First Aid Course with Maheasuran 1 August 2015

Kids and I attended a two days First Aid workshop with Maheasuran. Seeing the kids in the workshop, some worried if they would be scared to watch video with lots of blood. As a matter of fact, I am so much more a scaredy-cat than them. 

Thankfully, they didn't fidget at all during the dry theory session. 

A doughnut ring En made with a triangular bandage for wound with embedded object. The one I made was too big, commented our instructor. 

Hui's notes at the back of her first aid manual. Her notes are longer than mine.  

Hui cheered for almost everyone up when they did the CPR !!!  

En got her turn on CPR too.  

Immobilized the legs of Uncle Steven with triangular bandages.

Putting him on a stretcher. 

And carried him out of the building.

(Thank you EL for the opportunity)   

Enrichment Programme at Zoo Negara with Malaysian Nature Society 28 July 2013

Some of the animal skulls on display.

Kids took a stroll with Prof. Ille who share about flora and fauna around the zoo. 

The walk ended with the observation of few animals eating the food that was prepared earlier at the enrichment centre. 

Thank you Edwina and EL for the awesome trip. 

Gunung Irau, Cameron Highlands 15 December 2012

Driving up the curvy and narrow mountain path to MNS-Boh plantation chalets which is located among the serene tea plantation. 

My 8yo wasn't at all bothered by the damp muddy trail up to Gunung Irau. According to her dad, she insisted on reaching the peak. She didn't manage to reach the top at the given time. All hikers were supposed to turn around and head back at 2pm. 

It is very normal to see hikers stepped into a swampy area and when they tried to pull out their legs, their shoe will still be inside the mud. 

Every steps to be taken with caution. 

FRIM nature walk "Aliens" with MNS 13 October 2012

Leaves of Camphor tree. 

The older one commented it smells like tiger balm whereas my younger one here, said 'basil'.
We were told that the wood of Camphor tree has a strong nicer fragrant and it is sold at Daiso.
 This is the only tree that originated from Japan over in FRIM.

 Ming, a botanist and MNS nature guide of our group.

Trumpet tree came from tropics America. Its leaves look like an umbrella and it is very similar to our local tree, Mahang. Fruit is small and is very popular among the bats which helps to spread the seeds. 

Dumbcane is a popular house plant and it is commonly seen. Little did I know that should our lips are in contact with the sap will cause one to be not able to talk for a day or two!

Bougainville's flower is just the small white one in the center. The pink colour part is a modified leaf called bracts. Interesting!

Hibiscus originates from China and it is known as China Rose! 

  Adancum piper (pepper) plant is one of the top 100 most invasive plants. There is a whole plantation of it at Guang Nuang. A crushed leaf will help in stopping bleeding when it is rubbed on the wound.

This tree here is dubbed as "Malaysia Sakura". It produces pink flowers during Chinese New Year season and lasted only one to two days. 

Acacia Mangium is also one of the top 100 most invasive plant here.

The photo in the middle shows its branch and its twig, which look like a leaf! 

The twirly one is the fruit. 

The bark is rough and mostly not healthy and could tumble easily as the tree is not suitable for Malaysia climate. 

The tree is planted for paper but it doesn't produce good quality ones

.  My older kid chasing after Ming and talking to her. 

Seriously, children doesn't need a school setting with hundreds of people to be able to socialise.  

Gua Anak Tempurung, Gopeng Perak 29 September 2012

Direction to Gua Anak Tempurung - Gopeng Exit. Turn left. Drive straight, pass Jeram town on your right side. Take the first left turn after Jeram town. After the left turn, "Klinik Desa Jeram" is on your left. Drive straight, cross a bridge and turn to your left. You will see GB Kuari on your left. Follow the curvy road.  Pass Sg Siput Selatan. Shortly after that, turn left into the gravel road. Follow the bumpy trail. Take the left if you come to a fork road. You will see "Ma Tau" signage. Stop at where the photo shown above.

If you have a 4-wheel-drive, you can drive up here. 

The path to the entrance of Gua Anak Tempurung is on the left where the group of cavers were standing.

As this is not a commercialized place, there aren't any signages leading to this cave.

Walking to the entrance from where we parked.

The cave.

Climbed down at the beginning of the path.

Walked through the trees.

Went over the fallen tree trunk. 

Our group leader, Ryan entering the cave's entrance.

This is what we saw after we crawled through the entrance. 

Torch light is a must as the cave is in total darkness.

Some part of the cave has very low ceiling that we have to crawled. 

Helmet is a compulsory for safety. 

My older child was wearing a bicycle helmet. I borrowed a yellow construction hat from someone.

The information sharing by the MNS cavers were excellent.

Gua Anak Tempurung is a river cave with a mere length of 0.9km. 

 Be prepare to get wet.  It will takes approximately 15minutes to just walk through it. We took about 1.5hour as we stopped along the way to marvel at the cave and listened to the information shared by MNS cavers.

Spot the cricket with long legs.

Below are some excellent photos taken and shared by Jimmy Chew.

Tailess whip scorption

We were puzzled by the yellow and blue paints on the wall. 

These are straws.