Marina East Exploratory Walk!

Is this Singapore??

Yeap! Went to explore marina east to explore this morning as this area will soon be destroyed to make way for some golf course -.- but the highlight was actually the nudist gay beach haha!



At this pond, we spotted lots of dragonflies(:

there are many more but the rest of the shots are too blur. Spotted a couple of birds as well(: like coucal, blue-tailed bee-eater, pacific swallow and sunbird. Did not take them due to lousy cam haha. can check out ron's and mountain and sea's though.

& of course there are many lovely plants as well.

Simpoh Ayer

Do you know how it got its name? Ayer is water in malay. & since it lives near water, it's called simpoh ayer! It is a very useful plant. The large leaves of this simpoh ayer plant is used to wrap to wrap food and are also used by the tailor birds to make nests. Sap from the twigs or leaf stalks are applied to external wound to stop bleeding!

The Singapore Rhododendron can be used for the cure of diarrhoea. Birds love to eat their fruits, which are also used by people to make 'poh-chai' a traditional stomache medicine.

sea morning glory

Unlike conventional spiders, the St Andrew's Cross Spider pairs its legs into a X shape hence its name! When attacked, it shakes its web till it becomes blurry to its opponent. Thus this spider is not just literally cross in its appearance but in its temperant too! That white zigzag line stabalises the web and deter birds from hitting it. It is also said that like flowers, it reflects ultraviolet light as well hence direct the insects right to the spider!

These places never fail to leave me happy and rejuvenated(:

Nono that is not a safari vehicle. It is a police car aha. Yup due to Indonesia 'idol' mas selamat. The police are hunting him for his autograph.

Enroute to the beach. These people sure know how to find these ulu places so they wont be disturb huh.

ahhh~ nothing. hahaha. it's still a good trip after all with all these beautiful findings(:

all these nature things in exchange for a golf course?!! NAH. BOOOO!

http://www.sbwr.org.sg/biodiversity/flora/backmangrove/

http://leshonlovesnature.blogspot.com/2005/12/plant-of-day-simpoh-ayer-or-simpoh-air.html

http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/lpt/040904lpt/photos/photo_13.html

http://wetlands.sbwr.org.sg/text/00-7-1-4.htm

http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/argiope.htm