What is this???
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Ok, so you must be wondering what this fuss is all about, bear with me, i'll explain...
So my colleague Nell pledged her support to save the turtles and started convincing (or trying to convince) everyone in office to do the same :) I heard about it, thought it was awesome and signed up as well (Check Egg=Life at www.wwf.org.my).
Talking one day, we came up with this idea of a road trip to help collect signatures to help the cause. Other colleagues chipped in some marvelous ideas, we approached WWF with it, they loved it, sed they'd give us support and contacts, and most importantly Grace voted in on our wild idea so with help from all our wonderful colleagues voila -- here we are!
We've named ourselves the Telur Rangers for obvious reasons :) We want to be little heroes and chip in to save our turtle friends from ending up somebody's snack.
DO YOU KNOW -- Turtle eggs are considered a delicacy and many eat them under the impression they are nutritious but this is NOT TRUE. In fact, turtle eggs are found to be less nutritious than chicken eggs. There you have it, eat chicken eggs la, better for you.
Anyhoo, so we're in the midst of planning our two-week round Peninsular road trip and let me tell ya it's not easy-peasy! Ok so we anticipated some challenges with this bizarre idea but it's turning out to be quite the challenge. But thankfully we have wonderful friends and colleagues who are chipping in to help - Thank you guys, we love you! - so our plan is slowly but very surely being pieced together YAY!
We're taking off next Monday (July 27) and there's still much to do! Places to stop, places to stay, what to bring, what to wear gosh gosh gosh! Ok I'm gonna have a panic attack just thinking about them so gonna bring this post to an end - Lend us your support by signing up and following our journey :)
So my colleague Nell pledged her support to save the turtles and started convincing (or trying to convince) everyone in office to do the same :) I heard about it, thought it was awesome and signed up as well (Check Egg=Life at www.wwf.org.my).
Talking one day, we came up with this idea of a road trip to help collect signatures to help the cause. Other colleagues chipped in some marvelous ideas, we approached WWF with it, they loved it, sed they'd give us support and contacts, and most importantly Grace voted in on our wild idea so with help from all our wonderful colleagues voila -- here we are!
We've named ourselves the Telur Rangers for obvious reasons :) We want to be little heroes and chip in to save our turtle friends from ending up somebody's snack.
DO YOU KNOW -- Turtle eggs are considered a delicacy and many eat them under the impression they are nutritious but this is NOT TRUE. In fact, turtle eggs are found to be less nutritious than chicken eggs. There you have it, eat chicken eggs la, better for you.
Anyhoo, so we're in the midst of planning our two-week round Peninsular road trip and let me tell ya it's not easy-peasy! Ok so we anticipated some challenges with this bizarre idea but it's turning out to be quite the challenge. But thankfully we have wonderful friends and colleagues who are chipping in to help - Thank you guys, we love you! - so our plan is slowly but very surely being pieced together YAY!
We're taking off next Monday (July 27) and there's still much to do! Places to stop, places to stay, what to bring, what to wear gosh gosh gosh! Ok I'm gonna have a panic attack just thinking about them so gonna bring this post to an end - Lend us your support by signing up and following our journey :)
posted by telurrangers at
7:31 PM
4 Comments:
hi there u better go to Kelantan..the restaurants there still serving turtle eggs...go there with ur turtle car!
Hello there! Heard about this from the MNS list I'm on. I say, go for it girls. Amused yet happy you three are taking this 2-week road trip to educate on penyu eggs. I am sure it will be fun...sounds like fun! Will you be stopping by Penang?
drian a: Hi there! Yes, we are aware of the situation and will be going to Kota Bharu, Kelantan at the early stage of the trip! Will check out the restaurants. =)
mayakirana: thank you for dropping in! We cant wait to start off our trip! according to the latest schedule, we should be in Penang on the 28th of July.. so come and visit us!
Will be posting our confirmed schedule on our facebook fan page.. so add us and we will keep you updated!
That was exactly what i did to all my colleagues =P but wasn't as severely penyu infected like u and your frens ;) I'm very proud of you (Nell) and your frens. Safe journey yah!
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