Why we have to save red panda?

Saving red pandas are important because they are an ambassador for clean air and water for approximately 1 billion people on our planet.

The forests where red pandas live are the lungs of South Asia and if these forests are intact and function properly, just like a humans lungs, then we can ensure a healthy life for the people, animals and plants of South Asia. However, the exact population status of this elusive and endangered animal is currently unknown. By not knowing the status of this population we are unsure of the future of one of the most important ecological regions of our planet.

Let’s imagine that if this kind of animals is extinct, what will happen in the world. Can we continue living in the clean environment? Will human be extinct, too?

If the red pandas are extinct, the forests where red pandas live may be polluted and the forests may become one of the sources of air pollution. Then, people who live in South Asia may be impacted. They may suffer from the diseases which are cause by air pollution.

This is a very essential problem. This problem concerns all of people who live in South Asia, even the entire human. Thus, we have to pay our full attention to solve this problem by behaving ourselves.

Red Panda

The Red Panda, or "firefox," is often referred to as the "lesser panda" in deference to the better-known giant panda. Few people outside its native habitat have even heard of the red panda, let alone seen one.

Red panda are founding the mountain chains of the Eastern Himalaya and parts of southwestern China.

I have not known this kind of animals until searching about animals’ conservation. When I saw this animal’s photos, I felt amazing. It is so cute that I want to keep it as my pet but I know it is impossible.

Red panda does not look like the giant panda. It mostly likes a small bear. It has red fur cover around its body expect its eyes, ears and nose. Its eyes, ears and nose are covered by white fur. It is really a unique animal.

After knowing this animal, I realized that actually there are many unique animals that I have not seen since I was born. They may be very cute creatures or ugly creatures. However, it doesn’t matter because I have already decided to try my best to protect the entire animals in the world. I also appeal the people around the world that do not kill the unique animal anymore, otherwise our descendants will miss a lot of chances to visit their friends ----- animals.

Childhood memories

I have almost forgotten how my childhood was but there is an only thing that I won’t forget. That is starting to live in a boarding school in Guangzhou which was far away home. Because of the situation, I could only have a seven-day holiday after a one-month studying.

I was 7 years old then. My “heartless” father “ignored his relatives advice and abandoned” me in a boarding school. The school called Nanyang International School. I still remember the watchword of the school is ‘Nanyang International School is the first bilingual school in China.’

I was unhappy when I studied and lived in the school at the first month. I hated my father because he sent me to school without any unwillingness. However, after a few months, I had already fitted into the school life. I have no longer been lonely because I have already gone on well with my classmates.

When I went to secondary school in China, I understood that my dad had to send me to the boarding school in order to train me as an independent person. I am really grateful to his decision.

Thank you dad.

Travel overseas

In my memories, I have only gone overseas two times. The first destination is Japan. The second one is Singapore.

The most memorable journey is going to Japan. Although I am a Chinese, I am a fan of Japanese culture. I like Japanese language. I like Japanese cartoon. I like Japanese movie. I like Japanese series. I like all the things that are produced in Japan.

I went to Japan during my secondary school summer holiday with my parents. Japan is really a wonderful place. There is very clean and the people there are nice. There remain a lot of Japanese cultural products such as tatami. Tatami is a mat made of a kind of special and excellent straw. Japanese food is also good. The most famous food is sushi. Sushi is a Japanese traditional food. Although they are made of raw seafood, vinegar and rice, they are clean and healthy. There are a lot of natural and wonderful sights such as Mount Fuji. Fuji mount is a dormant volcano. It is a sign of Japan.

After the journey, I always plan that when I can travel around Japan.


(Please don't think I am a traitor after reading this journal.)

Cross Country/Total Defence Day

Feb 13th, my school held an activity which called Cross Country. That meant all of the chongboonise had to jog over one kilometre. For girls, we had to jog 2.8 kilometres. This year, the stage was in Nan Yang Polytechnic.

Nan Yang Polytechnic gave me three different kinds of impressions. Firstly, it likes a hot spring in China because there is a fountain. In China, there is a fountain in the entrance of the hot spring. Secondly, it likes a university because it is very spacious. Thirdly, it likes a MRT station because there are marble staircases.

In China, the longest distance that I run is only 1.2 kilometres so to jog 2.8 kilometers is tough for me.

Cross Country began. I started to run and run and run without stopping. When I finished 800 metres, I felt very tired and I had to gasp for breath. The worst thing is my feet are out of control. They liked two fireballs which are extremely hot. Although, I was eager to finish 2.8 kilometres by jogging, I gave up at last. A long time later, I reached the terminal.

I felt tired that day but it was interesting to jog 2.8 kilometres.

Reflective Journal Of CHEK JAWA [[Vitrual Tour]]

Date: 12 February 2009
Time: 12pm (:
Weather: Sunny & warm !

When we heard about Chek Jawa, we thought it could be a place in Indonesia or Malaysia. But we were surprised to know that it is right here in Singapore. We had the opportunity to go on a Virtual Tour to know about Chek Jawa. We were surprised. You could call Chek Jawa a “forestal hub”. It is a beautiful place filled with marine wild life, coastal forest, rocky shore and coral rubble.


Chek Jawa is located at the eastern tip of Pulau Ubin, Singapore. The virtual tour was indeed an eye opener for us on the beauty of nature. The mangrove animals and plants, coastal forest and the different types of Rocky shore just pushed us to know and learn more about Chek Jawa.

Our first touch was with the Rocky Shore. It looked abit rocky with full of small and medium rocks. The rocky shore is scenic at sunrise but when the tide is out, it could be really hot. Any creatures that live in the rocky shore will have to tolerate such weather conditions. Another interesting finding was the Volcano Barnacle. It is definitely not a Volcano as it sound, but a small living animal. It is covered with a shell which has a segmented body with six pairs of segmented legs modified into feathery appendages. At high tide, the animal waves its legs outside the shell to filter, feed and breathe as the legs also contain the gills. There are also mussels, Mating Nerite shells, and little shells known as periwinkles and many more to look and get amazed.

Plants also add an additional touch to Chek Jawa. There are many mangrove plants. The mudflats are strewn with seaweed beautifying the mangrove settings. There are boya flowers, huge pandan-like plants called Mengkuang. We managed to catch the most interesting plant. It is called Blind-your-Eye Mangrove tree. The plant can cause temporary blindness because of its milky sap. The breath taking view on our tour was the carpet anemones. This can only be viewed during low tide. The sand is littered with some round colourful looking objects more like a candy. It is indeed a rare side on the tour. Coral rubble with colourful sponges are also a must look attraction in Chek Jawa. Colour does really add a beauty to this coral rubble.

Lastly, the virtual tour on Chek Jawa has exposed us to love nature. We wish to make Chek Jawa an important place to visit during our next school vacation. It is understood that we can only visit Chek Jawa during low tides. This virtual tour has also given us a better idea on the surroundings about Chek Jawa.