Deadpoet’s Cave

An email came in about saving a 100-year-old bohdi tree.

Which led me to check what wikipedia says about fig trees.

Thinking about fig trees made me recall Ficus grossularioides, the White-leafed fig, which grows in Kent Ridge Park.

Then I googled another plant we talk about during the Pasir Panjang Walk on the ridge: Dillenia suffruticosa a.k.a. Simpoh Air (Ayer). (You NS boys have another name for this plant.)

Among the first page of search results for simpoh air, I spotted a blog.

Out of curiosity, I clicked.

I was impressed by this blogger’s passion for nature; he’s a volunteer with the Central Nature Volunteers.

The most amazing thing - the big, bright, bold fonts and profile photo should have been immediate giveaways - is that this blogger is still in primary school.

It’s very heartening to see someone so young reflecting on what he has learnt, what he has experienced and what interests him. And it looks like his parents support his endeavours too.

Keep up the great work, Leshon!

He will need to start learning how to cite sources really soon though.

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