Island Life... Love It :P

Hey Everyone!

     Apologies for the long period of absence... the past few weeks before term end have been overwhelming with tests and exams and stuff... :( But in any case, I managed to find some time to sneak in a blog post or two about a recent (Ok, maybe not so...) trip to the highly-popular, highly-disturbed coasts of SENTOSA! Yes, the fantasy land of the South coast of Singapore! :D Well... It doesn't seem like the first place you would think of when it comes to shelling but why not give it a try? And in any case the school was organising an event called "Take 5" whereby the whole school (YESH! 5000 of us!) would be dumped at the beach to soak up the sun, sand and sea (ok, they banned us from even getting close to the shore but... if there's a will, there's always a way right? ;D) and I had a shelling buddy and non-blood related Brother to accompany me! (Well, my other Tracker Brothers/ Team mates were there but they'd rather play the guitar, snap photos, run around etc. ) So yea... Some photos for you to enjoy. :)

 Ok, so it was a usual gather-by-7a.m. school day... But hey, there was transport provided tot eh island! So no complains... We arrived when it was low tide, so here's a picture for you to enjoy. The returning seawater eventually form mini canyons. :)

 Ah ha! Shameless CCA advertisement! Both Track and Field and Shelling take an equal standing on my obsessions list. :P You guys should try it out too!

 See that pagoda-like tower on the left corner of the picture? Apparently, it is the Southernmost Part of Continental Connected Asia... (Congrats to you guys!)

 And this is the first shell! Not too sure what specie this actually is or I probably forgot...

 There were numerous CHINESE SANGUINS around (Hiatula chinesis)... Double valved specimens are kinda easy to find as well. :)

 And LOOK! A mini DUBIOUS NERITE (Clithon oualaniensis)... Really cute specimen but tragically, i dropped it in the water and it was gone forever...

 There was a BIG BROWN MACTRA CLAM (Mactra mera). This kiddo was still alive so I threw it back into the water. Less the other kids on the beach mutilate it or something.

 The Bridge...

 Me Tracker Brothers! (Told you they were playing a guitar...)

 For local standards, these beaches are FAIRLY high classed. Almost no litter, but sadly with loads of coarse sand...

 Let the fun and games begin!

 And now it's time to go home... *Sobs*

 At the Sentosa Railway.

 Kiki's home. :P

 And here is the bivalved CHINESE SANGUIN.

 Erm... I'll get back to you regarding this guy...

 more CHINESE SANGUINS...

 Same goes for this guy...

Notice the pearl-like bump on the lower shell? Lovely... :D

Well, that's all I have for this post... If you are really interested to shell when visiting Sentosa, try Palawan Beach (This beach!). But for those in Singapore, who's vacation is being ruined by the thick haze enshrouding our lovely island... Akan Datang (Which means stay tuned in Indonesian)... for this is the clue to the location of the next shelling post. (And the location for this major Shelling Expedition! :D) To all Singaporeans, STAY HEALTHY, STAY INDOORS, WEAR A MASK WHEN OUTDOORS AND DRIN PLENTY OF LIANG TEH!