today's post would be a tribute to Steve Irwin - The crocodile hunter and his wife -Terri Irwin. =]
i bought a book for $8 and i had the best experience reading a bk since a long time.
a gdgd bk.
by random chance and encouter, i bought it while waiting for mamas to finish their movie. n it's really a gd bk.
written by his wife Terri Irwin, recounting how they first met, all their adventures, and everything.
beautifully written.
started reading and can't stop.
but i delayed a few days.
can't bring myself to read the last chapter.
cause, i know tt would be his death.
something tt you really wished did not happen after you read so much about this wonderful man.
by fate, terri met steve.
she recounted the first time she saw steve and their love for one another.
she recounted all the adventures that they went on which made me really respect steve irwin and all his efforts and his love for the animals.
a few adventures in the book tt i remembered. =]
Funny:
there was once they were in e desert and emu ran past them.
everyone thought tt it would be impossible to catch up with the emu.
but steve told the crew to grab the video cam and follow him.
be4 they knew, he was off chasing the emu and moments later, the emu was storming back with steve.
steve explained the charateristics of emu and allow them to run away again.
but the cam crew told him tt they did not manage to flim it.
n so he darted away to chase e emu again.
a very funny scene went thru my head while reading that.
Mateship:
there are many encouters of steve and his beloved crocs.
there was once some very bad storm is coming and the whole australia zoo was trying to settle the animals to higher land so that they would nt be endangered by the storm.
the water level was up to their waist and they were helping the animals.
steve and wes (his best friend) were in the crocs area when wes was bitten by one of the older crocs.
steve saved him and wes managed to limp to higher ground.
by then, he was already bleeding very badly.
but he saw steve fighting the croc and told him that he is coming down again.
steve stopped him and told him that he could do it.
mateship it is.
touching.
amazing man:
steve made terri conquered her fear for snakes by laying a snake on their couch while fixing a dinner for terri.
this allows terri to interact with the snake and after tt incident, that snake became terri's fav pet. =]
he made her catch her 1st venomous snake.
n gave her all the courage to do so.
n terri knew that he would not ask her to do something which she is nt capable of.
steve taught his child all he knew.
he jumped on his 1st croc at 9yrs old.
n his daughter did it earlier when the family were out on the bushes.
his son only 2.5yrs wanted to drive the motor boat.
n although he told him tt he is too young, the nxt thing he did was to scooped him up and taught him how to operate it. =]
sad part (which i kept refusing to read):
steve had requested that his wife and child stayed for 2 mre days after their 5wks in the bushes.
terri - since i knew steve, i had never once rejected his proposal.
cause i noe it is bound to be something nice and adventurous.
but for this time, i have no idea why i did not agree to stay for 2 mre days.
after which steve set off to flim deadiest ocean life.
while terri set off with the kids for a holiday.
on the fateful day, at 12pm, terri n bindi repeated it's 12o'clock for no apparent reason.
but when the crew finally reached them later in the noon.
they knew e news tt steve had pass away.
he was stung at 11am.
n pronounced dead at 12pm.
it really breaks my heart to read this part.
can't imagine the pain that terri irwin went through.
if i m her, i would be thinking, why din i stayed for 2 mre days.
n this made me really sad.
but terri irwin is a strong woman.
n bindi is a strong little girl who is carrying on what her dad is doing.
so is robert.
their love for the nature is really remarkable.
steve irwin..
wonderful family man.
wonderful environmentalist.
great man whose love for animals and wildlife is really admirable. =]
much respect towards this wonderful man and his wife and kids.
what they are doing is really impressive.
if there's a chance, i would definitely visit australia zoo. =]
check out the book n you won't regret =]
take gd care and live each day to the fullest! =]
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