Flora & Fauna!
One of the best things i like about UNC campus is the flora and fauna man! Yah of course all this was only possible by the hard work of many generations of landscapers and gardeners, people who earn my respect to the max, and a hobby i may pick up if possible. Somehow, it just doesn't feel as manicured as some parts of singapore.
The way it is done, the themes are reurrent throughout the campus, so really qte natural-feeling, inter-woven nexus of campus buildings and nature. Sometimes it's really hard to tell whether certain campus buildings were built around a huge oak or whether the tree was planted there after the building, which seems less probable to me haha.
Ok enough talk, im just gonna let the pictures speak for themselves. these are just rather random shots all around campus, mostly around my dormitory, Cobb. Everyday i start my day walking past them, and i see God's beauty and intelligence in creating such beautiful stuff for mankind to enjoy, just makes my day haha!
Ok i've yet to really get down to learning their names and telling you what they are like a good botanist. hopefully i do get the time to just sit down and learn about such marvellous creations of God.
Butterfly hard at work! I'm not sure why but it suddenly struck me that i actually seldom see butterflies at work in Singapore, and we are garden city what...very strange, i know we have a butterfly park in touristy Sentosa but yah....other than that..... Butterflies here not really afraid of humans nearby, just busying with their beautiful act of drinking goodness and pollination.
Bumblebee! Reminds me of a mandarin nursery rhyme.Yeah just beautiful busybody creatures that constantly amaze me.
Here's some good old tinder! Gosh now i really really understand why those scouting books based on European/US scouting always say it is easy to get tinder, cos IT REALLY IS EASY to get it here..i just swiped this off the sidewalk, truly haven for a survival training wannabe like me haha. Gosh i kinda miss scouting, hope to get hooked up to a local Orange County scout troop soon!
I think this is a pinecone, something often described in Enlid Blyton stories, often used for firewood. Interesting thing i learned from a math module (YES I'm taking a math module) is that the bracts spiral around it in fibonacci numbers of rows...really cool stuff man..no wonder some things in nature just seems so nice....magic of fibonacci numbers. Yes Ziliang i realised you weren't actually trying to pull my leg when u learned F.Math & the wonders of Fibonacci, only now then i realise its true haha
And these are just some grand oaks and other grand trees all around campus, very majestic, really macham whispering forest haha. Sometimes makes me wonder how they grow up so big, straight and tall, sometimes makes me wonder if i can get a chance to climb one of them with a local scout troop haha
And yes, the flora and fauna is actually one of the big reasons why i chose to opt for this program and an opportunity to study here. The nature is really one big reward, walking out every morning into God's sunshine and the breath of fresh air,really qte different from sooty bustling Singapore. Indeed small-town suburban is the place i wanna be heheh.
