Monday, December 15, 2008
Post-call today ... Had an irritating weekend call. My entire Sunday was spent sitting in the call room in front of my laptop, touching up photos, and wondering what the hell to do to while away time. But the moment 12 midnight came - boom! Everyone started getting admitted into the ICU. Anyway, I managed to get off early today. Sitting in front of the computer, post-call, blogging, and sipping away at a measure of Drambuie that my sis brought back from her trip to Ozzy .. sweet.
Did Pulau Ubin & Chek Jawa on Saturday. It was pretty fun, since we packed our own sandwiches for a nice lunch, and trekked there instead of taking the bicycles. (Someone actually died there recently while cycling). There were actually wild boars roaming around, no joke. And they weren't the least frightened of humans. I apologise for the poor shot - it was one of those "Shoot it now! now! now!" situations.
We also took an off-road trail that was slightly creepy - it was along the mangrove coast, and I kept half-expecting a crocodile to leap out of the water at us. It was fruitful though. We passed by some undisturbed patches of ferns and promptly harvested a bagful of tender fronds to cook at home. For first-timers at cooking ferns, we weren't bad at all!
Chek Jawa is so different from when we visited it 2 years (I think) ago. Because of beachcombers and irresponsible behavior, they have built this boardwalk so that you can no longer access the beach. Not for some people though. This family of 3 climbed down and started collecting snails - for consumption I think. Doing this at East Coast or Kranjji is fine, but NOT at a protected sanctuary! Yx and I were seriously pissed. We stood there staring at them from the boardwalk, camera in hand, and attracted a small group of curious people ("what are they staring at?"). The shameless poachers eventually got cold feet and threw back the bunch of stuff they collected. Just for good measure though, I really did take shots of them. These people ought to be dragged off to jail, starved, and publicly executed.
There was loads of wildlife as usual, but it's really a huge shame about the boardwalk. Back when we were allowed on the beach itself you could see anemones, starfish, and other cnidarians. We did spot some stuff though, including this tiny pistol shrimp that failed to evade Yx's roving eye.
It happened to be low tide that day, and there were plenty of photo opportunities. It was way too hot and bothersome to take out a tripod though, else a long exposure shot at this angle would have been amazing.
We ended a very nice day by eating at the pier. It was quite amazing - we finished up a huge platter of hor fun, kai lan, sweet & sour pork, and a 1kg crab. The crab was seriously good. Absolutely no qualms about going back there just for the crab actually, hehe.
Where to, next?
Looking forward to Dec 28th.
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