Project Semakau: 4th Trip - Transect Studies

Today woke up very early in the morning and took a cab down to Marina South Pier. Along the way, I kept seeing lightnings brightening up the sky. And I know was a bad bad sign. It rained when we were on the ferry to Pulau Semakau. Kindly, the rain stopped when we arrived. However there were still thick dark cummulonimbus clouds around.




I guess the South-west monsoon was doing the job, helping us to blow away the clouds. This give us a lot of hope that the weather would be good today. There's no bus today to bring us to the intertidal site. So we had to walk quite long distance. Lucky the weather is cooling. I enjoyed it very much as I could look out for more things.


Finally the real job had to get started. It was my first time doing transect survey and I'm posted to do the seagrass transect... which I don't really like because I don't know how to differentiate between seagrass. Haha. Thanks to Samuel and Crystal who guided me along. We completed our transect quite fast as our region was quite bare. I'm glad that I had gained quite a knowledge on seagrass after the transect survey. I didn't take photos on seagrass today probably the next time then I will do it. Let's see my 'harvest' today...

Sunrise at Semakau

A Half Rainbow that brighten up our day!

Intertidal area - Super bright Day!

Am I seeing the formation of a coral... (edited: is zoanthids)

Knobby Sea Star, the icon of our project. Seems that it has one shorter arm.

Dragonfish Sea cucumber. camouflage very well between the rubbles.

Carpet Anemone. Excited!

Exposing shore when we left.

Discover Leonardo Da Vinci

I know he is a great person. Probably the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, has brought more attention to him. The painting of Last Supper or Mona Lisa has always been controversy about it among different groups of people. Painting that can create so much of discussion is definitely a must-see. So now, the chance is here for all Singaporeans. The Da Vinci - The Genius Exhibition is here in Singapore.

I used to be confused whether is he a scientist or an artist. After been through the exhibition, I'm impressed by this person. He is both a scientist and artist. But not only that, he is also a inventor, engineer, sculptor, anatomist, biologist, musician, architect, philosopher..! I used to think that scientist and artist cannot co-exist in a person. Haha.

One of the stuffs that amazed me is probably the anatomy of the human body. I have no idea how he managed to draw out the details of the bones and organs of a human body, especially during the 15th century. Indeed, I have learnt more about the Last Supper, Mona Lisa and also the Vitruvian Man. If I ever have the chance to go to Europe, I will like to look at the real paintings at the museum.

One disappointing issue is that we are not allow to take any photos in the exhibition. Anyway, this exhibition will be here until August. So take the chance to see it.

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I like this quote and I'm still trying:
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
-Leonardo da Vinci

Discover: The Story of Stuff

My boss recently showed a video to the kids during lesson. It's something we should think about our system, economic and planet. However this video is debated around some countries. So well, you guys should watch it and think about it. :)



STOP SHOPPING..! haha.

To know more about it..? http://www.storyofstuff.com/