Jana, Jack and Kristin will be with our three groups. Bridget is the big boss. Karen and Sam have arranged all the details for our trip. So let's start our week out by THANKING THEM!
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Meet Our Tioman Biologists & Helpers
Meet our Tioman Biologists and Group Leaders! They will be working with us along with Mr. Granzow, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Salim and Ms. Palko!
Jana, Jack and Kristin will be with our three groups. Bridget is the big boss. Karen and Sam have arranged all the details for our trip. So let's start our week out by THANKING THEM!
Jana, Jack and Kristin will be with our three groups. Bridget is the big boss. Karen and Sam have arranged all the details for our trip. So let's start our week out by THANKING THEM!
Housing/Roommate Assignments
This is our housing assignments for Malaysia Week. We tried to match you up with your preferences as best we could. STAYING in these arrangements DEPENDS on your BEHAVIOR. If there are any problems or issues, EVERYONE will shift (each day if we have to.) So it's up to you, now, to get along, take care of your rooms, look out for your belongings, make sure EVERYONE is included in your room's social atmosphere...
ROOMMATE ASSIGNMENTS:
Room 9 - Ms. Palko
Room 10 - Mr. Salim, Mr. Granzow, Mr. Pappas
Room 11- Conor, Nick, Alistair, Yi Khai
Room 12- Erin, Marisa, Bo Young, Hyae In, Yi
Room 13 - Bernice, Merina, Tanya, Pooja, Rionna
Room 14 - Olivia, Alexia, Claire, Veronica, Hannah, Ji Hyun
Room 15- Shin Young, Tyler, Pontus, Ardash
Room 16 - Basel, Amin, Min Woo, Min Hyo
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Camping Dessert Recipes
Alexia & Yi's Campfire Dessert Research (Thanks Alexia & Yi!)
Are only two groups going to have dessert? Rainforest Rangers you need to DECIDE on WHICH dessert you are making?
Baked Apples
Chocolate-Raspberry Burrito
Orange Cake Mix
Ice Cream in a Bag
Perfect activity and treat for hot summer days.
Ingredients:
½ cup of milk or half and half
1 tbsp. of sugar
¼ tsp. of vanilla
1 medium zip-lock bag
1 large zip-lock bag
2 tbsp. of rock salt
Crushed ice cubes
Put milk,sugar, and vanilla, in a medium size zip-lock bag and close. Put this bag into the larger zip-lock bag with rock salt and crushed ice cubes. Give a bag to each camper to shake and roll for 15 to 20 minutes until frozen.
Bannock Recipe
This is a yummy alterative to a sweet treat.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
Pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. margarine
7 tbsp. of milk
Combine all the dry ingredients a mixing bowl. Use a fork to combine margarine and milk. Stir until the lumps are gone. Form a one inch thick loaf. Put the dough into a frying pan. Bake over low flame. Cook 8 to 10 minutes on each side.
Or divide into fist size balls. Give each camper a ball of dough to wrap on a roasting stick. Roast over the hot coals of the fire.
Eat the Bannock while warm, plain or with butter, jam, or peanut butter.
Pineapple Donut Cakes
No mess upside down cake
Ingredients:
Plain cake donuts
Pineapple rings
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Slice donut in half. Place pineapple rings on one half. Pack brown sugar on top of the pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place other half of donut on top and wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire. Heat for 10-15 minutes.
Campfire Pie Tortillas
What could be better then a pie wrap?
Ingredients:
Tortillas
Pie filling – pick your favourite
Chocolate chips
Mini-marshmallows
Peanut butter
Open the cans and put a spoon in each one. Tear off squares of aluminium foil. Put a tortilla on the square of foil. Add peanut butter or pie filling. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Fold the tortilla edges in and roll. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.
Smores
Put a marshmallow on a stick and hold it over the fire until it is just right, then get two graham crackers and two pieces of chocolate; put the chocolate in between the crackers and slide the marshmallow on and you have a smore.
Fried Pies
You'll need 1 can biscuit mix and 1 can of your favorite pie filling (apples, peaches, cherry). Roll the biscuits out to about six inches or so. Put a tablespoon or two of pie filling into biscuit and fold over pressing edges close with a fork. Brown in a skillet in some butter and when golden brown sprinkle with powered sugar. Homemade pie right at the campsite.
Orange Brownies
Take an orange, and cut about half an inch off the top, keep the top. Take a spoon and scrape out the insides, then fill the orange with brownie mix. Put the top back on the brownie and completely cover the orange in foil. Then let the orange cook in the coals for about 20 minutes or until the brownie is done. Enjoy the brownie.
Mock Toasted Angel Cake
Place day old bread squares on a stick. Dip squares in sweetened condensed milk, then in coconut and toast over fire.
Fudge
Place 1/2 cup cocoa, 1 stick margarine, 3 ounces cream cheese, 1 box powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla into a gallon Ziploc baggie. Squeeze all the air out of the bag and seal. Place this bag inside another gallon Ziploc baggie, squeeze out the air and seal. Make sure each bag is sealed. This is the fun part...pass the bag aorund ot get squished until it's all blended. Flatten the bag and drop into a cooler of ice. When it's solid...it's ready to eat.
Are only two groups going to have dessert? Rainforest Rangers you need to DECIDE on WHICH dessert you are making?
Rainforest Rangers Options:
Banana Boat
1. Cut your banana down the middle. Leave it in the peel.
2. Stuff with chocolate and marshmallows.
3. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in hot coals for about 5-10 minutes. Turn and rotate often.
4. It is ready when chocolate is melted and marshmallows are gooey.
Banana Boat
1. Cut your banana down the middle. Leave it in the peel.
2. Stuff with chocolate and marshmallows.
3. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in hot coals for about 5-10 minutes. Turn and rotate often.
4. It is ready when chocolate is melted and marshmallows are gooey.
Baked Apples
1. Grease a piece of aluminum foil with the butter.
2. Take the core out of the apple, but leave the apple whole.
3. Stuff the hole where the core was with a mixture of raisins, walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
4. Place a dab of butter on top.
5. Wrap the foil around the apple loosely. Place it in the embers of the campfire.
6. Turn the apple occasionally to cook the apple on all sides.
2. Take the core out of the apple, but leave the apple whole.
3. Stuff the hole where the core was with a mixture of raisins, walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
4. Place a dab of butter on top.
5. Wrap the foil around the apple loosely. Place it in the embers of the campfire.
6. Turn the apple occasionally to cook the apple on all sides.
Chocolate-Raspberry Burrito
Simply sprinkle dark chocolate chips over raspberry jam in a tortilla wrapped in foil and toast on warm rocks near coals.
Orange Cake Mix
Slice the top of the number off your oranges and scoop out the flesh. Fill each orange with prepared cake mix being careful to leave enough room for rising. We filled ours just over half way and that seemed to do the trick. Wrap in foil and tuck in hot coals for around 20 minutes, turning occasionally. Let cool and enjoy.
Tropical Trooper Option:
Peanut Butter Chocolate Wraps
Better then a chocolate bar and a lot more fun.
Ingredients:
Peanut butter
Flour tortillas
Miniature marshmallows
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Spread 2 tablespoons of peanut butter on each tortilla. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips on half of each tortilla. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire about for 5 to 10 minutes. Unwrap and eat.
Ice Cream in a Bag
Perfect activity and treat for hot summer days.
Ingredients:
½ cup of milk or half and half
1 tbsp. of sugar
¼ tsp. of vanilla
1 medium zip-lock bag
1 large zip-lock bag
2 tbsp. of rock salt
Crushed ice cubes
Put milk,sugar, and vanilla, in a medium size zip-lock bag and close. Put this bag into the larger zip-lock bag with rock salt and crushed ice cubes. Give a bag to each camper to shake and roll for 15 to 20 minutes until frozen.
Bannock Recipe
This is a yummy alterative to a sweet treat.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
Pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. margarine
7 tbsp. of milk
Combine all the dry ingredients a mixing bowl. Use a fork to combine margarine and milk. Stir until the lumps are gone. Form a one inch thick loaf. Put the dough into a frying pan. Bake over low flame. Cook 8 to 10 minutes on each side.
Or divide into fist size balls. Give each camper a ball of dough to wrap on a roasting stick. Roast over the hot coals of the fire.
Eat the Bannock while warm, plain or with butter, jam, or peanut butter.
Pineapple Donut Cakes
No mess upside down cake
Ingredients:
Plain cake donuts
Pineapple rings
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Slice donut in half. Place pineapple rings on one half. Pack brown sugar on top of the pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place other half of donut on top and wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire. Heat for 10-15 minutes.
Campfire Pie Tortillas
What could be better then a pie wrap?
Ingredients:
Tortillas
Pie filling – pick your favourite
Chocolate chips
Mini-marshmallows
Peanut butter
Open the cans and put a spoon in each one. Tear off squares of aluminium foil. Put a tortilla on the square of foil. Add peanut butter or pie filling. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Fold the tortilla edges in and roll. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.
Smores
Put a marshmallow on a stick and hold it over the fire until it is just right, then get two graham crackers and two pieces of chocolate; put the chocolate in between the crackers and slide the marshmallow on and you have a smore.
Fried Pies
You'll need 1 can biscuit mix and 1 can of your favorite pie filling (apples, peaches, cherry). Roll the biscuits out to about six inches or so. Put a tablespoon or two of pie filling into biscuit and fold over pressing edges close with a fork. Brown in a skillet in some butter and when golden brown sprinkle with powered sugar. Homemade pie right at the campsite.
Orange Brownies
Take an orange, and cut about half an inch off the top, keep the top. Take a spoon and scrape out the insides, then fill the orange with brownie mix. Put the top back on the brownie and completely cover the orange in foil. Then let the orange cook in the coals for about 20 minutes or until the brownie is done. Enjoy the brownie.
Mock Toasted Angel Cake
Place day old bread squares on a stick. Dip squares in sweetened condensed milk, then in coconut and toast over fire.
Fudge
Place 1/2 cup cocoa, 1 stick margarine, 3 ounces cream cheese, 1 box powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla into a gallon Ziploc baggie. Squeeze all the air out of the bag and seal. Place this bag inside another gallon Ziploc baggie, squeeze out the air and seal. Make sure each bag is sealed. This is the fun part...pass the bag aorund ot get squished until it's all blended. Flatten the bag and drop into a cooler of ice. When it's solid...it's ready to eat.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Let's Learn About Turtles Before We Go to Tioman!
Eco field trips has a turtle hatchery program that we will learn more about when we get to Melina Beach. Here is a link to find out more about the program:
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Tioman Diversity Group Changes!
Well Done @ our 1st Official Malaysia Week Site Meeting!
Congrats to the following for our Reef to Rainforest Quiz:
Rainforest Rangers 1st Place (1st night yucky duties...before things are too yuck!)
Tropical Troopers 2nd Place (2nd night yucky duties...as things get a bit yucky!)
Marine Mercenaries 3rd Place (3rd night yucky duties...and yuck get yuckier!)
We are dissolving the 4th group in favor of three larger groups (this will make your experience on Tioman better as each group will have their own Marine Biologist for the activities, boat rides, etc.) Please welcome the new members to your group! Here are the final 3 groups:
Rainforest Rangers: Nick, Marisa, Erin, Amin, Yi, Veronica, Shin Young, Pontus, Min Hyo
Tropical Troopers: Conor, Adarsh, Min Woo, Hyae In, Bo Young Alexia, Hannah, Bernice, Claire
Marine Mercenaries: Yi Khai, Olivia, Tyler, Basel, Rionna, Merina, Pooja, Tanya, Alistair , Michelle
Your next assignment is to come up with a logo/branding for your group (RR, TT, MM) that we can 'temporarily' tatoo on your arm for the week (only with marking pens, lah!)
Ms. Palko
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Welcome to Pulau Tioman
Pulau Tioman Proposed Itinerary 2011
Day 1 Sunday 17th April
Jana and Kristin meet school at Tanjong Gemok Ferry Terminal.
11:00 Ferry to Tioman Island
12:30 Arrive at Tioman Island, Genting Village.
Lunch at Local Restaurant
14:00 Walk to Melina Beach Resort
15:00 Arrive at MBR
Briefing followed by room allocation
16:00 Snorkel training on house reef
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Night Walk
11:00 Ferry to Tioman Island
12:30 Arrive at Tioman Island, Genting Village.
Lunch at Local Restaurant
14:00 Walk to Melina Beach Resort
15:00 Arrive at MBR
Briefing followed by room allocation
16:00 Snorkel training on house reef
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Night Walk
Day 2 Monday 18th April
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 EFT Presentation: "Turtle Conservation", visit hatchery, nest digging
12:30 Lunch at MBR
15:00 Seashore Survey
17:00 Student Presentations
17:30 ISKL led activity - Survival Skills
19:00 Dinner
20:00 EFT Presentation “Introduction to Rainforests and Mangroves”
Day 3 Tuesday 19th April
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Start trek along coastal rainforest to Paya Village
10:00 Rest stop for drinks and toilet
10:30 Enter Secondary Rainforest, stop for stream and forest surveys
12:00 Picnic lunch stop
13:30 “Standard Crossing” to Mother Willow and Primary Rainforest survey site
15:30 Stream survey en route to estuarine mangroves
16:30 Rest stop at Paya Beach Resort
19:00 Dinner
20:00 EFT Presentation “Marine Ecosystems”
Day 4 Wednesday 20th April
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Depart to Tulai
10:00 Snorkel into coastal Mangroves
12:00 Picnic Lunch on beach
13:30 Invertebrate Snorkel
Fish ID and snorkel
14:45 Head to Renggis for free snorkel
16:30 Return to MBR
19:00 Dinner
20:00 EFT Presentation “Conservation”
Day 5 Thursday 21st April
08:00 Breakfast and check out
11:00 Walk to Genting (luggage transfer to Genting jetty)
Jana to stay in Tioman
12:00 Ferry to Tanjong Gemok Ferry Terminal
13:30 Coach to KL
En route stop for lunch at MG Restaurant
Packing List -Pulau Tioman 2011
1. For the Bus trip (pack in a small backpack just for the bus trip)
- Snack, drink (no canned softdrinks, only screw top drinks, preferably water)
- A jacket or long sleeve t-shirt (it gets cold on the bus)
- Hat, book, cards
2. Clothing
- 5 sets of dry clothes (t-shirts/underwear)
- 3-4 pairs of shorts ( girls not too short)
- 2 pairs of socks
- Pyjamas
- 1 pair of running shoes (for hiking)
- 1 pair of flip-flops or teva sandals
- Swimsuits - boardshorts - girls once piece or tankini (a tank top swimsuit with bottoms)
- Swim shirt for snorkeling
- Hat (for protection from the Sun)
3. Toiletries
- Toothbrush & paste
- Soap /washcloth (inside zip-locked bag)
- Shampoo
- 2 Thin towels (1 for shower, 1 for beach)
- Sun-lotion (SPF 30+)
- Insect Repellent
- Small pack of tissues
- talcum power (for removing sand)
4. Miscellaneous
- A sarong ( this is really handy - can be used as a cover when changing, a sheet at night for camping.
- Sleeping Bag
- Water bottle - 1/2 to 1 liter
- Flashlight (with extra batteries)
- Extra ziplock bags
- Disposable camera
- Money (RM50 in case you might want to purchase a t-shirt)
- Book, cards
- Pen and pencil, journal
- Bandaids (personal first aid kit, etc.)
- medicine (give any necessary medication to sponsors the day of departure)
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