Text and Photos by Ong Yu Qi

“Every morning after breakfast at the volunteer house Bjorn Hala (Meaning: Bear Den in Swedish), we will take off at 7:30am to the centre and start to work at 8:00am. For the morning session, one will either be at the bear house cleaning cages or at the kitchen preparing food for the bears. I admit cleaning cages wasn’t a fun thing to do, but I always had that distinct sense of achievement after cleaning them!”

My last day of cleaning the cages. (Fun fact: The first cage that I cleaned was Simone’s, and the same goes for the last cage that I cleaned! :’) )

Testing out the hammock for Simone! I must give credit to the Bear Care Team for helping me in the ‘creation’ of this Telur Itik Char Koay Teow Hammock, especially my buddy – Azzry (top left) And there’s Lin May (bottom left), Dempsy and Brandon!

Read more on Yu Qi’s volunteering experience at http://www.bsbcc.org.my/bear-talk-blog/taking-baby-steps-in-bsbcc