reefwalk at labrador 9 jul - part I
what's eating sea grape - part I
survived a pre-dawn walk along the rocky shores of labrador park this morning...
waking up was the hardest part. went to bed like almost 1am the night before and when alarm (which is actually my mobile phone) rang at 5am, in a daze, i wondered who the **** called at such an unearthly hour, promptly turned it off and went back to sleep. about half an hour later, got the real call, woke up startled and after like 1 minute, suddenly realised the person on the other end of the line was my cab buddy, who's sposed to pick me up at 5.30am!
of course i didnt make it down in time to share the cab but i got there in good time. even had time to grab concealer and compact mirror and touch up while in the cab. didnt want to scare the other participants with my ghastly, pre-dawn, sleep-deprived face.
anyways, this nature walk was organised by the bluewatervolunteers to train volunteer guides for helping out in future walks for the public. the coordinator today is a pretty serious, stern guy. i got chided for wearing slippers. you know, those rubber type flimsy japanese flip-flops. ok, i deserved it cos there were instructions to wear dive booties or other appropriate footwear. the real reason was that i didnt wanna carry a pair of wet booties around with me when i go shopping after. but of course, my official reply was that i forgot to bring. my super flip-flops have brought me everywhere - jungle trekking in lazarus, up bukit timah trail, through the mud at chek jawa... oh, actually bkt timah was another pair of prettier flip-flops which broke on the way and i walked up barefoot. the feeling of damp, half-decomposed leaves on bare feet was wonderful, btw...
sorry i side-tracked. this morning's walk was very fulfilling. we saw 5 SEA HARES! the only other time i saw sea hare was during muck diving in manado, indonesia. the other highlights were a pair of mating "blue dragon" nudibranchs, commensual shrimps on a carpet anemone, a tiny eel (size of finger) and an empty spider conch. the usual suspects were there, as well - the snapping shrimps, heard but not seen.
there was much more to the guided walk than just spotting stuff, of course. in part II, will tell you more about who eats what and what can be eaten. it's just the singaporean in me, being pre-occupied with eating...
need get some sleep now... *yawn*
survived a pre-dawn walk along the rocky shores of labrador park this morning...
waking up was the hardest part. went to bed like almost 1am the night before and when alarm (which is actually my mobile phone) rang at 5am, in a daze, i wondered who the **** called at such an unearthly hour, promptly turned it off and went back to sleep. about half an hour later, got the real call, woke up startled and after like 1 minute, suddenly realised the person on the other end of the line was my cab buddy, who's sposed to pick me up at 5.30am!
of course i didnt make it down in time to share the cab but i got there in good time. even had time to grab concealer and compact mirror and touch up while in the cab. didnt want to scare the other participants with my ghastly, pre-dawn, sleep-deprived face.
anyways, this nature walk was organised by the bluewatervolunteers to train volunteer guides for helping out in future walks for the public. the coordinator today is a pretty serious, stern guy. i got chided for wearing slippers. you know, those rubber type flimsy japanese flip-flops. ok, i deserved it cos there were instructions to wear dive booties or other appropriate footwear. the real reason was that i didnt wanna carry a pair of wet booties around with me when i go shopping after. but of course, my official reply was that i forgot to bring. my super flip-flops have brought me everywhere - jungle trekking in lazarus, up bukit timah trail, through the mud at chek jawa... oh, actually bkt timah was another pair of prettier flip-flops which broke on the way and i walked up barefoot. the feeling of damp, half-decomposed leaves on bare feet was wonderful, btw...
sorry i side-tracked. this morning's walk was very fulfilling. we saw 5 SEA HARES! the only other time i saw sea hare was during muck diving in manado, indonesia. the other highlights were a pair of mating "blue dragon" nudibranchs, commensual shrimps on a carpet anemone, a tiny eel (size of finger) and an empty spider conch. the usual suspects were there, as well - the snapping shrimps, heard but not seen.
there was much more to the guided walk than just spotting stuff, of course. in part II, will tell you more about who eats what and what can be eaten. it's just the singaporean in me, being pre-occupied with eating...
need get some sleep now... *yawn*
posted by nan at 5:03 PM
5 Comments:
so who's this stern serious guy? i was at pasir ris beach at about that time for a recce...
LC
heh heh.... you will know if he reacts to the comment..
stern guy is one of those fellas whose "bin orr orr" at times one lor... come for camp-outs on kusu next time and u'll see that he actually smiles!
great to know u did yr homework finding out stuff about the things we saw. keep it up!
i didn't see no eel leh... lucky u
*ehem* stern guy? LOL! How're you LC? MS
ahhhhhhh so now the truth is out...
the eel was spotted by Just Pam. that guy was so small like a worm and hiding in a hole and she managed to spot it. amazing.
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