Hello there and a very warm welcome to our BFF2021 blog! We hope you enjoy reading your fellow BFF-ers entries. Do check out the Criteria tab if you require a refresher on the criteria for the challenge and on how to submit your Reflection Journals or Acts for Nature. Lastly, feel free to contact the … Continue reading Welcome to the BFF Challenge 2021 blog!
Act of nature
I have been thinking whether to share this act of nature here....... Because I feel that it might do more harm than good. So, I am not going to share location to protect nature. This is an endangered Synchronously Flashing Firefly It is unfortunate that firefly populations are declining in many parts of the world. … Continue reading Act of nature
Last blog post
Alright, last blog post! I have been contemplating on whether I should share more about my nature walk with BFF or the almost trip to see the Raffles Banded Langur with BFF. I decided to choose to write about the almost trip to see the Raffles Banded Langur. (Well...nobody say cannot) =p I was sooo close to … Continue reading Last blog post
so…I need to write 2 more blogs
Hiaz.... Just when I thought that writing reflections is sufficient, I just realized that I need to wrote 2 more blog posts. =( Looking through my phone, in hopes that my photos are still there and cracking my brain on what to write so that it wont just keep repeating... Alright, here goes... Getting to … Continue reading so…I need to write 2 more blogs
The Real Wild Wild Wet (Intertidal Survey with NParks)
The Intertidal Survey started early in the morning when the tide is low and large portion of the beach being exposed to air. Even before the sun is up, at 6.30am volunteers gathered at Changi Beach, all geared up and ready to get their hands and feet wet. The intertidal survey is an event where … Continue reading The Real Wild Wild Wet (Intertidal Survey with NParks)
NUS > Ulu Pandan > Hindhede Quarry 10/05/21
One fine Monday after my finals, as my father was going back to his office in Clementi, I decided to tag along in his car and chill in NUS to visit the science libraries as well as do some nature photography. As I was unsatisfied with the wildlife I saw and photos I took in … Continue reading NUS > Ulu Pandan > Hindhede Quarry 10/05/21
Visiting the North for a Nature Walk @Admiralty Park
Even though Singapore is renowned for being one of the smallest countries in the world, I still find excuses not to go to the North. As an east-lander, I rarely stray from my comfort zone because the travel time is just not it for me. BUT, alas, I gave in and took the 1.5h train … Continue reading Visiting the North for a Nature Walk @Admiralty Park
An Otter-worldly Experience
Apart from wide array of delicious food, another thing that us fellow Singaporeans are interested in are our cute furry friends that has dug their way into the heartlands and into our heart. Otters. They are mostly seen in numbers, from the adults to the pups, they usually stick together and travel as a group. … Continue reading An Otter-worldly Experience
Act For Nature: Spreading Awareness about Long-tailed Macaques
For my Act For Nature project, I decided to create posters on the Long-tailed Macaques in Singapore. After the Primates Research Walk field trip, I became more curious about and interested in the macaques in Singapore. Although I went on various hikes to Admiralty Park, Sungei Buloh, Botanic Gardens and more with my family and … Continue reading Act For Nature: Spreading Awareness about Long-tailed Macaques
Home of the Raffles Banded Langur!
15th July 2021 Before this research walk, I had only walked along Old Upper Thomson Road and explored Thomson Nature Park a few times. Little did I understand how Old Upper Thomson Road and Thomson Nature Park are homes for monkeys. In the past, I had this vague inkling that they somehow lived in the … Continue reading Home of the Raffles Banded Langur!
Otter Walk (24/04)
I was really excited for this field trip! The different otter families have been hitting the news headlines recently and have thus piqued a lot of public interest and curiosity. Sadly, I wasn't able to see any otters at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park that day as the otters went under shelter due to the heavy … Continue reading Otter Walk (24/04)
BFF Biodiversity Challenge 2021 