While we were cutting up the fruit this morning we turned around and there was Kala in the kitchen – someone had clearly left the door unlocked, and that's all you need for an orangutan to take advantage. Steph had a knife in hand, and was wary of him getting hold of that, so Amoy and I chased him out. This morning, every man and his dog decided to come and visit the outdoor nursery, as Yokmil made yet another appearance. He could hang around for a month they think, following Mimi, who seems to want to keep coming back to the platform. Sylvia made a visit, and was telling us about how small Chiquita was when she first arrived – and how easy it is for people to smuggle orangutans, as they can just dress them up as babies and no one pays much attention.

You always hear lots of stories about what the orangutans get up to. One example is skinny little Salamat, who had a cut on his knee, so he managed to swipe some iodine from the clinic and apply it to himself, just like the vets had been doing.

In the afternoon I took out Goman and was met by Peanut at the door, who hadn't come in before the break. He was covered in dirt, so I'm not sure what he was up to! We had quite a few macaques lurking at the edge of the forest. They were making all sorts of little noises and fighting with each other. Every now and again their faces would appear, poking through the bushes, waiting to make their move!

Chiquita was out on the rope at one point and a particularly feisty one in a tree nearby started trying to hit her, but she stood her ground and tried hitting back and shaking the tree he was in. Eventually he gave up, but he wasn't prepared to back down easily. Another macaque sat eating on the platform next to Gelison, who decided to just flick all the scraps of fruit right up in the macaque's face! Jeremy said Kala had visited the Sun Bear Centre during the break and bitten one tourist on the chin and tried to bite a man's groin, but thankfully he'd managed to push him away. The problem is people try to get close for pictures, and don't realise how dangerous this can be. We are not permitted to take cameras into the centre while we are working.

Yokmil didn't visit for once, so it was a fairly peaceful afternoon. There was a storm brewing, although it never actually came, and there were leaves falling from the sky everywhere as the wind picked up. Amoy said if we caught a leaf on the way down we could make a wish. Much easier said than done, but I got one in the end!