Monday, 24 December 2007

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Last Sunday, a group of 40 NTU students went to Chek Jawa on Pulau Ubin. The eventful day started with waiting for the bus for around 45 minutes. When the group finally reached Pulau Ubin, it was already 1045am! Nevertheless, two interesting ice breaking games ensued.
The first game involved protecting an egg using recyclable materials, after which the whole art piece (with the poor egg hidden within the creation) was thrown onto the ground. The group whose egg did not break won the game. I hope the game made an impact on the undergrads about the usefulness of recyclable materials as much as the throw did on some of the eggs.

Throwing the protected egg...
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The second game was a three legged race in which the group which filled 2 cups with the most marbles and water respectively wins. It was a tiring but exhilarating race in the ruthless late morning sun.

Simultaneous with the three legged race… hello doggie… (I WANT YOUR FOOD!! *woof)
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After lunch, we set off for Chek Jawa in a total of 4 vans. Chek Jawa is situated at the eastern tip of Pulau Ubin. Chek Jawa escaped reclamation and preserved its natural state, hence enabling us and many other groups to visit its rich marine life today. We first made our way to House number 1 after a bumpy van ride. The house is so named because it is a house, and its address is number 1.

My guide then took my group to a board walk just beside House number 1. We spent quite some time there marveling at a whole ‘field’ of sea grass, weeds, trapped fishes, crabs, their molts and anemones. Something which I found particularly exotic was the self sacrificing nature of the male fiddler crabs. The males have an extra long pincer which is red in colour while females are a (relatively) boring shade of grey. This is so that birds prey on the males which are easier to spot instead of the females as the latter are rarer. How touching…

We then headed to another boardwalk which led us to the mud flats. There, we saw most of the marine life. It was amazing! We saw hermit crabs, tube worms, sea cucumbers, sand dollars, bristling worms, sea stars, two mantis shrimps, a moon snail, a nudibranch, a catfish and a carpet anemone.
Hermit Crab in Noble Volute shell

You only see some of the hermit crab here. When you see a beautiful shell on the beach, don’t bring it home! It is the home of hermit crabs though they may not be in when you visit them.

Tubeworms

See the tubes poking up from the ground? Those belong to the tubeworms. *shivers (I don’t like worms…)
Sea Cucumber

The slimy and cute sea cucumber. It’s rather shy, it contracts and appears smaller when in human hands.
Ferrari seastar

The Ferrari Seastar in action. It flips itself over very fast hence its name.
Seastar #2

The nudibranch.
Nudibranch
Those circular disc-like objects are the sand dollars. They are actually alive and the tracks you see are evidence of their movements. Sand dollars are actually the mermaids’ and mermen’s currency too.
I found the Chek Jawa trip educational and an eye opener. My knowledge of marine life is very limited, so I learnt quite a lot from this trip! I also hope that through experiencing marine life first hand, the participants learn to appreciate them more and do their part in saving nature.
For more photos of the other marine life, please visit http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff263/earthlink0708/Chek%20Jawa%20231207/?start=0

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, I tried sending an email via the website to your club but I guess it didn't get through. So I figured I'll try over here.

I'm a freshman in NTU and I would really be interested in joining your club. I have volunteered at the SPCA and Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve before so I pretty much support conservation.

I missed you guys on recruitment day so if there is any chance of still hopping on - my email is edainme@gmail.com.

Anonymous said...

Hey guys,
great job doing something great in NTU!
may I suggest that in future, the games and even your events will have minimal environmental impact? For example, the games you guys played in Chek Jawa may have been good clean fun, but I feel uneasy that we are wasting natural resource. e.g An egg which is good to eat is used in a game. Imagine those that broke in the process. Isn't that a waste of resource? And the water game, I do hope it is not clean drinkable tap water. It could have been used for other purposes instead of just a game. Perhaps sea water or some other non-drinkable water be used? Just a suggestion anyway, cox I believe there are always different ways to do things.

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