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Happy V day to all!!!

For the past few day, I've been volunteering at SGH. Honestly, for the 1st day, i felt that it is very screwed up, because I'm lost at what's going on, and I've nobody who i can talk to keep in contact with.

My job scope was to do survey in the morning and wind mills in the noon.

For the survey, i am stationed at the shuttle bus stop, counting how many people alight, board, and waiting for each bus. It was really boring and i had to do it for 2 shifts, with each shift shift lasting for 2 hours. Glad enough, i have ants to accompany me. The ants keep me entertained with their ants behaviours.

Mainly there are 3 species of ants with 3 different sizes. the largest of them all is the red ants. Compared to the smallest ants, they are 3 to 4 times bigger than them. Also there is the medium sized black ants. The red ants have powerful jaws that was almost as big as their head. Hence i have to defend myself against them. My weapon is my blue pen with a pointed tip. Apparently when they came close to me, i point my pen towards them. First, they showed me signs of aggression by lifting up their butt saying that they are ready to fight. but the next moment, they ran away, feeling scared. It's a lucky thing taht they never ask for help, or else i will be in deep shit. the ants bites are usually poisonous and if one hits them dead, the body liquid will probably make one itch like hell. Hence on the first day, i concluded that are not some brave souls after all.

On the second day, the ants was kinda jumpy. At the end of the day, i concluded their behaviour. was due to the rain. Perhaps that may be the reason. i was kind enough to give them some water. Hence i make a little puddle of water for them. Some drank, some felt the difference and ran away... To me, they have no sense of curiosity. They look pretty cute while they' re drinking water. As they have long legs, they will have to bow down to drink water. It jus looked like giraffe drinking water. Zzz... i"ve also discovered another thing about them. to a certain extent, they remind me of my hamsters, because they like to clean themselves. After drink water, they will clean tehir front legs. If my pen touches them, they will probably feel as if some alien stuffs have touched them. After running for a safe distance, they will clean the parts which the pen has touched them. that reminds me of the cleaner robot in Wall E.

On the 3rd day, i gave them some bread crumbs of different sizes. It was only an hour later then the red ants discovered the food. Apparently they show very little interest to it. They did not carry it back to their camp. In fact, they have also labeled the food as foreign particles. They will clean themselves after touching it and to an extent they probably you can imagine them saying 'pui' in a disgusted manner... The good show begins later.... After i come back from lunch, the small ants have crowded around the food... Apparently, the red ants wasn't happy with it. When they realized that the small ants have crowded around the food, they attacked them. hence the small ants will run away, but they never give up. in fact from my observation, they seem to have a better communication system than the red ants. The red ants are just selfish. They don eat the food and they don allow others to touch the food. Or perhaps they are just guarding their territories. The black ants are the sneaky ones. in the middle of the war between the red and small ants, they will take the chance to steal the food. Haha...

it's the end of the ants story. Thanks to my mp3, my life while surveying can get by easier.

As for the windmill...
The venue is an open shop house. It is totally empty with cement floor with no electrical plugs. hence it was just the walls and the opened gates. the gate (door) have to be opened or else i'll be probably be microwave inside. Doing the wind mill is a simple task. but repeatedly doing for many times and stuck alone it is not that fun. Occasionally, some public will pop their head in and have a good look out of curiosity. But i think when the wind mills are put in the garden, the sight will be magnificant. =)

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Today is valentine's day! happy V day to all once again! May you enjoy the great time with your love ones. Cherish them =)
happy birthday jonathan!!!
happy birthday Jing yi!!!

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