Why am I going to Brazil? Why Rio+20?
In conjunction with the World Environment Day Celebration in University Malaya, I went to Rimba Ilmu, a botanic garden located in UM where I found a hidden gem here. I joined my friend, Adrian for a guided tour around the garden.
This question has been played in my mind for some time yet I kept avoiding it. Looking at the wide variety species of plants inhabited in the garden I was amazed by the existence of such beautiful creatures in the world. I walked with the hungry mosquitoes while trying to jot down the familiar names that I have learnt at school. Syzygium Aromaticum, Thysonolaena latifolia, Grammatophyllum speciocium, Knema hookeriana, Intsia palembanica, ... and many more, with significant identities, functions, growth characteristics and their adaptation to the environment change.
Wait, adaptation to change?
Plants, like animals, have the ability to adapt to the environmental and climate change over the time and event takes place. I just wonder in the era of global warming how could we human being adapt to the change. When the ice were melt, when human are living under water, will we evolve with a pair of gills and breath in the sea?
The plants exist way earlier than human being but we are destroying them with a rate faster than anyone could imagine. What have we done to the habitat?
No mention about the loss of biodiversity, we are losing the huge storage of carbon, water, food, soil fertility, and herbal medicine for human and animals.
Because of population growth, we need to consume more, so demand for living essence is increased.
Because of economic growth, we live a better life, and we are able to spend more for a better living quality, so the demand is again, increased.
Because of science and technology, we... can access to natural resources much easier compare to our older generations. Yet, our mother earth is exhausted for the hunger and greed of human being. Yes, for our needs.
Now, do you see the problems?
As a freshman in the environment field, I always feel humble to give my opinion towards the big issues people concern about. I don't know my presence at the congress could give any impact to the world, but I believe, like the saying goes, Unity is Strength. How do things work out from this sentence? I will show you as soon as I attended the meetings in Rio.
在马大校园里发现一个瑰宝！
说来惭愧，就读马大三年多，知道校园后山Rimba Ilmu有个花园，却不曾好好地参观这个地方（只在展览室游览过而已），今天发现新大陆似的对这个美丽的花园赞叹不已。
里头种植了不少很有意思的植物，都是为研究及培育而种植的。里头有很多古林精怪的名称，挺妙的。
然而，我去此花园的目的却是要见Adrian，一位引导我去地球峰会的学长。没做好功课就要讨论问题当然阻碍不少时间来解释，我也挺不好意思的。当然讨论问题过后我更觉得压力了。好担心我做不好自己的角色。 更重要的是，不能在哪里迷失自己！
第一个要了解的是去此行的目的， 该怎么贡献自己的能力，为那个小组卖力，为什么， 怎么做，和谁开会，这个那个，等等。 单单看了学长的Cancun气候改变峰会就觉得他好了不起。我也不禁打了冷颤。
‘哇，好多的东西得准备！’ 但是，但靠我一个人去哪里，我该怎么做呢？
时间也剩不多了，只好日夜赶工把该读的读，该想得想，该做的做好它。我需要一个队伍，一个智囊团来成就大马人在哪里的使命！
是时候睡了，两个小时后就得去种树了。
In conjunction with the World Environment Day Celebration in University Malaya, I went to Rimba Ilmu, a botanic garden located in UM where I found a hidden gem here. I joined my friend, Adrian for a guided tour around the garden.
This question has been played in my mind for some time yet I kept avoiding it. Looking at the wide variety species of plants inhabited in the garden I was amazed by the existence of such beautiful creatures in the world. I walked with the hungry mosquitoes while trying to jot down the familiar names that I have learnt at school. Syzygium Aromaticum, Thysonolaena latifolia, Grammatophyllum speciocium, Knema hookeriana, Intsia palembanica, ... and many more, with significant identities, functions, growth characteristics and their adaptation to the environment change.
Wait, adaptation to change?
Plants, like animals, have the ability to adapt to the environmental and climate change over the time and event takes place. I just wonder in the era of global warming how could we human being adapt to the change. When the ice were melt, when human are living under water, will we evolve with a pair of gills and breath in the sea?
The plants exist way earlier than human being but we are destroying them with a rate faster than anyone could imagine. What have we done to the habitat?
No mention about the loss of biodiversity, we are losing the huge storage of carbon, water, food, soil fertility, and herbal medicine for human and animals.
Because of population growth, we need to consume more, so demand for living essence is increased.
Because of economic growth, we live a better life, and we are able to spend more for a better living quality, so the demand is again, increased.
Because of science and technology, we... can access to natural resources much easier compare to our older generations. Yet, our mother earth is exhausted for the hunger and greed of human being. Yes, for our needs.
Now, do you see the problems?
As a freshman in the environment field, I always feel humble to give my opinion towards the big issues people concern about. I don't know my presence at the congress could give any impact to the world, but I believe, like the saying goes, Unity is Strength. How do things work out from this sentence? I will show you as soon as I attended the meetings in Rio.
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| Ficus deltoidea, mas chotek |
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| Orthosiphon aristatus, misai kucing |
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| Cissus quadrangula, Patah Tulang |
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| Sesamun orientale, bijan |
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| No name |
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| Euricoma longifolia, Tongkat Ali! (meaning: long and straignt) |
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| Fern Tree! |
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| Gelam, a special tree with a layer of insulation |
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| One kind of ginger plant |
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| Johannesteijsmannia magnifica (what a cool name!) |
在马大校园里发现一个瑰宝！
说来惭愧，就读马大三年多，知道校园后山Rimba Ilmu有个花园，却不曾好好地参观这个地方（只在展览室游览过而已），今天发现新大陆似的对这个美丽的花园赞叹不已。
里头种植了不少很有意思的植物，都是为研究及培育而种植的。里头有很多古林精怪的名称，挺妙的。
然而，我去此花园的目的却是要见Adrian，一位引导我去地球峰会的学长。没做好功课就要讨论问题当然阻碍不少时间来解释，我也挺不好意思的。当然讨论问题过后我更觉得压力了。好担心我做不好自己的角色。 更重要的是，不能在哪里迷失自己！
第一个要了解的是去此行的目的， 该怎么贡献自己的能力，为那个小组卖力，为什么， 怎么做，和谁开会，这个那个，等等。 单单看了学长的Cancun气候改变峰会就觉得他好了不起。我也不禁打了冷颤。
‘哇，好多的东西得准备！’ 但是，但靠我一个人去哪里，我该怎么做呢？
时间也剩不多了，只好日夜赶工把该读的读，该想得想，该做的做好它。我需要一个队伍，一个智囊团来成就大马人在哪里的使命！
是时候睡了，两个小时后就得去种树了。
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