still so nice to think about

field trip to Ma' Daerah turtle sanctuary, Kemaman, Terengganu (11/5/07 - 13/5/07)

still think about that nice quiet beach at times..of course it is not as beautiful as the one in Pulau Redang, especially the sand. but i really like its quietness, and you can own the whole beach all by yourself at times, or most of the time if you really want, since it is not a beach for recreation. and i dont recall seeing any bioluminescent cladoceran (a type of zooplankton) being washed on the beach at night in Pulau Redang. they are quite tiny, but visible with naked eye, can catch them if you want. they can be clearly seen on the beach at night with the blue light they give out..imagine, a beach with little blue lights being washed up on the shore...just great

another unforgettable great thing: the beautiful starry sky at night. just so beautiful..on the second night while we were waiting for the turtle on the beach, i did a rough count for the stars, which should be about 89, and definitely much much more than that. it is just so great to lie on the beach at night, with a starry sky right above you and the cooling breeze blowing on you. sometimes you can even see shooting stars, if you keep your look on the sky long enough..

i spent the first night on the beach with some of my friends, the whole night. it was great. during the second night, i didnt spend the night there, decided to have a good sleep in the room. and this made me missed the turtle which came on shore to lay eggs...haih. no fate with it. just too bad. i had a few hours of good sleep, and woke up around 4.30am and went back to the beach around 5am for the sunrise for the second time. i asked one of my friends to come and wake me up if i didnt appear on the beach by 5am, so i didnt delay much to go to the beach at 5am, worrying that she might wonder why i still didnt wake up. but by the time i reached the beach, it was actually empty hahaha..everyone had gone back to the dorm to sleep because there was a drizzle around 3am after the turtle came on shore. anyway i stayed on, sitting there looking at the beautiful moon on the sky..after a few minutes, i wasnt alone anymore. one of the rangers came to patrol on the beach to see whether there was any turtles appearing to lay eggs. so i joined him for a walk on the beach. he was quite friendly, an elderly man i should say. i was just amazed by how well he could walk on the beach, as if the beach is a smooth floor..for me, becos of the rough sand and the sea shells, it is not really very easy to walk bare footed or with slippers on either..which made me missing the white smooth sand on Pulau Redang hahahaa..after a walk, we went back to sit on the sand since there wasnt any trace of turtles coming. through the walkie-talkie of the ranger, he found out that the other ranger on the other end of the beach must be sleeping becos he made no replies haha..so we didnt walk to the other end. i lay on the log on the beach, admiring at the beautiful starry sky once more. all you could hear was the sound of the waves crushing on the beach..it was just SO GREAT. me and the ranger had short chats once in a while, and i think he was quite happy that he had a company that morning on the beach..i was glad too. saw a shooting star again. i saw one or 2 also during the 1st night on the beach. you have to be really patient to look at the sky for long to spot the shooting stars, if not you will miss them, unless you are really one lucky person. finally the sunrise came, which was around 6.30am. wasnt as nice as the 1st sunrise becos it was quite cloudy..but the hours i spent on the beach were just great. how i wish i can do that again


it was quite a sunny friday afternoon when we finally left for Terengganu

it was already late evening after i woke up from a good sleep. i didnt sleep the night before, was rushing lab report. saw some really nice clouds on the sky, attempted to take pictures of them but wasnt quite successful

First morning on the beach

rainbow coloured sky. too bad my camera is an old one. the colours looked much better in real life

right hand side of the beach

left hand side

me and some of my friends decided to explore the rocky area on the left hand side of the beach

jim fong

audrey (in black), vi vi (in blue)

waves rush in..

....and crash on the rocks! (i did see better splashes, and i have all the patience and time in the world to try to catch the correct moment with my camera, but my camera battery didnt allow me to do so, it couldnt last long)

saturday late evening on the beach

my friend jim fong

not alone

just me

second morning on the beach

the ranger came back after a night's watch

the trail left by the turtle which came on the beach

closer view

the second morning right before we left was cloudy

chillng on a cooling sunday morning

then it was time to say goodbye..back to the hectic reality in KL, which is coming to an end really soon, in about 1 month's time. slow down please..i am still not ready to end yet...