UPDATE FOR TEA FOR TREES

Ok, so you know how there'll be an event hosted by TV9 and WWF this weekend at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara right? I, as apart of the team would like to request for those of you who will show up...please oh please do as follow...

-Wear the Offcial Red Bells badges ! All three of them if you have it.

-Wear a tshirt/shirt or whatever top that is Red in colour!

It'll be awesome if all of our supporters shows up this weekend to show your support and come have fun with us !


-The Red Bells

Tea For Trees !

Please come and show your support for our team, The Red Bells this weekend !

Date: 3rd and 4th of October. (this Saturday and Sunday, mark you calendars!)

Venue: The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. (Fashion Court)

The results will be announced during the event, so better be there and pray together with us !

PS don't forget to wear the badges you've bought from us on both days to show that you are our true supporters ;)

-The Red Bells

YOU CAN START VOTING NOW

FINALLY ! PHEWW

Are you confuse or have problems with the voting system ?

not to worry

cause the red bells are here !

If you follow these step-by-step instructions, surely it can fasten the voting process :D ;

firstly, you need to enter the original site (http://orangutan.com.my/) and press the "new hope orang-utan school program" like so,


after that, there's a few links at the side of the page . By that, you need to find 'vote' which is located at the lowest position.



Finally , all you need to do is just find our picture blog which has our school name and blog link under it.




and THAT IS IT ! very easy peasy lemon squeezy :D




but if you've no time and have already know the drill, you can just copy and paste this link below and click 'VOTE' ! :D

http://orangutan.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=110



Many thanks!

-The Red Bells

Latest update about the voting !

"Dear Nurlyn,

The voting will only be starting tomorrow officially, we are still undergoing trial process and fix the comments that we received from callers in regards of the confusion that were caused on the webpage.

I sincerely apologized for what has happened.

And for the voting issue that you were mentioning, we will restart the whole system. The previous votes will not be taken into account. So no need to worry.

Remember to log onto the webpage tomorrow to continue your votes and also please spread the news around to your friends and classmates.

Thanks.
adik di 9"

-The Red Bells

Our own board !

TADAAA !

THE RED BELLS !

from left; nurlyn, miza, sabrina, shazwani.

We got a visit from TV 9 ! ;)

Don't forget to vote for us, yeah?

Copy and paste this link for short ;

http://www.orangutan.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=37&Itemid=115

Make sure you are voting for the right team ! Our stars are fourth row on the right, outside of the box. Do vote for us :)

-The Red Bells

Good news for us and our supporters !

Hey friends, just a quick update to ya'll,
good news! we have just been informed that THE RED BELLS had been selected for the top 10 blogspot!
we are so excited extremely happy to hear that, not only we've spent a lot of our time for a good cause, we are also being acknowledged by doing so .
By that, we would like to give great, correction BIG thanks to EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. we are so lucky to have you guys as our supporters to give a better future for our friends, the orangutans. again THANK YOU ♥♥♥

oh yeah to spare your curiosity, here's the letter we've obtained from the adik9. enjoy ;

"Hi there,

Congratulation to your team that has been selected for the top 10 blogspots.
In oder for us to proceed further in the selection could your team provide us with the following:-

1) Team member name (all) and also the recruited team members
2) Guardian / Teacher Name

We would like your team members to courier or send the items / artworks that has been produced by your team to TV9 for exhibition purposes on the "Tea for Tree" event that is upcoming.

You may invite your friends, families and supporting fans to vote for your blog on http://www.orangutan.com.my/ website. stay tune to TV9 for the start of the voting period.

For the top 10 shorlisted blogspot, you are invited to join our event "Tea for Tree" that will be held at The ***** on the *rd & *th Oct from 10am - 10pm.

If your team has any available items / artworks that wish to be sell during the event to collect donation, do inform us, we could arrange for a booth for your team to carry out such activity.

Please provide us your contact no and your guardian contact no for us to contact for the event reservation place.

If you need further enquiries, kindly do not hesitate to contact 03-7952****.

Thanks.
adik di 9"

we will update if there's any new information regarding on this awareness. so friends, please stay tuned .

-The Red Bells

Dead Line

So today is the last day for us to post anything up here. We would like to take the chance to say,

"Thank You to our supporters. Those who bought our badges, those who signed the petition, those who promoted our team on Tumblr and Twitter and others ! You're help and support are very much appreciated by us !"

"And thanks to WWF and other organizations that has anything to do with this blog contest for giving us a chance to help save the Orangutans. Not only we did that, we also learned new things through out this whole thing, friendships and hardships."

Happy Independence Day to all of our Malaysian supporters !

Yours truly,
-The Red Bells

Take it from our Supporter

This is taken from Nabilah Radzi's Tumblr. We hope you don't mind ! ;)

polychromasia:

I bought this button last week before puasa month and its from The Red Bells Team. I think their team is one of the bestest team for saving the Orang Utan campaign. Even though i didnt vote for them in blogspot (i dleted my acc) i always support them. Hope they win this campaign and save Orang Utan ;D"

You can, too show your support for us by posting a post about our activities/team/awareness. Please do so ! You'll be a big help :D

Big thanks to Nabilah Radzi for your support !

-The Red Bells

Cruel things done towards Orangutans will effect us, too !

We need to not use and harm these kind of animals, especially if the species are in extinction. ORANG UTANS are in a very critical state, we need to realize our mistakes and change for the better.

video done by: Miza Rasyida

-The Red Bells

Ways you can help save Orangutans !

This post is made by one of The Red Bells.

"Okay, so my Mom has been donating money to WWF every month for the past 3 years, it is very little but I think the thought that counts. And besides, if you multiply it by 36 months, it is a lot. But then, not many people are willing to spend their money like that even if it is for a good cause because you know how expansive modern lifestyle is. So, I would like to make this program approachable for all ages. Not make it impossible.

I am gonna let you know a few things for you to do, in order to save the Orangutans.

1. Use less paper or anything that comes from trees. Even if it sounds like it has nothing to do with Orangutans, it does, actually. Orangutans' main habitat is the tropical rain forest. If we, keep on cutting down the trees, these creatures will lose their habitats and then, they'll have no where to live. And they'll bother us at our homes, stealing food and what nots. Bear in mind, it is us who took their place, first :)

2. When you see a person harming Orangutans, report immediately. Be it, killing them, torturing them in any way. Report to WWF, or any organizations that has anything to do with animal rights. Orangutans are animals, meaning they are too, God's creature. We don't have the right to take their lives away from them. Or harm them in any way.

3. Adopt them. No, not take them to live with you. But, be their owner. You can visit them every week and bring food, basic things. You know how, Orangutans will get attached to you if you love them. They will love you back ! Now, that's a good thing for everyone to have ;)

I will post more, if anything comes to my mind, soon. Remember, it's all about the love. Hihi

Yours truly, Nurlyn."

Picture above: One of our main supporters. Nurlisa Ameera, 18. Or else known as Kak Long.

More Fun Facts about Orangutans

#1: Orangutans arm's stretch out longer than their bodies, over 7 ft. from fingertip to fingertip !

#2: Male orangutans will develop cheek pads when they reach 15 years old, which female orangutans find it attractive.

#3: When males are fighting, they charge at each other and break branches. if that doesn't scare one of them away, they grapple and bite each other.

#4: Like humans, orangutans have opposable thumbs. their big toes are also opposable.

#5: Orangutans predators include tigers, leopards and even large pythons.

#6: About 97% of an orangutan's genetic makeup is the same as a human's.

#7: Orangutans live to be about 35 years old in the wild; in the captivity they can live 50 years or more.

#8: Orangutans can weigh up to 200 pounds.

#9: Orangutan is the only strictly arboreal ape and is actually the largest tree living mammal in the world.

#10: Male orangutans have throat sac which is used to make a very notable and recognizable call that echoes through the forest. This is called 'Long Call' and is used to locate and advertise their presence to females or warn other males away.

NOTE: An animal species is said to have opposable thumbs if the thumb is capable of bending in such a way that it can touch all the other digits on the hand. It plays a huge part in making tools back then.

-The Red Bells

Update #9 Zoo Taiping

"Since it's the first weekend of puasa, me and apart of my family felt the mood to go to the zoo at my hometown, call us crazy but we actually had a lot fun ! Due to the nice weather there, we had the energy to walk round the whole zoo after seeing the Orangutans there, of course. So, in taiping there are 2 orang utans. Their scientific name is Pongo pygmaeus. They're so cute, especially the fact that they will tend to do a little pose whenever a person comes near them. Eventhough this zoo has little amount of Orangutans, I am still satisfied with it since the Orangutans are in good hands with good trainers taking care of them and a very fine place to live in :)

MAP OF ZOO TAIPING, MALAYSIA

The information given regarding on the orang utans

US With awang kecil

look! how cute is that ? :D

-Miza, Team Red Bells

All about Ken Allen, The Superstar!

Ken Allen, 1971-2000

As y'all already informed by us, Orangutans are very intelligent, in fact, they are considered the most intelligent animal because they share 97% of human DNA. (WOW!)

So to prove at how intelligent Orangutans are, we are gonna tell you about Ken Allen.

"Ken Allen was the name given to a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. He became one of the most popular animals in the history of the San Diego Zoo because of his many successful escapes from his enclosures.

Ken Allen was born in captivity at the San Diego Zoo in 1971. During the 1980s, Ken Allen gained worldwide attention for a series of three escapes from his enclosure, which had been thought to be escape-proof. He would unscrew bolts with his fingers, reach around to unlatch things, climb up a steep incline by the back of his enclosure to slip over a wall, and so on.

During his escapes, Ken Allen would peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals, and never acted violently or aggressively towards zoo patrons or other animals. Zookeepers were initially stymied over how Ken Allen had managed to escape.

They began surveillance of his enclosure to try to catch him in the act, only to find that Ken Allen seemed to be aware that he was being watched for that very purpose. This forced zookeepers to go "undercover", posing as tourists to learn Ken Allen's escape route, but Ken Allen wasn't fooled.

Moreover, other orangutans began following Ken Allen's lead and began escaping from the enclosure. Zoo officials eventually hired experienced rock climbers to find every finger, toe, and foothold within the enclosure and spent $40,000 to eliminate them.

Ken Allen's ability to "outwit" his keepers, as well as his docile demeanor during his escapes, resulted in fame and adoration from zoo patrons, and numerous fan clubs, bumper stickers, and songs were created as a tribute to the wily orangutan.

Ken Allen developed cancer and was euthanized in December 2000, according to the San Diego Zoo's website. He was 29 years old."

(Information gathered about Ken Allen from Wikipedia and San Diego Zoo's Website)

-The Red Bells

Update #8 Badge Selling Day, read all about it!

So today, we had a badge selling day at school. There are, like y'all know, 3 designs and we've also made a petition against harming Orangutans' habitats and lives.

The reason why we chose to sell badges is because students/teachers can wear it everyday to show their support. So please, wear the badges everyday even when the campaign is over.

Why start at school?

Our answer is, Why not? Hehehe, ok real answer below..

Because what's the point of telling to strangers if our own school mates does not know about this endangered animal? What's the point of going to public places and tell it to people we don't know when the people we see everyday does not have a clue about what we are trying to do?

Like they say, start small and then it'll get bigger.

Anyway, back to the badge selling day,

Pictures say a thousand words! Here are some as promised we will feature you,

By far our best supporter :)

We thank everyone that purchased our badges, signed the petition and help promote our team!

We've sold 80 badges so far and we've collected 93 signatures! Be proud that you are apart of it, people! And, to those of you who haven't got a chance to purchase our badges or sign the petition, please let us know as we can put aside some badges for y'all!

Salam Ramadhan to all of out Muslim supporters, take this opportunity to do some good deeds as you will be blessed in thousands of good ways throughout this holy month!

We are also on Facebook. Please join our group, The Red Bells for Orangutans. Thanks!

You know it. I know it. We all know it. We are their only hope.

-The Red Bells

Update #7 'Bout our Badges

Dear Red Bells supporters,

In order to raise fund to save the orangutans, we have designed 3 official by The Red Bells badges!

Priced at rm2.50 for one piece.

All proceeds from selling these badges will be donated to WWF in order for them to save orangutans.

We will start selling it tomorrow and please, please not only buy these badges, wear it! And if you are one of the lucky ones, we will even take a picture of you and feature you on this blog. Now, that's good publicity eh?

Guess what?! The Red Bells is on twitter. Follow us, www.twitter.com/theredbells

-The Red Bells

Fun Facts about Orangutans

It'll make you go "Awwww!"

Fun Fact #1
They will poke twigs into holes to catch insects.

Fun Fact #2
They will chew up leaves and use them as sponges.

Fun Fact #3
They will use branches and sticks to test the depth of water before entering it.
(This is really smart!)

Fun Fact #4
Mosquitoes bother orangutans just like they do humans and they will use branches like fly swatters to swish them away.

Fun Fact #5
Baby orangutans cry when they’re hungry, whimper when they’re hurt and smile at their mothers.
(Just like human babies!)

Fun Fact #6
Orangutans can make approximately 13 to 15 different vocalizations.
(Meaning there's more to 'Uuk Uuk Aak Aak!')

Fun Fact #7
When it rains or the sun is hot, an orangutan will hold a leafy branch or two over its head to protect itself from getting wet or overheated.

Fun Fact #8
Sumatran orangutans have lighter hair, longer beards and narrower cheekpads than Borean orangutans.

Fun Fact #9
Orangutans are diurnal which means they are active during the day.

Fun Fact #10
A male orangutan’s cheek pads keep growing for most of their life.
(Now this explains the so-called 'tumor')

Drop by more to know about our next activities!

-The Red Bells

Update #6 Our first and very own flyers

This will be our flyer/s that will be handed out on Friday, 21/08/09! Be sure to get one of these flyers and share it with your friends and families, sign our petition and approach us to buy some cute badges :)

-The Red Bells

Update #5 Our plans

We have been working very hard to come up with plans on how to raise public awareness on Orangutans. The species that is soon to face extinction if we all dont make a stand in order to save them.

We've come up with a plan to sell tshirts and badges originally, but the tshirts selling was cancelled due to not only the budget but also our time. So instead, we will only be selling badges, not sure when will it all be done but we've finalised our designs, so it'll be soon!

Then, we would like to do a video but haven't yet start due to our school works like pop quizes, presentations and of course homeworks. I'm pretty sure you can understand :)

There are some other activities that we would like to do and we will blog about it as soon as it is done. We will sure announce what, when and where will our next activity be because our supporters are the ones that can make our activities happen.

I know it. You know it. We all know it. We are their only hope.

-The Red Bells

Update #4 Even Boys Like Girls want to save the orangutans

BIG THANKS TO THE BOYS! ;)

Enlarge the picture to see what Paul DiGiovanni is holding.

Even famous people, living the fast life, are giving support to The Red Bells to save the orangutans.

What is your reason, just as a normal human being, mostly high school students, for not wanting to save the orangutans?

Please, please show that you care by purchasing our tshirts and badges! All donations will be given to WWF to help save the orangutans.

Although the designs are not finalised yet, we will try our best to get it done with (ASAP!) But just so you know, tshirt printing takes a lot of hard work, time and patience! But we know we can do it with YOUR endless support!

Last but not least, thank you to all of our followers! May your life will be filled with bliss and happiness for supporting us :)

-The Red Bells

To them, 'The End of the World' is near

They're trying to reach out to us. They're pleading for our help.

Doing this campaign started off as just an idea. An idea that the 4 of us came up with during the event held about Orangutans in the school hall. But after several meetings, everything seems to be realistic when there are actually people who always keep track of the activities we do. And to all of those who support us and are willing to help, thank you :)

This campaign have widen people's knowledge on Orangutans and opened their eyes about the extinction of the species. Knowing that there are little of Orangutans left on this Earth, everyone should know that each person conducts a huge role in the Orangutans' lives. Maybe with just a step or two, this dear species could survive this 'war'.

All you need to do is, participate in all of our activities and join in the fun by giving us opinions and ideas in ways for us to help save the Orangutans.

-The Red Bells

Update #3 Our day spent at the zoo

Last Saturday we went to Zoo Negara to visit the orangutans and also other animals, of course.



We did ask whether or not we can take pictures and be closer to the orangutans but we weren't allowed. But the orangutan in the glass cage? Yeah, he is soo adorable! We waved at him and he came straight to us to let us take a picture of him. Believe it or not, we even saw a glimpse of smile :D

We fed the orangutans some bananas, that was fun!

Anyway, Zoo Negara to me, is not as bad as what people say it is. I mean, it has bad odour but not at all places! And almost all of the animals are well kept, expect for a few like the camels and lions.

And of course, we couldn't help ourselves from buying some cute orangutan keychains.

But overall, it is good. Not as good as Singapore Zoo but not as bad as Taiping Zoo :/

-The Red Bells

With nowhere to live, how will they survive?

How can Orangutans survive the future, if people in this era, right now, are not willing to take one step forward and help them?

Before, we didnt pay enough attention to these poor creatures. The creatures that need our help the most. The type of species that share 97% of DNA as us, humans.

We cut trees and burn forests, leaving their homes destroyed. For what? For humans to build new developments across the country and to race for wealth. In order to achieve this so called wealth, of course, people who are blinded with the thoughts of fame and glory would do just anything. This race for wealth have turned a lot of people into such cruel humanbeings that they no longer care about this particular animal.

Do we really want Orangutans to just be buried in memories and be the future's history? Dont we want these Orangutans to be known and seen by our next generation and so forth?

What they need now is people to realise how important Orangutans are in this economically rising state of era. Though they're just animals, they play an important role in this world. We cant dominate their lives in order for us humans to strive forward.

They have been living on the very same planet as us. They too have families. No one wants their family tree to end. Neither do they.

The Red Bells' aim is to give public awareness about these soon to extinct species. We believe that small steps lead us to a huge impact in the end.

The Red Bells certainly cant do this alone. So let us all gather our hands and hearts, to save the Orangutans :)

-The Red Bells

Essentials About Orangutans

Hey orangutan lovers !

I'm going to share a little information about our dearest friends, the orangutans.

Did you know that the Orangutans are large apes that live in southeast Asia, on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra? These apes mostly live in trees, they are arboreal, and swing from branch to branch using their arms. Just so you know, Orangutans are an endangered species. They are decreasing in numbers quickly as they lose habitat to people. Further aggravating the problem, baby orangutans are caught and sold around the world as pets.

So please please please , take this matter very seriously.

ANATOMY ;
Orangutans have a large, bulky body, a thick neck, very long, strong arms, short, bowed legs, and no tail. Orangutans are about 2/3 the size of the gorilla.

a) Hair:
They are mostly covered with long reddish-brown hair.

b) The Head:
The orangutan has a large head with a prominent mouth area. Adult males have large cheek flaps (which get larger as the ape ages).

c) Senses:
Orangutans have senses very similar to ours, including hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch.

d) Hands and Feet:
Orangutan hands are very much like ours; they have four long fingers plus an opposable thumb. Their feet have four long toes plus an opposable big toe. Orangutans can grasp things with both their hands and their feet. The largest males have an arm span of about 7.5 feet (2.3 m).

INTELLIGENCE AND LANGUAGE ;
Orangutans are very intelligent. They have been known to use found objects as tools; for example, they use leaves as umbrellas to keep the rain from getting them wet. They also use leaves as cups to help them drink water.

DIET ;
Orangutans are omnivores (they eat both plants and animals) but are mostly herbivorous (plants comprise most of their diet). They eat fruit (their favorite food), leaves, seeds, tree bark, plant bulbs, tender plant shoots, and flowers. They also eat insects and small animals (like birds and small mammals).

SIZE ;
Orangutans are about 2/3 the size of the gorilla.

female ; height : 2.6-3.5 ft
weight : 50 kg

male ; height : 3.2-4.5 ft
weight : 90 kg

If you find this information interesting and would like for us to post more about Orangutans, please let us know!

-The Red Bells

Update #2 Video to show your support!

We will be making a video of different people talking about
"Why we should save the Orangutans?"

So please, if any one of us come to you with a camera, please don't run away!

P/S: Designs of tshirts will be posted very very soon.

-The Red Bells

The Malay word orangutan means "person of the forest." These long-haired, orangish primates, found only in Sumatra and Borneo.

Did you ever notice that when Orangutans stand, their hands nearly touch the ground?
Well... Orangutans have an enormous armspan;
A male may stretch his arms some 7 feet (2.1 meters) from fingertip to fingertip.

Orangutans' arms are well suited to their lifestyle because they spend much of their time (some 90 percent) in the trees of their tropical rain forest home. They even sleep aloft in nests of leafy branches. They use large leaves as umbrellas and shelters to protect themselves from the common rains.

This means that trees play a very important role in Orangutans' lives. Stop cutting them!

Did you know that the male Orangutans are loners. As they move through the forest they make plenty of rumbling, howling calls to ensure that they stay out of each other's way. The "long call" can be heard 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) away.

Uuk Uuk Aak Aak!

Mothers and their young, however, share a strong bond. Infants will stay with their mothers for some six or seven years until they develop the skills to survive on their own. Female orangutans give birth only once every eight years, meaning they're different than cats and dogs, they don't give birth 6 at once every 3 months, they're like humans, one at a time.

The famous deforestation and other human activities, such as hunting, have placed the orangutan in danger of extinction.

Ask yourself,

Do you want your kids, you grandchildren, your kids' grandchildren to not know that Orangutans ever existed?

Do you want the next generation to only see pictures and wonder what Orangutans look like real life?

Do you want Orangutans to only live in our memories, these smart creatures, be in story books as a tale and no longer a true life story?

If you answer No, to all the above, then do your part by supporting us The Red Bells. Participate in all of our activities, sign our petition, purchase our badges, give us your feedback.

You know it. I know it. We all know it. We are their only hope.

-The Red Bells

Update #1 There's always a first

Hello there people!

This is our very first post and we would like to tell you a little bit about what we will do for this New Hope for Orang-Utan School Programme.

For starters, we would very much appreciate if you will follow this blog and promote it to your other friends. We need as many followers as we can!

Secondly, if you have any ideas of your own on how to save the orangutans, please email to any one of us.

Thirdly, we are on our way to designing tshirts and badges for our supporters to wear! If you have any designs you would like to share, please do let us know.

We hope for our friends, your friends and everyone to participate and support us, The Red Bells!

Please note: Only emails with full name, age, contact details will be entertained. And please please use proper language, be it Malay or English!

-The Red Bells