Last year I missed all the opportunities to visit any of the 3 submerged reefs off Pulau Hantu. I finally visited the largest one last Saturday: Terumbu Pempang Laut.
According to Jeff's compilation on meanings of island/reef names, "Terumbu" describes a reef that is visible at low tide; the meaning of "pempang" is not known, perhaps it is a corruption of the malay word "bemban" meaning fish traps; the 3 reefs were further distinguished from each depending on their relative position to land (ie "darat" near shore, "tengah" the middle reef, and "laut" the reef nearest the open sea).
We arrived to this largest and also furthest of the 3 reefs away from Pulau Hantu during sunrise. At the background is Pulau Bukom where the oil refineries are situated.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
First visit to Terumbu Pempang Laut
Monday, April 25, 2011
Videos from Terumbu Pempang Laut
Inspired by Andy in his Sgbeachbum blog, I decided to also do a short post purely using videos on our trip to Terumbu Pempang Laut. The difference is that my videos are raw and unprocessed, thus no nice music or captions. Nevertheless, enjoy! (I will do another post with photos later) :)
Ribbon worm from Loh Kok Sheng on Vimeo.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Corals galore at Terumbu Bemban
It's our second time back at Terumbu Bemban! We were here last June for only a short while during a reef hopping trip. As such, we did not have a proper look at this submerged reef.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Semakau shore with Victoria School students
This is my third consecutive trip on the shore that I've been guiding with students from schools. First was at Sentosa with DHS, second at St John's Island with TJC and this time to Semakau!
With me today is a group of guys (and Ms Ho) from Victoria School! We belong to the group Seagrass. Of course, the best place for us to take a whacky group photo will be in the middle of the seagrass meadow.
