HOME SWEET HOME! okay. i'm back on sunday. reached home abt 8pm so quite tired to blog about it. so have to do it today (:
okay! let me tell u more about this trip! before i start. just share my reflection on this trip.
after i have gone to this trip, i really learn alot of things that we did not get the chance to learn in school. We learn more about ecosystem ad biodiversity on Pulau Tioman. During this trip, we get to identify the different types of species and how they adapt and behave in their environment. And of course, the scenary is very breathtaking and peaceful. We get to enjoy the sea breeze everyday, and i dont think city people can always get the chance to enjoy =X Unfortunately, it seems that the forest and ecosystem over there is disturbed due to the deforestation and construction occurring. Nevertheless, it's still a very good experience.personally, i really hope that i am able to go there again and i encourage everyone to do so too! it's really very relaxing and a good knowledgeable place to go. And yea, a fun place to enjoy!
Day 1: intertidal walk
We had woken up 4am in the morning and reached there about 1pm. We had our lunch first and then started our orientation tour around tioman. On our way, i took a nice sea view of tioman!
And we had buffet for all our three meals everyday -.-“ and i gained weight (thought i would lose weight when i went for this trip aww).
During the tour, the professor, Dr Ng, explained some plants for us and the different uses of them.
For example, the attachi ( doesnt really know how to spell) from the ice kachang. (below)
We walked past the mangrove and was told that we would be exploring it on Day 2.
After that, we went to our room for a rest and have dinner at 7pm. And we started our intertidal walk at about 9pm! Interidal walk means that we would be walking in the sea during the low tide and got the chance to look at the sea creatures that live in. I did nto get the chance to take pics because was not very convenient. In this walk, there were a few organiams which really interest me. One of them is the flat worm. It is black in colour and it moves in a way like dancing. It looks abit like some algae to me but is really very beautiful. The professor actually broke it into 2 accidentally but lucky, it can regenerate itself! I am really fascinated by it. Another one is the octopus. It is actually transluccent but it changes colour to black for camouflaging i think. On our way back to the island and we saw sea urchin! We were told that we had to be cautious about it because it can really tear open our skin if we stepped on it! That is the end of the first day.
Day 2: Forest and night mangrove walk
We woke up at 6am and had our breakfast. We had our date summary and discussion about 9am for the intertidal walk yesterday. We needed to discus and share our work on all the types of species we discovered. After that, we proceeded to the forest walk about 1.30pm. So all of us hiked our way up to the forest and got to learn all the different types of plant species and their different adaptations.
We had some time to sit around the stream to experience and observe the environment to do our reflections. This is sort of the nature journal entry? Then we had our rest time till dinner and got ready for the night mangrove walk! So ya, we started our mangrove walk about 9pm and yupp, we got to learn more animals and mangrove in there. I did not like the feeling of walking in the muddy river! But i still enjoy myself during this walk with my sandy shoes. Lols.
Day 3: Freshwater stream, snorkelling and group presentation
Again, we woke up at 6am and had our breakfast. We were going snorkelling today! However, my sis and I did not snorkel because my parents did not allow. So we were really sad! BUT, both of us did something really defiant. We snorkelled in the end and what was worse, both of us snorkelled WITHOUT life jackets. We did not borrow the equipment and after seeing others snorkelling, we really wanted to. So the agent and our teacher said that we could even go down the sea without life jackets as we knew how to swim and as long as we stayed near the boat. We were quite surprised though. Anyway, even our teacher could not stand it and even joined us in the sea together without life jacket lols. After that, we went to marine park for more snorkelling. Okay, the sceneray in the sea is REALLY BREATHTAKING. There were so many fishes and corals! And there were a few chances we got the chance to touch them! I really missed them! About 1230pm, we set off back to tioman. On the boat, we took som pics and lols, we were so lame -.-“ We went to the forest again to do our data summary again and prepared our group presentation. Then at night, we had our group presentation. We had a very bad experience on this group presentation which i would nto elaborate further. After that, we prepared for our set off journey back to Singapore tml.
Day 4: Journey back to Singapore
Again, we woke up at 6am and had our breakfast. We went to the beach to take some last few pics and did our shopping for souvenirs.
About 10am, we did our reflections and feedback and then got ready for checkout at 11.30am. Took some pics of our room! 
After that, we left tioman by ferry and bus. I really missed it and the days we enjoyed there. I think all of us have tanned our skin real dark. lols. So yupp, reached at nite and got ready for school the next day!
haha. is really very long because i really want to share my whole experience with all of you. So yea, wrote all of them (: Hope all of you enjoy reading it.
