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(and not one pic a day anymore!)sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16855895151634040779noreply@blogger.comBlogger1197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125170392500272407.post-81738515066129037682011-04-24T18:32:00.008+08:002011-04-24T18:36:01.171+08:00Panda meat, anyone?Pic 1376 - 1378.<br />
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Panda meat anyone?<br />
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If you are horrified at the thought of eating a panda, you should be just as horrified about eating tuna. <br />
Or cod. <br />
Or shark fin.<br />
Or any endangered animals. <br />
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Yes, now you see, there are double standards the world maintains toward endangered animals...<br />
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Well, ok, you don’t eat shark fin soup. You don’t eat turtle. <br />
But how about cod? And tuna? Wait..., tuna? <br />
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Be informed.<br />
Learn more at <a href="http://www.panda-meat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">www.panda-meat.com</span></a> <br />
and watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hughsfishfight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">www.youtube.com/user/hughs<wbr><span class="word_break"></span></span>fishfight</a><br />
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...and decide for yourself. And for your children.<br />
And for the next generation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ps. No animals of any kind were harmed in this project</span>.sara!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16855895151634040779noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125170392500272407.post-41133869670987680952011-04-24T18:12:00.009+08:002011-06-12T22:00:05.373+08:00Koh Tao, Apr 2011: Unexpected great companionsPic 1396 - 1402: Seventh part out of seven. <br />
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#1 always accompanied me for morning walk along the beach.<br />
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#2 and #3 always accompanied me for late afternoon reading and sunset time. Couple times they were staying on my front porch in the evening, #3 was doing that more often than #2. <br />
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Oh the joy being around the animal...<br />
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Diving again after absent for six months seven days! Two weeks full of new things, new pespective, new ideas. <a href="http://www.ecokohtao.com/">Eco Koh Tao</a> team was superb; feel priviledged that they let me get involve on their eco efforts in Koh Tao. Thank you!<br />
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Big thanks to Nath that had arranged things so that I could learn a lot of stuff within the limited time: EFR, Rescue diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy specialisation, Fish ID specialisation, Project AWARE specialisation, Reef Check EcoDiver program and Marine Resource Management program. Zillion thanks that I was given the opportunity to participate on maintaining coral nurseries and afrtificial reefs, and even transplanting coral fragments... truly priceless experiences. And last but not least, more thanks for opening my eyes that we, an individual, should do something, no matter how small it is. Every little helps!<br />
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The first pic was us after Coral Watch survey in Mae Haad Reef. The background is our school along Mae Haad beach. The third and fourth pics were us after cleaning up Lighthouse Reef from coral-eater Drupella snails, which for some unknown reasons, have grown far too many without predators and hence creating lots of coral damages. <br />
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The fifth pic was my survey result from Coral Nursery at Mae Haad - pretty happy with the job! The sixth was me transplanting coral fragments into electrocuted dome structure at Hin Fai Biorock artificial coral project - a special experience left a special impression on me. The seventh was me with a Strapweed Filefish at Junkyard Reef, Mae Haad, during my last dive on this holiday.<br />
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Pic of the three ladies and pic of me transplanting coral were shot by Nathan Cook. Pic of me with the Filefish were shot by Jennifer Dowling. The pic of me about to do my giant step was shot by Simon Dowling. <br />
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<em>"...Ko Tao (also often Koh Tao) is an island in Thailand located near the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand... In the 1980s the first travelers discovered Ko Tao and their special backpacker network quickly made it widely known and a popular destination... In the 1990s the island finally became known as a diving site..."</em><br />
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In the water around this island I obtained my Open Water and Advance Open Water diving certificates during my year-end holiday couple years ago. So it is only proper if I went back there to get my Rescue Diver certification. However, the key reason why I decided to go back there is <a href="http://www.ecokohtao.com/">Eco Koh Tao</a>, a great school for Marine Resource Management and other environment related courses. <br />
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These two weeks in Koh Tao have opened my eyes on how ignorant we, human being, are. There are many big noble things we can do, but there are more than many small things we can do too as an individual. After this trip, I have now been trying harder to participate as much as I can one way or another.<br />
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Thanks Nath and the team, you guys are fantastic, the tireless eco warriors... <br />
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Pic 1364 - 1367: First part out of seven. <br />
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The first picture is Mango Bay dive site. The second picture shows some structures made by Eco Koh Tao for the Junkyard Reef.<br />
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From Eco Koh Tao page on Facebook, here is the description of Junkyard Reef:<br />
<em>"... Our (Eco Koh Tao) own artificial reef located a few hundred metres offshore from the dive school. It was developed by a hardy band of eco-warriors a little over a year ago. It is small but interesting and the aim was, and still is to make it a viable place to dive with courses and recreational divers alike. Those divers interested in the ‘little stuff’ can probably spend a dive there while many others find it a little monotonous..."</em><br />
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The last picture is the Thai's style of Maneki Neko - just guessing though :) Taken from the school's restaurant. <br />
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Yes, my favourite: the surreal landscape taken on the hill behind the church. I couldn't capture it, but it was light snowing when all these pictures were taken - maybe that was why the tinted was the most yellowish. Just to put things into perspective, <a href="http://1-pic-a-day.blogspot.com/2011/01/pic-1299-1304.html">the pictures on the previous post</a> were taken when we started the walk to the tower, and the last picture showing the snow drops under the flash light was actually taken the same time as when these pictures on this post were taken.<br />
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The picture were uploaded in the sequence. The last three were taken from the tower, and they themselves were in sequence in term of position. On the last picture, I was hoping to be able to capture the light snow above the bright building, but you can only see the light whitish mist there.<br />
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These pictures are far from the reality, really. The yellowish surrounding, the feeling of the snow drop on your chin, the silence apart from the sound the snow made on our coats and under our feet, the occassional breeze slapped on your face, the magical pattern the snow drops made when the wind blew... Surreal. <br />
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Yes, the last picutre was taken not in the same time as the first and second - the tinted surrounding are different. The first and second were rather blurred though, since there was a breeze, and I tried to take pictures with enough light shown by the indicator. Later on, I didn't bother about the light indicator. I just made sure I had enough time to get sharp pictures, and adjusted the exposure later on the photoshop. Yeah, cheating. <br />
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This look up at the trees is one of my all-time favourite objects. <a href="http://1-pic-a-day.blogspot.com/2007/06/this-blog-is-one-month-old-pic-chosen.html">Only one I had uploaded here before though</a>. It was taken back during my first visit to North Ireland, taken behind Sleaveshannagh, somewhere on the woods at the feet of the Mourn. I love them all, they are all just different. <br />
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Things outdoor.<br />
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The second pic was taken in South East of the island where people dug a hole in the frozen see and got bubbles into the water to prevent it from frozen, so some brave people could jump into it. Good for the health, I was told. Unfortunately we missed two people just finished their braveries when we arrived.<br />
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The third pic was taken somewhere on the hill behind the church. The last.. well, it was me, picture courtesy of H. I didn't know that I supposed to move my legs too! :) <br />
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We both like to take pictures. The different is: no strobe, or with strobe? Well, I kinda like the leather puppet taken with strobe too - but sorry moustached Mr. Shark, I'd prefer you without strobe - at least above water :)<br />
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Look down, I saw: a rabbit's foot steps, a dog's foot steps, a frozen gutter hole, and my foot. Unless my foot, the rest were taken under the influence of some kind of street light. I kinda amazed on both of rabbit and dog's foot steps... two of their steps are almost parallel!<br />
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Another of my favourites: an abandoned frozen playground. This is where we wandered further to the sea and I created my first ever snow angel. Sweet :)<br />
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One of my favourites: the tower on the hill at the back of the church. It was light snowing then, with that yellowish tinted surrounding. Surreal... and magical. <br />
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Never get enough of the frozen sea. <br />
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Along the path - the compacted ones. It was lovely to walk on them, gave me similar feeling as walking on the compacted humid soil, like the main paths of tropical jungles. Yup, I have a wild imagination again here!<br />
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I had a chance to visit An and An's place in Espoo. I was picked in the junction of Aleksanterinkatu and Unioninkatu. It's good to see An again (well, I saw the other An back in Riga). We were excited about her graduation in summer, so meanwhile she is busy as a busy bee. <br />
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The pics were taken nearby their place. It was almost dark. The sun has gone down, but it was not dark enough yet. The environment had this bluish tone. The pictures are slightly more bluish than the real though - but I've found it was so diificult to adjust them, so I decided to go with these. <br />
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I love those brown grass. Amazed on how they survived the extreme. <br />
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There were giraffe and camel on the wall!<br />
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Helsinki Cathedral. With an impressive amount of snow on its steps.<br />
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This is another Helsinki harbour, the one on the South West, seen from the island. Yet another mysterious frozen sea, beautiful spot, magical surrounding. And wonderful companion.<br />
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And this is one of Helsinki harbours, the one located in South East side. I like the bright sky on the far away horizon. Also like those ice crumbles floating. And yes, another fence pole burried on snow :) The first and second pics are similar - I just can't decide which one I like more. <br />
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Compare these pictures with ones on the previous post: when the sun was up, the snow and the air were whitish. When the sun was nowhere, somehow it became tinted. It's cool. <br />
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One of many things delighted me in Helsinki is the frozen sea, covered by snow. It was just... beautiful. <br />
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This yellowish tone is how the landscape was in real during our second walk. Not white, but yellowish (sepia?). It was kinda surreal. There was just about before light snow coming down, maybe that is why. For some reasons it was similar tone to one when I was diving in murky water of Pulau Hantu, Singapore (yeah, it sounds like an odd similarity).<br />
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It was snowing when we left for one of the walks. Just perfect.<br />
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Never get enough of those long nights spent with a person you feel comfortable with... Wriggling my toes on that warm socky red boots, getting hungry with the smell of - funny enough - Indian curry sauce being prepared, watching the snow and trying to follow a snow drop (is it how you refer to it?) fell from the sky to the white earth... <br />
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And pretending that there were no summit where in some ways you had to bring your unit's name up to its reputation, and pretending that there is no two days filled with office politics waiting the week after. Ha. *And pretending there were no tasks at work, no paperwork to do for another?* :)<br />
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The second picture was taken from the balcony, me wearing a t-shirt breaking my record to -17'c. The white light on the top is actually the moon!<br />
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