So, it's been a while. Guess that's what happens when life happens. Well, call it a time skip as they call it in the books and comics and take it that the past 6 or 8 years led to progress, growth, and an increase in skills without needing to know the details. Considering the length of time and my age, I'm certain I managed to do all three.
But that's hardly what I want to write right now. I've recently moved to Singapore's newest estate and, if you don't know it's name, I shall not spoil the surprise. Suffice to say it's in the west and is Singapore's first 'Forest Town'. I personally feel it's closer to a garden town. I'm almost living in a garden. It's literally outside my window.
Which is amazing! I get birds and butterflies in the middle of the day and I get to see it all without leaving my room. Though, some things are still best seen in person so, this morning, I finally took a walk around the estate - I am not counting my first night time walk which was rudely interrupted by a stomachache - and got to see the sights. It was shortly after breakfast in the cool of the morning and boy did I find things!
First up was the millipedes. Typical of a new estate, they were everywhere. Hordes and hordes of them all wiggling about. I must confess, I rather look up and at my surroundings than down but I had no choice if I wanted to avoid stepping on the millipedes. They were all over and they move so it's impossible to simply pick a path and walk casually. If you don't cross their path, they cross yours.
And I thought the slugs at my office's rooftop garden were hard to handle. At least those are slow. Well, never mind cause near one of the fitness corner, I found something that sent me over the moon.
Butterflies!
And not any butterfly, Leopard butterflies (Find out more about them here)! They are my old friends from primary school and I released one during my science club butterfly breeding days. It was the privilege of being the youngest and I've been fond of Leopards ever since. There were at least six of them around the trees; four of them flying about in pairs and two mating. I suspect they were around one of the their host plants, the Rukam Masam (Details here). I took a picture of the mating pair and guess what? Upon returning home I found a pupa in the picture too! Can you spot it? I'll give you a hint. It's green and above the mating butterflies. Look slightly to the left.
What a find. And, just in case anyone else lives in this area and wants a look, these are the trees. It's the one with the reddish leaves near the fitness corner.
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