was very interested as well; and since my GV work only starts at 5.30pm... I invited myself over :X
We were able to bring Koko and yipyip over too as he is staying in Blk111A which is the block right beside mine :D
One of the very few times yipyip gets to go out of the cage! :X
With that, all four of us went over to his house :) & wow, Mr. Salleh has two birds, one cat, a huge aquarium and pitcher plants as house plants! As a Geography teacher, he is so awesome!! I also got to meet his adopted son, Hamza. He's cute and loves to ask lots of questions ^_^''''
Here are some pictures of his pets :P
Here are some pictures of his pets :P
Greater Indian Hill Mynah - Captain
Standing proudly!
Standing proudly!
Captain here is able to talk and makes all sort of interesting sounds like coughing (which sounds very real D:). He's very fierce and fearless (thus the name Captain), so he was not allowed out of the cage for fear that our small birds might be attacked by it! & silly yipyip kept trying to walk over to his cage @.@ Captain's actions are really quick that if you drop food from above the cage, he is able to catch it with his beak!
Red-Sided Eclectus Parrot - Emmett
Curious lil' bird :D
Pretty boy~
Lovely green~
♥ its beak!
Emmett & Mr. Salleh
Koko likes Mr. Salleh too!! D:
So cute!! :3
It's heavy @.@!
Heavier than Koko!! Dx
Emmett here, is a Red-Sided Male Eclectus Parrot. This is the only species of parrots where their sexes can be determined by their coloration. Males are green and females are red :P Amazing, eh? Emmett is really good in talking (sounds like a real human!) and also do selective mimicking of words xD But he seems to be very shy when there's new humans around him; he didn't seem to want to talk at all :( ...Nevermind! He looks so cute and pretty in his green feathers!♥
Ragdoll Cat - Morgan
Me carrying him! :D
Ragdoll Cat - Morgan
Such a gorgeous cat!
Me carrying him! :D
Why are they called Ragdolls?
They go limp like ragdolls whenever they are happy, relaxed or asleep... :3
So I had some difficulty in carry him :X Really soft and limp! I was so afraid that I might drop Morgan @.@ And he didn't really be bothered by the birds around him xD
Pitcher Plants
Looks like the ones I saw at Tuas Grassland!
Well, except for this one...
which is pretty big and instead of a lid, it has red lips @.@
They go limp like ragdolls whenever they are happy, relaxed or asleep... :3
So I had some difficulty in carry him :X Really soft and limp! I was so afraid that I might drop Morgan @.@ And he didn't really be bothered by the birds around him xD
Pitcher Plants
Looks like the ones I saw at Tuas Grassland!
Well, except for this one...
which is pretty big and instead of a lid, it has red lips @.@
Aquarium
Plecostomus!
Some weird white worms...
Mr. Salleh didn't know how they come about @.@
Shrimps feasting on dead fish xD
Pied Lovebird - yipyip
long time no see yipyip, right? :D
Emo bird :(
FLASHER! xD
Plecostomus!
Some weird white worms...
Mr. Salleh didn't know how they come about @.@
Shrimps feasting on dead fish xD
Pied Lovebird - yipyip
long time no see yipyip, right? :D
Emo bird :(
FLASHER! xD
Anyway, after that, we brought Koko and yipyip home to rest. And then we met up with Mr. Salleh and Hamza to play catch with the Frisbees at the grass area in front of our flats. My brother brought down his boomerangs! He and Gavin have already mastered in throwing them D: It was really awesome to see how high the boomerangs flew and also scary to see it missed Hamza by a bit each time :\ So Mr. Salleh banned them from throwing them :X I tried throwing the boomerang too but I couldn't make it fly at all; so I gave up :(
Later on, I have to leave them to head to work. Box office from 5.30pm to 10.35pm. And I went out with the GV staffs for a very late supper at Chao Ren Da Guan after our Despicable Me box office decorating task :)
Luncheon meat and egg ding noodles (dry);
my order!
My late supper GV buddies! ♥
Later on, I have to leave them to head to work. Box office from 5.30pm to 10.35pm. And I went out with the GV staffs for a very late supper at Chao Ren Da Guan after our Despicable Me box office decorating task :)
Luncheon meat and egg ding noodles (dry);
my order!
My late supper GV buddies! ♥
AND....
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Labels: animal, bird, friend's house, GV friends, pet, plant
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
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