Unforgettable episode in my life

Do you miss me? I miss you so much! I would like to share an unusual and exciting thing with you.

 On Monday evening (17 November 2014), Yuki and I wore the graduation gown for taking photos after finishing the boat survey. We did take a lot of photos to track our wonderful moment.

 

Unexpectedly, a piece of amusing thing happened on me. It is interesting that a strong wind blew my graduation hat away at sea. Thanks Mrs Ng (our boatman’s wife) for picking my hat up from the sea and washing it. Was it big joke! Haha….  Also, I would like to say thanks for Heyman who were taking those funny photos for me at such straight moment. Without a doubt, it would be an impressive and unforgettable episode in my life. I hope all my friends (including you) would have a smiling face when seeing my pictures below.

 

 

                     Mrs Ng (our boatman’s wife) is picking up my university hat and washing it

 

What a joyful week!

What a joyful week!

I would like to pick some pieces in this week to share with you all. On Tuesday (4 November 2014), Perry, Yuki, Heyman and I conducted boat surveys at Northeastern and Northwestern of Lantau Island. At the very beginning, we got much fun and excited as Mrs. Ng caught a dying Flathead mullet in the nearby pier of Sham Tseng (Ma Wan Pier). Look! Such fish was around a double of the length of my hand. Most pleasantly, Mrs. Ng and her husband could have one more delicious dish for their dinner. Ha…Ha…..

Photos above show how lucky we are today (4 November 2014)

Luck did appear within two days!  We conducted land-based survey at Tai O on Wednesday so as to examine the impacts of dolphin-watching and fishing activities. The advantage of this survey method is to collect information on undisturbed behaviors of Chinese White Dolphins. How happy we were! 

There were 9 groups of dolphins we could observe at this station that day. When an individual dolphin or group of dolphins was located via the theodolite, and focal follow methods were then used to track the dolphins. A focal individual was selected within a group for further tracking its behavior and movement. We also recorded the detailed information about the selected individual or group every 5 minutes including the group size, behavioral state data (i.e.resting, milling, traveling, feeding and socializing) until the dolphins were lost from the view. It is another type of experience to watch such lovely pink dolphins without any disturbances. 

The scenery at Tai O is good and you can enjoy the seafood restaurants and the traditional salted fish, shrimp paste and storefronts at Tai O. I highly recommend all of you to have a relax trip at Tai O with your family and friends at weekends.

   Heyman and I tasted the yummy steamed buns at the end of our survey

Chinese White Dolphins are touching me

Journal at HKDCS - Chinese White Dolphins are touching me

Hi, everyone. Let you have my brief introduction. My name is Chan Tze Wing (Friends always call me Wingwing).I was born and brought up in a remote village in Yuen Long of the New Territories of the city.  I am a new intern at HKDCS. To be honest, I did not have a complete science background but I enjoy getting intimate with nature. It explains why I got my bachelor degree is “Environmental Policy Studies” at City University of Hong Kong.

This is not an ideal attitude for a policy maker if he / she does not have full experience on conservation. It will look like as a Chinese saying like ‘fight only on paper’. Fortunately, Samuel is providing me a golden opportunity to have practical environmental conservation experience. It does help me put the theory into practice. .

In the following weekly journal, I would like to share my valuable internship experience with you.

Do you observe any features about this following figure?

This picture is taken on 30^th October 2014

Look twice. The pink dolphin mother is bringing up her baby until the calf is able to fend itself. When we are the babies, our mothers express their selfless love and care to us onwards. The highest and holiest love does not only exist in humankind, but also in the lovely dolphins. The mother dolphins rise to the water surface to breathe for 20 to 30 seconds and then they will dive into deep water again. A baby dolphin goes up to the water surface twice as much as an adult because calves have smaller lung capacities than adults. Adult dolphins can stay underwater for about 2 to 8 minutes, but a calf cannot stay underwater for more than 4 minutes. What a beautiful picture! The divine role of motherhood is a gift from God.