People call us many things - "Kala sangamaya", "Kurulu sangamaya" among other things, and i am not saying there isn't some truth in it all. We do spend a considerable amount of our free time forging our way through woods and forests, big and small.... and we do take particular interest in keenly following many a bird both common and rare, on campus and off. That's who we are and that's what we do! But that's not all!
The Nature and Photography club was established over 9 years ago by an enthusiastic bunch of nature loving seniors of our faculty and from that day forth the club has evolved by leaps and bounds. You may have heard of the field trips, bird counts and magazines listed as activities of the club but what does it all really mean?
It means we see the fun in scrambling over rocks and wading through the mud in the scorching sun and the pouring rain just to catch a glimpse of a bird (which more often than you think we do not end up seeing at all!). Crazy you might say but quite enjoyable nevertheless! Because you can't forget the fun we have along the way with the singalongs on the bus, "bath packet" lunches by the side of a lake under giant shady trees, impromptu baths in the icy cold waters of a mountain spring, bumpy rides on safari jeeps where we hang on to our dear lives...the list goes on and on.
It also means every year we take our annual stroll around campus looking up to the trees ( no pointing of course! One of the very first rules of bird watching! ) once again trying to spot our familiar feathery friends who call our university their home. Mind you we have gotten strange looks from our fellow Japura mates but we hardly notice it these days and we might even have inspired an interest in the subject among some of them ( we like to think!).
And then there's the time of the year where we all become poets and scribes as we slave night and day in a mad rush to get our magazine printed but at the end of the day everybody is more than a little proud to see their name in print on the glossy pages of our very own "Thinetha".
So that's just some of it but there's much more to be discovered! So come be a part of the club! If you have always felt that you shared a special connection with mother nature this is the place to be.... And even if you haven't felt anything of the sought as yet give it a try and you just might surprise yourself! After all Medicine isn't just about studying all the time, so make some memories, have some fun! And what better way to start than being a part of the Nature and Photography Club! =)
Nice one Qaani!:)
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