Reflection:D

The trip to Bukit timah nature reserve was so fun and interesting. I understood more about tropical rainforest :D

When we arrived at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, We can spot many monkeys around us! It was kind off scary as we were all afraid of them...But the monkeys are very adorable especially their fluffy cheeks!

Before we started our grueling journey, we went to the visitor centre. In the visitor centre, we saw the differnt seed dispersal methods and certain animals in the nature reserve. There was also a pie chart on the uses of land in singapore. After 15 minutes, we began trekking.

We started of by walking up an extremely steep slope, which ms lim said, was the toughest part of the journey. While walking up the slope, there were many examples of an emergent, canopy and undergrowth. Not only that, there were many lianas and epiphytes there as well. We saw the buttress roots of a very buge tree which was so much taller than Ms lim. This tree is part of the emergent which receives the maximum amount if sunlight.

As the emergent grow closely together, there was hardly any sunlight reaching the canopy thus the lianas have their own way to receive maximum sunlight. They coil on trees and grow upwards. Usually, lianas coil on more than one tree. They will choose to grow on a taller tree so as to receive more sunlight.

 

After lots of complaining and perspiration, we overcomed the steep slope. The rest of the journey was easier than the start as the slope was much gentler. Along the way, we saw some fungus growing on a decay trunk and a tree that has been chopped down. We even saw water bodies in the bukit timah nature reserve! When it rains in the nature reserve, water drips to the undergrowth with the help of the drip tip of the leaf.

At last, we reached the summit. We found out that the leaves at the top of the trees were smaller than the ones below but we didnt know why... We were supposed to draw a sketch of 3 leaves that can be found in the bukit timah nature reserve and label the parts of the leave. Sketching is useful when we do not have a camera with us. Even though we didnt expect to draw leaves when we reach the summit, it was quite an enjoyable experience! We had a break and went back down.

We took a different route this time but it was equally tough as we still have to walk down the steep slope. We found out that walking backwards down the steep slope was much easier but dangerous at the same time. We returned to the visitor centre to take a break while waiting for the bus to come. There were lots of monkeys and other animals!

Ms lim brought us to a playground in the bukit timah nature reserve where we had so much fun!We were all joking around and everyone went so crazy. Even Kimberley imitated a monkey! We also took a 2 minutes walk and we saw a magnificent scene! I didnt know that such a place exist in singapore...

Overall, I fell that it was a fun filled experience and we were able to understand more about tropical rainforest.