#BoholisHo

Hello everyone! IT’S ME!!!!! The tarsier who managed to disguise as a human. Since I’m a tarsier I have really bad grammar so please don’t mark me down for that. I previously wrote a draft but deleted it and shifted it to my own blog because… Well, it got more and more personal so I […]

No man is an island

There’re always the same two things I take away from any event where a big group of people put their heart and soul into. The first is the inside jokes. These are the little things that come about through happenstance, never planned, never scripted. A couple of words or actions that suddenly come to life, […]

#BESgoestoBohol

Inspired by the writings of Hazel, Samuel, and Jac. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne I’ve spent more time on Facebook in the past 72 hours than in the first four months of 2015. It started with the natural interest to see photos in which […]

it’s almost time….

Well, it’s almost here. Tomorrow morning, the 2-day intro, on NUS campus begins and then, bright and early wednesday morning, we take off for Bohol. Mixed feelings. Of course, super excited and looking forward to the course, to initiating a 2nd cohort to environmental fieldwork and seeing everyone in Bohol again. At the same time, somewhat […]

It’s over

It hasn’t really sunk in that this incredible experience is over. Sure, I will still get to read my students’ reflective field diaries and mock grant proposals, but no more living in a huge, raucous group of university students. On one hand, it’s nice to be back in Singapore, to have my little feathered friend […]

A hello from Team Mabuti’s HNU students

Hi everyone! The two Holy Name University (HNU) students attached to Team Mabuti – Josef and Ivan – have the following to say of the course so far. “Team Mabuti is really mabuti. In our group, we did a lot of teamwork on all the activities that we did especially on the forest surveys. Even if […]

Fruitful day (:

On the way back to the hotel today, overheard on the bus. N: It was quite a fruitless day today huh… E: No, we had coconut. // So the day began with an insightful seminar by Mr Pat Dugan, the man behind the Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) reforestation technique. His comments about sincerity and being […]