zoo, hostel, national library

Sunday... a long day.. but a great day ;-)

(started at 8am plus)

Morning

Earlier, my department suggested a welfare event to visit the Zoo.. and since yesterday was the Home Team family day at the Zoo, my dept guys decided to combine ours with the major one too... (save the work) So, yesterday morning, me and my colleagues, with the free tickets, visited it. Wow, guess i havent been there since my primary school days? and in comparsion of what's in my memory, the place looks so much different now...! Also with the number of staff and families there, the place is soo crowded... what was printed on my ticket suggest that the package is for more than 5000 people... o_0

Anyway, here are some of the pix i took ;) enjoy!

family of wild pigs


kids-are-excited-with-her-hops-Kangaroo


rare white tiger


camel's lunch


zebra -- my sister did not spot the Zebra at night safari previously...so i took this for her. haha


Horse ride -- the only in singapre? (as they claim)


Many many penguins


penguins... pretty cute eh them


And of cos... how would i miss out "myself??"

Polar bear very lazy, not swimming... sleeping on the open...hehe!



there are some other sections too which i had missed out (due to time)... ie the fragile forest...perhaps next time on own bah?


noon

After the zoo, i went straight down to causeway point to meet shufang. Woodlands...is where i lost my way again, at the confusing HDB block 700 plus carpark...hahaa.. need to be more familiar next time! But...in the hurry, i realise that i forgot to close the ERP IU cashcard cover after i had parked in the hdb multi-storey carpark ;-p... and with the frequent cases of car windows being smashed by thieves for the cashcard....this is certainly one of those worst moments i had, when i recalled about the cover, only at causeway point after lunch.... if any thing happens to the family van, i can forget about the keys for a long time...! so, as i try to relax myself, shufang bought her stuff, and we rushed to the carpark...thankfully, nothing happened...phew.... lesson learnt... in future, check cashcard before leaving!

At the hostel... due to some reasons, shufang had changed her room to another block in hall 7. Just next to the carpark now, it's seems to be a better one cos there are more air flow now compared to the previous one.., and her roommate seems to be a nice girl too (althought i havent saw her yet...hee..she was outside) Hope that she would have a good time now! take good care...

late evening

Third and last thing for the day... After bidding good bye with shufang, i set off for Bugis, to meet up with derrick and dom... hey to think of it, it's really a long time since we 3 meet up! Really just like the good old times ;-) Derrick suggested to go to the new national library, so we had a meal there at Hans... not a bad place to chill out! And many laughs during dinner too ;) After dinner, we checked out the reference section... quite a number of school old yearbooks are there! Good when you had lost yours, or just want to check out your friend's "young looks"... hehe! There's also the archive of old newspapers in microfilm, dated all the way back to 2 centuries ago! Interesting to me... (ok la, i havent try them before...haha)

(Anyway, if you recalled, i mentioned previously that i would take photos on my next visit right? This time, my camera is all ready with battery, but i do not have enough time to take cos it was very near the closing time (9pm) then... .so... hehe...)

After it, we had a quick shopping at bugis and city hall, for dom's presentation. (good luck dom!! for your presentation! hope it went great!!) Then, i had to make a leave first, cos i have to rush down to pick up my mum from her workplace....luckily no jams at CTE..hee.


(got home at 11pm)...

tired? certainly. But had a great day ;-)