that park
Posted by al on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Filed under: bako np, school
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i just came back from bako np and this is the second time i went there. last time i go there just to follow my friends doing some sampling, collecting frog and bufo specimens. and this time trip is for park and wildlife management course. i can say that i like this course because simply to say, i love forest since ever and everything in it. in this course actually we are learning about the protected area in malaysia, how to manage a protected area, what are the laws and how to enforce it and stuff.
so, what are we doing during the trip? actually, the main reason for this trip is to gain knowledge and experience on of course, the park management. at the same time, we were provided some questionnaires for the tourists to fill in. the visitors mostly are the non-locals, specifically the orang putih. so, we have to be more confidence to face them and kindly ask some of their time to fill in the questionnaire. gosh, we were so annoying orange!
the second day of the trip, we went trekking to serait trails, 1.25 km, and i am so excited and most energetic one in our group. i lead my group until we reached the boundary of the park. the forest that next to the park, not the park's, we can see the differences between the two forests. an example is trees were cut for logging as in the park, of course logging are forbidden kan. so, i am the most energetic one, right? hahaha. not anymore when we trekking home. pancit habis!
i am interested to work in the forest. i swear i will make my body fit and suitable enough for forest if someone take me work with them. in fact, after grad, before i have a real job, i've planned to be a volunteer in any conservation project. tidak kisah, in-situ conservation or ex-situ conservation. but i am thinking of in-situ conservation.
enough with the dreaming, today we did the good indeed as we cleaned up the beach and the jetty area. it is, got a lot of rubbish along the beach, even the e-waste. at first we thought the rubbish is from the people who live there in bako np include the visitors, but actually it came there by water flowing from the villages near the national park. you know, stereotype much.
i completely forgot my final year project already once i reached there until one kakak, grad from unimas now working with sarawak forest (i guess), ask us how's the project went. damn it! i got a lot of work to do now i remember it. :(
p/s: this time, during the boat cruise i saw a croc, (are they locomotion in the water is called swimming?) finally!
c'est tout !
