Reflections

You have no idea how odd it is to come back here after four years. So much has changed. I have grown up, taken two major exams, discovered other things that I like and then to come back here and rediscover my old dreams. Reading about Sammy, the poor whale shark that the world forgot, and about pea chicks and butterflies, it is just strange. How I use to blah about nature in my blood and the birds and butterflies flying close to me. They still do by the way, I just don't find it odd anymore.

I have made very good friends in the last four years and I guess that and the exams drew me away from my dreams as a child. My interests just grew quieter, more silent. I will always love nature. I owe it so much but I am not as passionate as I once was. Or perhaps I have just become more selfish. Sometimes I feel that I have changed for the worse. Or perhaps my dreams simply changed.

I wrote a poem when I was thirteen and I put it here. Now let me put up another one.

A dream that flew away

By May Kwek

I will always remember
The sea, the wind and the sun
How they brought laughter to my eyes
And gave me lots of fun

I will remain thankful
For the gifts nature gave me
Companionship in loneliness
Sympathy in misery

I dreamed to always be with them
In some ways I still do
But life changed and I with it
And my dreams changed form too

And while I was busy
With exams and school
My dreams boarded a boat to sea
And left me lost and blue

I floundered for years
In exams, study and tests
Dreams laid low and silent
Until I finally had a rest

So now while new dreams kindle
And life again blooms in the sun
I returned here and found
Some dreams ended before they begun

Copyright © 2014 by May Kwek



May K.

Avatar again

Hey. Merry Christmas!

I just watched Avatar again and my feelings are still the same as before. I don't understand, I just don't understand this need resulting from greed. Are lives so worthless that they can be traded for a few pieces of paper called money??? People... What's wrong with the world? Sometimes I wonder if we can even save the earth. Or have gone beyond the point of no return? To do it, we need to forget about our individual needs and work for the good of everyone. I seem to think that it requires nothing less than a cultural revolution, a whole new way of living. Can we do that? I don't know.

May

Avatar

Hey Guys,

I just watched Avatar earlier today and does anyone else think that the invading humans are more savage than the natives are? I think so, I mean the land is not their's, it does not belong to the human race. What makes them think that just because they want the land, they get the land? It's like we are acting like spoiled kids. Why did I bring this up? Because this applies to our world too. let's imagine, there is a bright new undiscovered land full of gemstones and oil. The ecosystem there is balanced and stable, the native people respect and care for the environment, everything is perfect. Then, someone discovers the land, and guess what happens? The new foreign people take over the land, destroy the original habit, dig holes and disfigure the landscape in search of oil. Worse, they consider the natives 'savagers'and take them as slaves. The once perfect and balanced land is suddenly thrown into disarray in a matter of months.

Anyone heard this story before? If you haven't, go read up on the history of the Americas. The situation I just described actually happened before, and I have a feeling it might not be the last. Right now, this instance, we are doing the very same thing, but this time with plants and animals. Think about it, what makes us think that the rain forest belongs to us? Then why do we destroy it? Why do we kill creatures for their skins? What gives us the right? As far as I see, nothing. We aren't doing it out of need (Which I personally feel is ok), but out of greed. If not our own greed, then for someone elses' greed. Can't they see, we are doing something no other species does:

WE ARE DESTROYING OUR OWN PLANET.

May

Why are planets round?

Hi everyone,

I am not sure if any of you have ever asked is question,"Why are planets round?". Well, even if have never asked this question, heres the answer anyway.

ANSWER:

gravity, since it is even on every side of the object, in this case the planets core, there is an equal amount of gravity pulling in mass on all sides which is why the atmosphere is a constant distance from gound even the surface is so unsmooth.


Answer
Gravity is the key. You may be aware that Jupiter, our largest planetary neighbor in the solar system, is almost all gas (there is a small core of non-gaseous material). Understanding that Jupiter is a ball of gas, wouldn't it be bizzare if it had a shape other than a sphere? Think also of a bubble blown by a child (or your inner child) through a loop. Even very large ones (which are the most fun) seem to seek rest in a spherical shape, even if breezes batter and deform it from time to time. Matter seems to seek to balance internal forces. It would be scary to look up at Jupiter and discover that it had morphed into a doughnut shape or a large tube shape.

When we are talking about collections of matter that are planet-sized, the same general idea holds. Taking a mass equal to that of the earth, and of similar materials, you could attempt in your mind to construct a pillar with a 1,000 kilometer diameter. But you wouldn't get too far before the pillar's mass would exert so much gravitational force that the whole thing would come crashing in. Even if you braced the pillar while building it, the inner sections would eventually crumble and/or melt long before you finished. Eventually, all the mass would find its way to balance out the gravitational forces.

FROM: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_planets_round

Till the next new fact,
May

HOOT

Hey everyone,

I just watched the movie Hoot and I honestly think it is a nice movie. It is about 3 kids who try to protect some burrowing owls from being buried when someone tries to turn their home into a pancake house. So there you have it, why I even mention this show in my blog. It is connected to the enviroment in a way after all.

May

Peachick

Hi Everyone!





A few days ago my family and I were at this sales center which had several peacocks and peahens. We were in the car when someone(I forgot who) suddenly said there was a Peachick outside. I look out of the window and there they were, 2 peachicks walking beside their mother. They were so cute! Here's a photo I found to show you how a Peachick looks like. : )

pic from: http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/PREVIEW/peachick2-Peacock_chick-closeup-by_Dan_Cowell-s160.jpg

Till the next time!

May

Hey, ummmm changes

Hey everyone,

I know that I had originally planned to changed my blog completely, but I have to stop that. I simply can't think of anything to write. I got another idea, how about I just write about what fascinates me in science? Who knows it might fascinate you too. science is not all about facts and figures you know. It is much more, and trust me, it can be fun. : )

May

ps: I might also write about other things but they would be involved with science in one way or another. : )

Time to change

Hey,

I realised that no one is actually taking this blog seriously and well I guess that is my fault. My intended viewers have as far as I know, never came across this blog and my friends who know about this blog are not interested in science and the environment as much as I am and thus are doing nothing. I am going to change this blog, I am going to make it serious, though I wonder how much can I change the world with 1 simple blog. Maybe I should start a website, but I must be unique and different. If I approach people with the same ideas and the same method of persuasion as the previous generations nothing will change. There will be sympathy and maybe a little work done, but it would be just the same as before. So I must do things differently, I must.

May

Rain rain go away come again another day.........

Hi!

Hey, I got great news! It rained in dubai just eariler today! Can you believe it? Rain in the desert, well it does happen but no very often. this is the first rain i have seen in more than 2 months! It is also getting colder, the hottest temperature was about 30 degrees today,not bad. My friend's father says that from now the weather would start getting cooler, I can't wait! I am already fed up with all these heat.

Till the next time!

May the rainforest girl in the desert : )

Ps: I should sign of like that more often, its fun!

A butterfly!

Hey!

I am soooooo happy. Just yesterday, my family and I went shopping at this place called ACE and I saw a butterfly! This is the first butterfly I have seen in 2 months! I am sooo happy........

May

Guess I am used to the desert already

Hi!

I think I am used to the desert already. I don't feel homesick any more at least. I think I can survive here. There are animals at least, if I am not wrong there is a nature reserve here that has alot of exotic middle easten birds! I want my father to take me there one day and to the mountains too I hope. You know what? I think I might learn to love the desert after all but it must not be a desert city. i mean a desert, a real desert. Oh, and help free sammy the whale shark! he once was a free animal but now he is in a big aqurarium in Alantis( this is a big fancy hotel that is on the artifical island Palm Jumerah, too bad I don't like fancy stuff) . Please help free him everyone! Please! I don't think we should keep him locked like this!

May

I miss the flowers

Hi,

I am homesick...... I miss the flowers and the trees and all round rainforest. What am I supposed to do? In this place you don't see much animals or natural nature( all the plants that are along the road are planted by hand and are water daily it is not natural). It is too hot now to go to parks and I am not sure I want to go either. it is all not natural, not real, it is all man made. What kind of park is that? Not saying that they did not try to make it real but no matter how hard humans try we can never completely and truely mimic the natural world. It is too amazing.

May

Problems

Hi!

Ok from the heading you can probably tell I have a few problems. I can't stay outside to long because the temperature is too high. I will probably be able to go out when it is winter here ( There is no snow! The temperature is in between 20 -25 degrees). But I will have problems going out to the desert, the ride out to the the desert is quite bumpy and I will get motion sickness. We will also need a four wheel drive which might be quite expensive. I have to admit this the wrong time to think about going out, my family has to settle in first. We haven't got a house yet so right now we are searching for one, but they are all so expensive!

May

Hi! I am in the desert!

Hi!

I am currently in Dubai ( the dessert city) and in my new school we can't go outside. This is probably because of the heat but to tell you the truth I can't really feel the heat xb. This has resulted in me feeling some what down but I will get over it. I really hope I will learn to love the desert as much as I love the forest one day.


May

Rubbish Earth

Hey!



I am finally back, sorry didn't know what to write about. : ( Any way, just 2 days ago I went to watch walle ( In case you did not know it is a new movie by Disney) . Althought I personnally do not really like the movie, I think that if you want to have an idea of how our planet could look like if we didn't take care of it. This is the movie to watch. Anyway I am moving to a desert, so it is a completely different biome from the one I am in now. I hope that everything will go well there. Wish me luck!

May

Poem to Mother Earth

Hi everyone!

I have decided to write a poem to mother earth.( I think it is weird :)


A cool gentle wind,
a drop of rain.
Floating clouds,
and endless seas.

Gifts from mother earth that were meant to be shared,
like the trees and mountains, like flowers and rain.
Once a flourishing land filled with life, now a dessert with not a plant in sight.

OK, I know that it was weird and rather short but before i go i want to say some thing:

Everyone please listen to me! Give me a chance to speak! Let me go through the world and show that though the harvest is not ripe you still reap!

Eveything we do wrong is like a drop of poison, lets find the antidote! And the only home we know!

May

ps: I know that was random.

Nature is crazy!

Hi everyone!

The more I think about it the more I think nature is a weird place but that is not going to stop me from working in the rainforest should I have the chance to. Somtimes I feel science is my destiny I mean come on how many kids hear the word "science" at the age of 7 for the first time and it changes their life forever. Am I going weird too?

May

Ok, so what if I am a nature freak?

Hi everyone!

If you have already read my my earlier posts you must think I am a nature freak. Ok, I suppose you are right but what can I do? It is me. I feel better in the sun and on the grass with butterflies flying around me than being in a full of people( I would become dizzy : ( ). Prehapes that is why I spent my recess alone, in the eco-garden. My classmates don't understand why like it there. The reason is this: There I can find peace, an escape from the human world I am so afraid of. (Weird right?)

May

note: After reading this, I wonder if there is anything wrong with me.

What is going on?

Hi everyone!

I know you will probably think I am crazy when I tell you this but I am not. The birds near my school are no longer afraid of me. They fly above, beside, behind and in front of me. Today I was just walking back to class and then there are 3 crows right beside me. The butterflies aren't afraid either, whenever I walk throught the garden Iwould see at least 1 butterfly and if I keep still they would fly very close to me. I wonder what is going on. Why aren't they afraid anymore? Have they gotten used to me so soon? I am not saying that I do not like this but I just find it odd. Perhaps, they are not afraid because I do not hurt them.( But I have never wanted to hurt them....)

May : )

PS: The bird above is the Common Myna. I think it is bad luck to name anything "common" because they eventually become rare. Really, it seems to be an on going trend.

Beijing

Hi!

Recently, I went to Beijing on a holiday and do you know what I hated the most? The air! The air in Beijing has been heavily polluted by the sand from the growing Gobi dessert. Hopefully they will clean it up before the Olympics. As a result of all this sand, there is hardly ever a day with clear blue skies. Luckily, on the second last day of our trip we experienced clear skies. It was only then that I could fully appreciate the beauty of China.

May