LeoC: Another chapter of life~

sWent Zoo Negara for voluntary program today. It was organised by A-Level Club and I joined it with few other AUSMAT friends. Well, it was very early in the morning, around 7 am, that I reached col with Calvin and Ji Hong. Departed from col by col shuttles, and reached the zoo about half an hour later, we had some briefings from zookeepers. Me and another four friends (Calvin, Nic, Gabriel, Siao Fen) formed a grouped and were assigned to Zoo Veterinary Hospital. It was..well..cool =) Sweeping dead leaves in the hospital compound. LOL, I felt abit sien but it was cool as entering the hospital, I saw a lioness with its tail amputated. It kept staring at me - as if i were food or something =(. Fleshy and fatty, exactly something it devours, huh? Then, we finished the task and were allowed to go around the zoo for some sorta break. The animals here were less than the time I first visited the zoo, I didn't know why though, and we joked as we reached the 'bear zone'. Then, we took some photos before we got back to our work again. It was disposing the expired medicines. It was like..well....swt-ish.. as I was recording the medicines, some of which should have been disposed 16 years ago. As the task completed, the veterinarian, Mr Kairul disposed all the tablets and pills into a tray. The rest were packed into boxes. This was the cool part. Nicholas and I brought the boxes to a lab, whereby the reaction he entered the lab (he entered first) was a sign that which alarmed me. As i followed in, I took a deep breath and It was like WOAH, pasar malam smell! A mixture of rotten fish and bad egg smell. As Mr Kairul opened a big freezing room (don't know what should it be called XD), my heart instantly gave a jerk. Two lion corpses - which was then tailed by the smell that surged into my nostrils - I felt nauseaous at that instant. I quickly held my breath and put the box in, and rushed out from there. A nice experience, though =). Then, we took some photos with Mr Kairul before we left the hospital. It was raining already. Well, we walked in the zoo with umbrellas, experiencing the first-time ever ''Safari in Rain'' ( in addition to this, all animals hided in the shelter so actually we didn't really see anything except some buffaloes and sun bears). There was also a bee exhibition. I bought a propolis honey, whereas Calvin bought another (which i forgot the name) , and we bargained, and got discount of rm8 for mine and rm2 for Calvin's. We later said we should have bargained more. Lastly, the day ended with a photo session with A Level students and...well..back to col.


Sweeping dead leaves




Some fishes i managed to snap in Aquarium.


The Zoo Veterinary Hospital


The Egg Incubator inside the Lab.


Fossil of some sort of big clam shell?


The tailless lioness =)


Calvin posing as if his head were being bitten by the skeletal thingy.


The cages where the injured and sick animals are admitted.


From left: Nicholas, Calvin, Gabriel and Siao Fen. We were recording and classifying the medicines.


Taking photo with Mr Kairul, the vet who guided us through the voluntary work.


Taking photo in front of the Zoo Theater.


Two cute penguins =)


Woohoo! Safari in Rain ~


Group photo with A-Level students before we left the zoo.


Zoo Volunteers!

Well, one day I might go back to the zoo for the work gain, since i already registered as volunteer =)