Beginning this April, I'll be expecting to undergo my 11 weeks of training. I've already chosen a place, Matang Wildlife Centre back home in Kuching. I didn't know which animal to work on for my special project at first. There were so many to choose from. Also, I have to consider my friends who are tagging along as well. Nabby, Amir, Hilman and Malie. I've a feeling it's going to be a blast working with these interestingly funny personalities!
Nabby chose the orang utans, the main attraction of the place. I originally wanted to work with them too, but baby orang utans to be specific, since they need a lot of care and attention. Hilman is crazy about the Binturong bear cats. He just wouldn't stop chanting, "I want the bearcat, I want the bearcat, I'm taking the bearcat!". So we let him have a go at it. Haha. Malie wants to work with the crocodiles. I was really impressed. Not a lot of girls here are bold enough to want to work with reptiles! Amir and I, on the other hand, were still on the fence.
But after Nabby showed us videos of volunteers at the centre, the more we watched it, the more we want to go there and the more excited we got! Saw that there are many other animals there including deers, sun bears, otters and even porcupines!
I was really interested in the sun bears. So when the forestry students came back from vising national parks in Kuching, I went around asking them about the animals in Matang Wildlife, the sun bears especially. It was important to us that the animals we work on should be in many numbers. And when they said there were at least 5 sun bears, I immediately set my mind on these Bornean creatures!
Oh, I am so thrilled and excited! We have yet to receive confirmation, though. Hopefully the main campus accepts our appeal for early training because I really can't wait to have a taste of a real encounter with wildlife. It's been a lifelong dream of mine!
April, please come quick!
No comments:
Post a Comment