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31 March 2006
12:21 PM

Exams R around the corner.. OMG.. having Physic on Monday and Maths B on friday.. N im clueless bout wat we R doin.. Shit maN!! who Can HelP mE?? ytd was the last physic lesson to exam and i am still like a gundoo dono wat's happening.. den when i was trying real hard to concentrate, there was the farking fellow who was distrubting me by knocking N banging the tables n rulers making annoying sounds.. wat's more he is disgusting!! he got long plaited fringes dangling infront of his face and it looks oily...EWW.. trying to attract attention? oH God.. Pls!! den my temper went hot sia!! so so so annoying.. N my tears actually drop.. feeling stress enough le.. i reali hate him sia.. den i went to the toliet straight when the bell rang.. & i went back to look for the teacherfor HelP!! coz moi physiC SucKz..
den today N tomolo Workin.. Jialat sia... Nt enuff time to study la.. can die ah!!
hoPe everything will be fine ba..

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take my HAND; and GUIDE me through*

i'm sori.. sori tat i sent tat msg at the wrong time.. knowing tat u r vexed bout him.. N here i am adding on to ur troubles.. juz hope tat we wont lose contact.. tat's all le.. somehow.. im still trying loosening our relationship.. everying will be fine i think.. onli it wont be as hapie as b4..

so.. Best Wishes to U, Ur studies & Ur relationShip(s)...

*Nie~~

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ahh.. finially chapter3 is here.. this chapter i am going to tell how i get to know mervin, xiangtin, victor and sky.
it was reali weird i guess.. after working for onli 2 days, when the 3rd time we went to work, knn sia.. like kanna tua. coz we went there le den the wait & wait for so long in the end we kenna sent back. there were 2 groups :138 & rexy, im in rexy. Tat particular day, the damn farking 138 agent dono wat E hell he was doin. he did nt plan properly & count carefully E amount of pple tat he could allow to let them work & brought many newbies there. it's was alright but E worst thing is tat he actually let the pple under him (138) to go in to work. he choose the pple instead of E leaders. so in the end cock up lor, inside full le ma den we got no work to do liao so no need to work lor. den tat day is also a pay day so we waited for Raymon to come and distrbuite our pay, while waiting, theres actually a group of pple who is in rexy tat didn get to work, we actually chatted wif others cursing the 138 pple as well, den after we got our pay, they ask where r we goin den we say nt sure. we reach the mrt station le den they say lets go to the movie. so i tot it was a good idea so i called jack asking him along and we went to TM to c wat movie was available. there wasn't much movie coz it was kinda late as well, den in the end we decided to watch the nania. i think so if i not wrong.. lolx.. den while waiting, we went to pavilion to play pool. kao they so humble, ask if they know how to play all say I DONO! especially Vic, still say he nt gd at all, can u teach me. den when i c him play, kao feel like smacking him sia. play until like expert le still say dono how to play.. sky too... lolx... bt mervin n xiang ting reali dono how to play so vic taught them, and guess wad, they r fast learner and Mervin actually got addicted to POoL!! hahahs... after the movie, there is no bus as all transport had stop except taxi la.. so we walk all the way to moi hse, and jack went home as coz he had to work the next morning,and get something & den we went to somewhere near the TWCC and eat roti prata.. after eating, we went to the shelter playground and we chatted, slowly the topic of ghost is out.. OMG vin n sky was good at tat.. they got so many to say. there is one story it's creepy, den when he finish, it was actually a story to scare pple! when scare us, zhu screamed.. whahahahs... i wasn hit by the story but her screaming instead.. lolx... it was funie when i think about it.. den we tok about ghost all the way till the sun rise.. and we went to Mac to hv smt to drink & eat.. den someone came out wif an idea to go to KBOX.. hahahs.. it was fine wit me.. bt sky didn want coz his voice was gone after 1 night of story telling & mervin has oledi lost his voice but becoz XT was his GF so he went along as well.. N it's onli mi, zhu vic, mervin & XT. after singing, no doubt, nt long after jux the next day everyone start to get sick le! having sore throat, cough, runnie nose.. it was mervin, den sky. when mervin has recover slightly, it was XT turn den vic he lost his voice too.. dono Y he didn sing much..hahahs den follow by zhu den me.. like spreading virus lidat hahahs.. and this is how we know each other, and it's a good thing.. thanx to 138 agent.. lolx..

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28 March 2006
7:02 PM

tis is something tat i always think about..

i realize tat i treasure moi fwen too much le.. especially the ones who i often hang out and know long for.. after an incidence, i realize i am too possesive, jealously occurs easily & feeling is horrible, knowing tat i am actually a fool..

how old am i onli? thinkin of having a fwen tat will be by my side and close till i'm old.. this is stupid thinkin. pple actually come & go, nothing is forever. what's more we r at 2 different part of the world, N she is still studying. neverless she will of coz get 2 noe more new fwens tat r beta den mi, & wan to be wif them. able to be moi fwen for so long maybe is bcoz she hv the time ba, bt after she get into a relationship, i think not animore le ba.things is gonna change. i can tell..

being moi fwen suck.. moi character is bad & weird as it changes all the time, temper not gd oso.. even me myself dono who is the real mi..

well i am not gonna expect much animore le.. if i am replace, let it be.. i cant hold on to her animore le..as she is not mine & i don own her.

words r nothing, action is the main objective that shows everything. aniway,

my heart had become cold and heartless.. i cant put myself to love anione anymore..

fwens R onli companion tat will keep u company for now & not forever.

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ytd, i was checking fwenster and mails.. den i got a msg from moi Ice jie.. telling mi that vic has been arrested for traffickin.. and asked me to get her no. from zhu to call her to know more.. haix.. dono wad exactly has happen but hopefully that nothing will happen to moi brother sia.. if not.. choy choy.. don wish to think for the bad le.. coz i know nothing will happen to him de..he will be fine de..

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take my HAND; and GUIDE me through*

27 March 2006
5:13 PM

ONCE MY FRIEND, FOREVER MY FRIEND!!

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24 mar 06 friday..
min, carrie, jihee, michiko & me.. we went to the city.. actually min & michiko is leaving coz michicko is an exchange student for 1 year and it's nearly up.. she will be leaving end of tis week.. & min will be leaving maybe next month..
we went to the city and took neoprint.. but veri small coz sharing among 5 pple.. expansive oso 1 time $15 and we took twice.. den we went to a japanese resturant to eat.. and i treat min.. like wat i promise.. woah.. we are all really bloated sia.. it was big in portion.. den we took lots of picture too when we sit at the food court, den pple walking pass kept lookin coz we pose till veri toopid.. lolx.. den kept laughing too.. lolx.. after tat we went to drink bubble tea, and suddenly carrie n mi suggest to help min to do a make over.. hahahs.. den carrie help her to put the base.. eh.. too white le.. den she say she dono how to put.. n in the end i help min do a make over..putting make up and style her hair.. goddy shit.. she is so much prettier after she put make up.. and let her hair down.. welll u could c it urself in the pic ba.. lolx.. after we went to the arcade n play.. woah.. so mani yandao sia.. lolx.. den after finish playing, den we realize it was 10+ le.. near to 11 so we went to catch a bus home after that.. when we was waiting at the traffic light to cross, opposite was 3 guys who i think is either japanese or korean, and they were lookin @ mi.. n when we cross, they actually look right at mi and smile!! wah kao..so funie.. i wear little jap dosen mean tat i am a japanese!! hahahs..that day was actually so fun.. i hope she have a happie time with us too..

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haix.. b4 min have told me that she will be going back to thailand to complete her studies, at first she was not comfirm about tat as she don even know if the sch will accept her or not. Bt nt long aft, she break the news to use tat she is goin bk.. haix. feeling sad.. coz after kaori went bk to japan, i n min is kinda close, coz we got common topic to tok about.. feel comfortable when wit her, coz she actually listen to wat u say n give comments or ideal..
mar 9 was her bdae, i din go 2 sch instead i went to coles to buy cake mixture. den i brought ice cream N made an ice cream cake for her, after sch min & carrie came. den we serve them chips n watch some DVD. actually tat day wan to go city n watch movie de, bt i no $ so com my hse. actually beta coz save $.. den about kinda late le, i took the cake out realize that i 4got to buy candles,bt nvm i replaced candle wit the fireworks sticks, it was beautiful.. coz we was watching horror movie & the lights were off so the atmosphere was gd.. and we sang B'dae song 4 her. they sae the cake was so good, beta den the cake in the shop.. hahahs.. den we all have a big piece and the remaining i let her bring home.. she told mi she have a gD time.. and i feel glad too..
nt long after, i told her i wil treat her again, she was stun & ask y, so i say i nv buy present 4 u so let mi treat u ba. den we plann to go out one day..

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Background research..
Over 30 species of mangrove are found in Queensland, growing in the intertidal zone which is the zone between average sea level and high tide mark. Conditions in the intertidal zone are difficult for a variety reason.
The ebb and flow of tide causing water temperature to change
Supply of nutrients
Amount of oxygen available to the trees roots
Salinity levels(flooded with salt water)
An aquatic environment for seed dispersion
But somehow mangroves are unique in their ability to grow in such a dynamic environment.


Discussion:
Mangroves are terrestrial plants with adaptations that enable them to survive in the harsh and unstable environment. And some of the conditions that mangroves have adapted to are:

High salinity levels:
Growing in water that is saline is impossible to live long, therefore salt have to be removed in a way before they could actually use the water. There is a couple ways that certain plants use to subtract salt form the water they use.
Salt excluders, they prevent salt from moving in to the plants roots along the water, in a process requiring energy as it is an active process, membrane at the root surface filter out the salt.
Salt glands, having these special glands in their leaves that could actively extracts salt species containing these glands often have a fine flim of salt crystals on their surface.
Salt accumulator, some other species remove salt by accumulating salt in old leaves and in barks. They removed the salt from themselves when their leaves shed off. And the leaves of salt accumulator are often thickened.

Lack of oxygen
Oxygen is essential for normal function for all living things. The soils in mangroves are often waterlogged and because it is made up of sand and very fine silt, it does not have any air space within it, which makes the root of plants having difficulties in getting the amount of oxygen required.
To overcome the problem, mangroves trees have developed a mass of aerial roots, some of which allows it to grow vertically from the main root mass beneath the mud to 20 centimetres in to air above mud (pneumatophores). These increase the surface area exposed to the air and allowing more or sufficient amount of oxygen to enter through the lenticels, which normally oxygen enter stems and root through.

Unstable substrate
Waves action (having and low tides) and waterlogged both contributed to the instability of the mud which mangroves are rooted. Instead of having tap root they have shallow spreading roots growing a fine hair -like nutritive roots, branching from them in to the top humus- rich layers of mud. Also branching from the cable roots are support roots that helps to anchor the tree in the mud.
Supply of nutrients
When the fine hair like nutritive roots branch out to the top layers of mud, it also take in the nutrients the plant needs. The mud is rich in organic from fallen leaves;fungi and bacteria break down the leaves of mangroves, releasingnutrients that are use by seagrass and algae. the algale that grow in the mud and organic matter brought in by tide and trapped there, therefore the mangrove is nutrient- rich.
seed dispersal
the seeds of mangroves are buoyant and are adapted to dispersal by water. the seeds have an unsual feature that they are viviparous, the seed germinated and startds developing when young plant is still attached to the parent plant. when the sprouted seed falls from the tree, the seedling root system is already partically developed, and it could establish quickly in the mud before it get wash away.( this is one way of adapting and only applies to certain species that live in a costal enviroment.)

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