Embraced by nature..

Went to Sungei Buloh nature reserve today with Gab.. His primary objective is to finish tracking the right side of the park that he hadn't covered a couple of months back while I was there to take photos basically..

Basically had a fun day checking out monitor lizards, spiders, birds, fishes and many more.. And oh! a plant called the "ji bye plant" cos of its subtle resemblence to the female part.. Haha.. No comments.. Well, took loadsa pictures, Gab was wooing and wa-ing over the telescopic lens that I have, could basically pull in an image that is a few hundred metres away to right in front of your eyes.. Haha..

We saw this mom and son shortly into our trip. We were on a wooden platform that stretches out to the swamp and took pictures there. At this point in time, Gab was busy doing shitloads of stuff to get fishes to jump out of the water so that I could snap shots of them.. Well, he was stamping on the platform, clapping his hands and also, whistling.. So the boy and his mom came, and the boy started whistling too. Then the mom shot, "You 'wee' what 'wee' la, you 'shee shee' ah.." (meaning, you whistle what whistle, you urinating is it..) Wa piang, I could sense embarrasment all over Gab's face, while I was still looking into the viewfinder, trying damn hard not to burst out laughing. Haha.. Ok, so this mom and boy went off soon.. But a minute later, they ran back, quite literally screaming for their lives. Cos they thought they saw a crocodile.. Hmm.. Ok.. Haha, they are interesting.. And the mom asked if we were regulars at the park, I pointed at Gabriel.. And Gab juz said he read up on birds and wildlife so he knows abit about them. Proud of ya! Haha..

The weather was great and had a good time taking pictures with the sun shining brightly.. Then, the clouds started to come in, soon making it impossible to take good pictures, without the contrast of sunshine and of course, being tripod-less makes taking pictures under dark clouds a tough act.. We found shelter a the Aevie tower, basically an observation tower, that is 18m tall, oversees much of the surrounding mangrove area, and offers a spying opportunity on our friendly neighbour. Haha... The rain, downpour to be exact, soon came in and we took the opportunity to literally 'la liang'.. Damn cool.. And we soon decided to plonk ourselves to a nap on the broad benches up there. Cool stuff.. Sleeping on a tower, with the wind blowing and most importantly, stayed dry.. Whoo.. Gab and I thought of the same thing about that tower... Haha, but he more fierce than me.. Not telling what it is here..

Set off on our way back after the rain stopped. This is when the mosquitoes came out. Nia ma, damn jialat. Kenna attack till no tomorrow.. Lost interest in stopping and checking things out so just full throttle walked back to visitors centre. Killing about 4 mosquitoes along the way, let off 2 by blowing them off my arm than smacking them (they were on my arm simultaneously, within 3cm of one another!)... Madness, mosquitoes out in full force is never fun..

All in all, a great time out. I think our presence was quite complimentary to each other. Gab does know more about the wildlife and if not for him, I think I would have missed quite a lot of things. As for me, I provided him with a telescope. And I also took pictures that will hopefully turn out well!