Chek Jawa

This is my second trip to Chek Jawa.


I still remembered, during the first trip, how me and my friend got lost in Pulau Ubin and how we walked for more than 1 hours (up slope and down slope and up slope and down slope and... well you should get the idea...) to only reach Chek Jawa after the tide had rise.



This time round, we choose to take a cab to the place and follow a tour. We got to see Chek Jawa at its lowest tide and not to mention quite a few animals :) Below are some photographs taken during the trip: the place and some of the animals sighted.


Place
Chek Jawa is a beautiful place. Looking down from the observation deck gives a great view of the shore.

From Chek Jawa According to the guide, there are more than 10 species of sea glass in Chek Jawa.

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The shore is exposed during low tide.

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Animal
Upon reaching, the wild boar family came out of the forest in hoping of getting food from the visitors.

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The piglets are so adorable X)

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This is my first time seeing male laced woodpecker. We had just descend from the observation deck, I heard a tu-tu-tu sound and headed back, just when the guide shouted in excitement: there's a woodpecker!!  

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There are a lot of species of crab (as expected from mangrove, rocky and coastal habitats).

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These two fiddler crabs were just fighting and retreated into the burrow when they sense movement on the boardwalk.

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We also see some corals and anemones...

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Le~

恐怖的四月

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老天爷啊，

只有四月一日是愚人节而不是整个四月都是愚人节。。。

求求您别再耍我啦！

I-Light 2012

It's have being so long since my last photography session.

I enjoyed it very much this time <3

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Le~

Baking

Every baking session is a gamble.

Last time, my mum give me one container of sugar which turned out to be salt.

This time round, I didn't have enough self raising flour and she gladly let me use the flour in the cupboard.

It turned out to be corn flour... ...

How the cookie rise during the 1st batch of baking.

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Nevertheless, the cookies still turns out fine.

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Le~

Souvenir

Souvenir from Hong Kong:

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I had always want a jelly fish soft toy from HK's Ocean Park after seeing what my friend had.

Though this is not the exact one, I still love it!

Thank You, Ah Ying.

Le~

How are you?

To whoever might be reading this blog... How are you?

I know I should be apologizing now. I keep saying that I want to update this blog but never really managed to. Somehow, time seems to be moving too fast for me. And sometimes, when I want to blog about something, I keep thinking of past entries I should be updating first and only to find out that when you lost the feel of some event, you lost the passion to blog about it as well.

Right now, I'm still deciding on what to do with this blog-- shall I continue? Or stop blogging? Or open another blog to signal another phase of my life? I really don't know. On one hand, I feel that (when reading entries in this blog), these are all in the past and I'm the different YunLe from when I'm managing this blog. On the other hand, I can't bare to close down this blog, as it represent a part of my life.

Before I decided what to do with this blog, I guess I should just have a quick update about myself here. I have graduated in July this year with Honours and am currently working in Singapore Food Industries (SFI) as Quality Assurance Executive now. Work have been going smoothly thus far (with some exceptions) and I have been getting along well with most colleagues. So you can say that I'm rather lucky to settle down so fast after graduation =)

Le~

Counting Down: 10

10 more days...





Today, I brought my mum and her friend to Botanic Garden.
Okay, more like they brought me there because her friend drove...
We were trying to locate Botanic Garden on street directory...
So we flip to Parks--> Places of interest --> B


But, it was not there!?!
It took me a while to recall that it's SINGAPORE Botanic Garden instead=.=





There is supposed to be having some Chinese New Year decorations in the Orchid Garden:
Colours of Spring


...



Yeah, a few red stuffs here and there
with mostly the same orchid
Nevertheless, it was good to walk around sometimes =)
I miss going for birding session,
and I wonder whether my Yy managed to take any photographs of birds in Germany?





Here are some of the photographs taken:

We enter through the car park to the visitor center,
and were greeted by 'the colour of spring' (so fast?!?)

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Some of the flowers

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Us, taken especially for Yy <3~

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It was quite depressing actually...
I decided to bring my mum there as I think she will feel bored with Yy in Germany.
Throughout the walk, she called me 'Ah jie' a few times...
That was what she uses to call Yy T.T





And...


I have a bad news...


I...


I... ...


I brought another soft toy!!
I keep telling myself that I had pass the age, but...


...

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It was so CUTE!! (at least to me.)





Okay, time for another abrupt ending =x
Lalala~





Le~

Counting Down: 12

Sunday noon finds the whole family cum one future in-law (?!?) at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Nothing to celebrate about as Yy will be traveling to Germany alone for the next 12 days =( We make a pact to update our blog more frequently so as to keep 'more' in touch...

Since German is having winter now, Yy has alot of luggage with her, consisted mostly of winter wear...

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OMG, my sister is sooo strong!!! Handle so many luggage by herself!! Woa, blind by the trolley luggage borrowed from Xi, shining with love x.x

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Cute little stitch to accompany her during the trip. Yy, you can talk to it, look at it lovingly when you are bored!!

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Going to the departure hall... Go sister--------------!! I will miss you T.T

On our way back home, we chanced upon a kitty feeding on some food... I mean, come on, if I'm only going to include stuffs in the airport then it's not considered as update!! So... as I was saying, we saw this cute kitty near the carpark area...

Here kitty kitty, look at me...

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Scratch scratch...

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---End---

o.O Yes, there's only one incident for update... Me and my boring life T.T





Le~

新年快乐!!

在新的一年里，祝大家:

1）步步高升

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2）花开富贵

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3）大吉大利

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4）一帆风顺

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5）年年有余

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达：达达不是鱼!!





6）鹤立鸡群

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7）财源滚滚来

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8）常年喜洋洋

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喋喋不休， 喋喋不休。。。





乐

One Down Three To Go

Wee------------!!

I just finish leading half a lecture session this morning XD

To say the true, I just talk and talk and talk... For 30+ minutes!!

Three more presentation for the semester and I'm done!

Le~

Back to School

感觉。。。

将会是疯狂的“最后一个”学期!

大家都把新加坡人怕输的精神发挥得淋漓尽致。。。

乐乐也会加油的!

最后一年我会更加努力的!!

乐~

Mandai Orchid Garden

I remember my friends described me as a park lover in my graduation booklet. I don't really know why, or how or even when... I started to enjoy going to parks and natural reserves, to feel that I'm part of the nature; I started to love the feeling of sunlight burning on my skin; I started to see almost everything with four legs as cute (hey, birds only got two legs and mushrooms have none, and I think that they are cute too); I started to want to capture everything I see and love...

Sadly, not every story have a happy ending, and this is just the case for the Mandai Orchid Garden... 

To tell you the truth, I only know about this place from Yy early this year when we took up the hobby of birding. It is quite well known among natural lovers for its diversities of insects and birds. Yet, what brought our attention to this place is the announcement of its closure and relocation to make way for Singapore Night Safari... I understand that Singapore is a small island and that there is a limitation to how much we can reclaim our land. I also understand that many things have to make way for developments and maybe tourist attractions... 

Scratch that, maybe I don't truly understand that... I know that the Orchid Garden is not really being close off and I know that it is going to be relocated and be preserved... In fact, the new location might even attracted more wildlife to this garden. But, what about the wildlife that are relaying on its presence now? 

The same issue happened to Chek Jawa a few years back. Thought the plan to reclaim this land was defer for ten years, but what fate awaits Chek Jawa in 2012? Thinking of this, I feel somewhat reluctant to welcome the coming of the year 2011... We can be proud of the highest man-made waterfall in Jurong Bird Park; We can be proud of the world's largest fountain in Suntec or the world's biggest observation wheel- the Singapore Flyer, the advancements, the clean and green environment... We can and should also be proud of the rich diversity that we have here... 

I guess I'm really not someone who will be a good government, as I'm not willing to make this kind of sacrifice for developments... Haiz, enough of me complaining, below are some photographs that I have taken during my visit on 26th Dec- My last and only glance on Mandai Orchid Garden... 

---Mandai Orchid Garden---

The place has a rustic feel as mentioned by Yy. The only problem is there are too many mosquitoes... 

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I'm not really good with flowers, I can only say that the first is a pink hibiscus and the second torch ginger, and of course 4th, 5th and 6th are orchid. 

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Olive Backed Sunbird (male)

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Crimson Sunbird (male)

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Scaly Breasted Munia (immature)

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Scaly Breasted Munia (mature)

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Le~

My Honours Project 05

There's nothing else to say except that I've finished my Honours project...





...





?!?

Okay, I guess I can only say that time flies?? Haha, it had being a few weeks since I last updated on this blog about my honours project and with a flash, I have finish it!! Ya, how I wish...

Actually, I have only finish the data collection of my project and in my opinion, typing the report is even a more challenging task... Hmm... hopefully I will start soon!!

My original plan is to finish collection of data from 100 samples during the vacation. However, as my professor managed to get Agri-food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore to agree on helping me with the serotyping tests, there is a change of plan... Be it being good or bad, this brought forward the deadline I have to finish my data collection to 10 December (so that I will have enough time to go to AVA for further testing before new year).





Believe me, it's not that easy to achieve deadline as it meant that I have to go back to laboratory the very next day after my examination and also increase my sampling size for each week. Anyway, I guess I can more or less say that everything's goes well for my progress since I managed to abide to the change in schedule =)

Yet, somehow, I'm not all too happy about it... Sometimes, I just can't help but feel that the other students sharing the same laboratory are being selfish: using up supplies and materials, occupying the whole laboratory... And at other times, I feel angry at myself that I have the thoughts of relaying on someone to help me with my work. I really hope that I can be more independent!!





Le~

Updates

Tada~~

Yes, Lele is back on blogger!! I actually finished my final examination rather early this time since I only have one paper (on the 22nd of November). The reason that why I took so long to update my blog is that... I'm lazy... =x

Sadly, there's no holiday for me this time round... This is so as I have to go back to laboratory the next day after the paper T.T 

A typically day for me nowadays is as such:

Wake up at around 08:00 and spend the day at laboratory --> lunch with my sister at Arts --> being slave of the computer (internet internet@~@) --> dinner with sister while watching Tv --> more surfing of the internet --> read some novel before sleeping at ~ 01:00 or 02:00

Hmm... sometimes I might fall asleep at as early as 21:00... I guess I'm not as able to burn night oil as I used to be=( 

As for hobby, I'm still enjoying birding as much as in the past. In fact, I tend to get withdrawal symptom such as dreaming about birds if I didn't get the chance to do so for more than one week. Hehe, I think that it's good to have something that one really enjoys doing =) I have also being trying to get back to my another hobby (reading) these few weeks so that I can, hopefully..., 'detach' myself from excessive use of internet. 

Yup, I guess that should be all for today, from today onwards, I will slowly get back to updating this blog (more frequently). 

Lala, 

Le~

5 颗星的答案

乐：爸爸在干嘛啊?

母：他还有在干嘛?　在家里他不是睡觉就是看电视!

乐：那他现在在干嘛呢?

母：一面看电视一面睡觉。。。

。。。

赞啊!!

---oOOo---

好久没有写博客了。。。 因为最近比较忙。。。

感觉生活一团糟， 事情一件接一件地， 让我喘不过气来。。。

接下来的几个星期又要为考试而忙了。。。 

乐乐要加油啊!!

有时间时，我会慢慢把这段日子的点点滴滴填上的。

乐~

My Honours Project 04

OMG, my sample stink!!! They are so smelly that I almost died on Wednesday when I take them out of the incubator (after one day incubation).

To make it worse, I managed to 'pollute' the whole of my laboratory, the laboratory beside mine and eventually the whole of FST corridor when we open the door to let the smell escape...

I never know that seafood can smell so bad... And I feel equally bad for making the whole FST corridor filled with the smell...

Le~

Maillard Can Kill Me

Yes, Maillard can kill me.

He found out about one of the the non- enzymatic browning of food, also known as Maillard reaction... Which is the reason why I am now trying to memorise the reaction scheme for my Flavor Science Mid- term test...

Apparently, the products of Maillard reaction is responsible for aging. But, I have find out a more deadly result of Maillard reaction. The cause of brain dead, that is if you try to memorise the reaction scheme...

Yes, Maillard can kill me...





Le~

Edit 1 Oct 2010, after the mid- term: Maillard killed me.

昨夜的梦

Or should it be, the dream I had this morning...




---oOOo---

I am surfing the Internet when I chance upon a link to a playlist. I open the playlist and some very loud and noisy music start to play. I tried closing the file, muting the speakers... Both without success... Then, I 'suddenly' recalled that I have yet to do my laboratory report!!

---oOOo---

Is that a sign from god that I should spend less time in front of the computer and more time on study? =x

Le~

Mid- Autumn

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They said the moon is the smallest of these 18 years for this year's Mid- Autumn Festival...




Le~

My Honours Project 03

Our media for pathogens finally arrived!! Went to prepare the media yesterday so that me and Joce can do some sampling today. According to the protocol from my professor, I have to prepare phosphate saline buffer (PSB) with 3% NaCl for pre- enrichment and alkaline saline peptone water (APW) for enrichment of Vibrio. After a short meeting with him, he found out that he made a mistake and both pre- enrichment and enrichment should be done in APW with 3% NaCl.

Thinking that I can go back to the laboratory to add in the NaCl to the APW, I found out that I was too late as my PI had already put the solutions into the autoclave. So the whole of last night, I was worrying whether the lack of 3% NaCl will affect the enrichment process, or whether I can add in the NaCl and autoclave a second time. In the end, I choose not to add in the NaCl...

After we finish our laboratory for the day, I received a call from my professor...


Professor: YunLe?


Lele: Yes?


Professor: Have you prepared the APW?


Lele: Yup... *think: should I tell him I didn't add in the NaCl?


Professor: You prepared the APW and added to your sample already?


Lele: Yar... but I forget to add in the NaCl...


Professor: Oh, cause from the protocol of APW, the NaCl was already in the powder. So don't have to add NaCl...


Lele: So don't need to add NaCl? *Phew


Professor: You didn't add the NaCl?


Lele: Nope.


Professor: Hahaha, okay okay. Don't need to add...


Lele: Haha, okay.





---oOOo---

Wee-----!! Super lucky! I think my professor was happy cause I didn't wasted 40g of the powder. Lalala~





Le~