Vegetarian Society had to attend another event, that was why they were unable to accept my invitation to join us for Envirofest.

And I want to thank Toddycats! for being at Envirofest.

We will sure have a debrief … is beginning of Aug a good time? A Saturday ? or do you have any preferred time/day?

Thank you very much

Yours naturally
Wenhua
earthlink0506@yahoo.com

The follow up is the existing free activities in Singapore for nature appreciation which is available at the other booths.

This first encouter may be very important. At Chek Jawa, most of the active volunteers had been introduced to some aspect of nature by teachers and parents.

These days their first encouter might be at an exhibition or on one of our community’s many guided field trips.

Well, don’t know about toddycats getting picked up.. I had no success picking up ex school mates from NJC.. thought we had a common history. Shucks…After this experience, I think I manage little boys and girls better…

Oh.. I think the cheatsheet that Dewi prepared was cool. Maybe we could have just a folder on the table for any toddycats who need to refer for the next “See Dugong”

And one last qn.. what do we say to people who ask ” what are we here for?” I always say it is to share the news that ” actually there are lots of wildlife out there in city Singapore”… only once a while, I get to link it to the coastal clean up posters and what they can do in their daily life. Anyone got a better answer?

My thoughts:
- Talking three hours at a stretch took some stamina. Amazed that Hamsa was there the whole time during both days. And she did the set up and take down too. Good job, Hamsa!
- Some of the heartlanders did know some of the animals. Especially those that they’ve eaten before. A few claimed to have eaten horseshoe crab roe. And some said they’ve eaten stonefish. But surprised that the lots of the older folks weren’t too aware of the wildlife either.
- Besides the dugong, the pangolin was popular too.
- I got a very gruff and rude fellow who picked up the snake specimen bottle and asked how much it was. I told him nicely it wasn’t for sale, then he asked what all the specimens were for. As I began to explain, he walked away, waved his arm dismissively saying that all this was a waste of time. Thankfully, he was the sole exception. Most people were curious and happy to learn something new.
- Heheh… Dewi and Marcus weren’t around long enough to have been picked up.
- Yeh, a laptop would have helped with all the relevant sites ready in different tabs.
- The pedestals definitely need major refurbishment or replacement.
- Bought a Nature Watch edition from the NSS booth. The issue concentrated on Pulau Ubin. It’s a 1995 issue, so really nice to see photos of Ubin when there were still kampungs there.
- Thanks to all the Toddycats who helped out. Terrific effort! =)