It has been raining for days and we can't do outdoor activities at all during the past weekend.
My dear daughter was not required to report to school today and dear hubby was on leave too to accompany us:-) Dear daughter had already made her request last week => bring her to the zoo, pls! Though we hv been there countless times cos we're friends of zoo:-)
So off we went to the zoo after lunch. It was drizzling along the way to the zoo. The first big thing we saw was the Capybara, the Giant Rodent from South America. It was sleeping at the otter's compound. I hv never seen such a giant rat before! Thereafter, we proceeded to the treetop to watch Orang Utan. Hmm...saw plenty of babies orang utan, quite productive huh:-)
And as usual, we took the tram since it's FREE on weekdays! That's why we chose to go on Monday. No long waiting for trams and it's almost empty there:p Hehe and as usual we alighted at the 2nd stop "Children's World Play Land". My dear daughter quickly alighted and crossed the road. As she was running toward the Children's World, daddy shouted "let's see the cocoa first! 10 mins will do". You can imagine how unwilling my daughter was since her heart has already set at the Children's World thingy:p Well, we still dragged her to Tropical Crops Plantation though...Daddy wanted to show her what cocoa is since she had just read a book called "How chocolate bar is made". Singapore kids has little exposure to agriculture stuff. So, I won't be surprised if they don't even know where and how the vegetables come from. We walked along the plantation and showed her many kinds of fruits and plants. And she yelled, "10mins is over already! let's go!":p
Children's World Play Land is all children's favourite cos they can play at the playground and water as long as they like and parents could just sit down and chat non-stop:p The good thing of coming on weekdays is your child get to enjoy the swing ride w/o queuing. Hurray!!!
An hour later we decided to make a move cos both hubby and I were bitten by Aedes mosquitoes LOL We went to nearby KFC for a bite, teabreak time! When my dear daughter saw her favourite whipped potato, she refused to share with her dear daddy...You get to see selfishness is not cultivated, but by nature!!
After a yummy popcorn chicken, we took a tram ride again and reached the 3rd stop. We were supposed to walk to the Elephants of Asia. As we got down the tram, we heard a loud voice nearby and we ended up joining in the "Splash Safari" show. We were just in time to wave goodbye to the jackass penguins...sob...sob...we missed them. But we enjoyed the following show - sea lions splashes and performance:p It was really interesting esp. to see the kissing of sea lions to a little russian girl (volunteer to feed the sea lion)!!
After the Splash, we moved on to the Elephants of Asia. Along the way to the the Elephants of Asia, we saw a little hut. We climbed up and took the following photo :-)
Hehe, then we proceeded to the "Elephants of Asia". Oh, just nice to wait for the start of "Elephants at Work & Play" show. It started to rain but the zoo staff still carried on with the show. Salute them! We're at the 1st row and were welcomed by splashes of the elephants' trunks:p
After the feeding, we decided to go to the Australian Outback. While we're watching the kangaroos, my dear daughter told me that she shared with her K2 Chinese teacher during a lesson that there are kangaroos in Singapore Zoo. Guess what?? The Chinese teacher said "NO kangaroos in Singapore!!!"LOL
As we're making our way out of Australian Outback, we saw a group of youngsters catching a frog into a plastic bag. I wonder what're they going to do with that frog??? I remember as we entered the zoo, we're ushered with a frog cap saying "They're just a hop away from extinction". How ironic...
Moving on, we waved goodbye to white tigers, tapirs and parrots and headed out to the exit. As we're on the way home, I asked my dear daughter how's her day, she said she enjoyed her day!!. It's so heart-warming to hear that...
It was still raining but we had a great time together!
2 comments:
There is just something about the rain that I love! Maybe its the sound of it or the fact that I don't have to go out in it but its very comforting to me.
I always find things around the house that need to be done! Of course it would probably be a lot different if I had a husband and some kids.
Before I was married, I always enjoyed reading books near the windows with the pitter-patter sound:-) Sometimes I could simply catch a good nap with the cool weather:p
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