Tuesday, May 16, 2006
What else did we do in April?
April was not all about the Perth trip. Here's an update for what we did last month.
15 April 2006 - Friends of the Zoo
We became Friends of the Zoo. We paid $108 (10% from $120 with Toys R Us Star Card) to become FOZ, a year's entry into the Zoo, free parking, 5 train / tram rides and 4 issues of wildlife magazine. It made sense to be FOZ. Each adult entry cost $15. Toddlers enter FOC. Each zoo trip would cost $30 in entrance fees. Four trips would cost us $120. We would definitely bring Matthew to the Zoo more often, now that he could recognise lots of animals.
We were greeted by two beautiful peacocks in the car park. One of them had its tail opened and displayed. The reason being it was trying to intimidate the other peacock and chase it away.
First was the Polar bear feeding session. Matthew recognised the Polar bear (we have a polar bear stuffed toy at home) and enjoyed himself watching the Polar bear swimming around. Then we saw the white rhino and giraffes. The giraffe enclosure and viewing platform allowed us to come up close and personal with the tall animals. Zebras were up next. Matthew saw the zebras shaking their tails and we told him "wei3 ba1 (tail) yao2 yao2 (shaking)", he started dancing, amusing some visitors who were next to us.
He was totally fascinated with the Jaguars during the token feeding sessions. The big cats were jumping around, going into the water, grabbing the chunks of meat that were thrown into the water.
In Fragile Forest, he was captivated by the beautiful butterflies that had rested on the nectar trays. As we walked around, he kept looking back and pointing at them. We saw the fruit bats and the lazy tree sloths feeding on some fruit and carrots. Some butterflies came to rest on Papa's shoulder and he got upset and wanted Papa to chase them away. We were amused because it was totally opposite from the reaction we had earlier.
Children's Playland was next. We fed Matthew his macaroni lunch and he had a go at the playground after that. We then went on a train ride round the Chilren's Land.
You know how kids are... No matter how tired they are, they would try and stay awake. Matthew cried because he was tired but did not want to take his nap.. I carried him, pat him and finally he slept. We put him in the stroller for his nap. We then took a break at the Manatees and Seal enclosure and had sandwiches for lunch.
As we strolled along, we noticed that the Zoo had a new feature, free ranging orang utans. The Zoo has put up some nettings and vines for the orang utans to venture beyond their enclosure. We talked to a zoo keeper and found out that this was a new project and he was stationed there full time to ensure that these primates would not be up to any mischief. As the sky started to turn dark, we decided to move on. There were an orang utan swinging along the vine above the walkway and she decided to PEE!!! some visitor "screamed" when she realised what was happening. Luckily for her, it was not on her. But Matthew woke up crying...
We wanted to watch Tiger Feeding, but somehow we couldn't find the enclosure. Instead we took a tram ride round the zoo before heading home...
16 April 2006
Here's a photo of Matthew with Po Po and Gong Gong at the new National Library Building along Victoria Street.
22 April 2006
We met up with Joshua, YiXuan, Nayli and their parents (and Nayli's sister Qis) at the Zoo. Making full use of the FOZ membership we got the week earlier. In fact, Matthew's little friends are FOZ friends too! Mama did not take any photos. We headed straight to the Children's Zooland where the toddlers were. We all had banana muffins (which Mama made and did not add milk, thinking that Iggy may turn up at the Zoo too). As time came for the Zoo to close for the day, we took the last tram to the zoo entrance and had B&J ice-cream. Matthew and us bid farewell to our friends and headed to Ah Ma's place for dinner. For more details of the zoo gathering, check out Miini World 24 April 2006 entry
23 April 2006
We went to to Weiyong and Yikai's place at Hougang to visit JinLing jie jie and JinYi kor kor and then to Sengkang Compass Point before heading to Punggol to see Sing Tian and Katherine's newborn Gerrard Lim JunLe. Gerrard was borned on Papa's birthday 28 March 2006. He was a small baby at 2.4kg. When we saw him, he was 3.3kg, still smaller than Matthew at birth. Matthew was 3.79kg at birth!
29 April 2006 - Cycling at East Coast Park
Matthew woke up very very early, at 6am. We had breakfast at home before heading to East Coast Park. We have always enjoyed cycling in the morning. As usual, we made our way to Bedok Jetty and then further. Because the weather was a little hot, we made our return trip before reaching Changi Sailing Club. On our way back, we went by the ski lagoon. Mike noticed that Matthew's head was nodding and realized that he has fallen asleep, with his hands on his child seat handle. So CUTE!
15 April 2006 - Friends of the Zoo
We became Friends of the Zoo. We paid $108 (10% from $120 with Toys R Us Star Card) to become FOZ, a year's entry into the Zoo, free parking, 5 train / tram rides and 4 issues of wildlife magazine. It made sense to be FOZ. Each adult entry cost $15. Toddlers enter FOC. Each zoo trip would cost $30 in entrance fees. Four trips would cost us $120. We would definitely bring Matthew to the Zoo more often, now that he could recognise lots of animals.
We were greeted by two beautiful peacocks in the car park. One of them had its tail opened and displayed. The reason being it was trying to intimidate the other peacock and chase it away.
First was the Polar bear feeding session. Matthew recognised the Polar bear (we have a polar bear stuffed toy at home) and enjoyed himself watching the Polar bear swimming around. Then we saw the white rhino and giraffes. The giraffe enclosure and viewing platform allowed us to come up close and personal with the tall animals. Zebras were up next. Matthew saw the zebras shaking their tails and we told him "wei3 ba1 (tail) yao2 yao2 (shaking)", he started dancing, amusing some visitors who were next to us.
He was totally fascinated with the Jaguars during the token feeding sessions. The big cats were jumping around, going into the water, grabbing the chunks of meat that were thrown into the water.
In Fragile Forest, he was captivated by the beautiful butterflies that had rested on the nectar trays. As we walked around, he kept looking back and pointing at them. We saw the fruit bats and the lazy tree sloths feeding on some fruit and carrots. Some butterflies came to rest on Papa's shoulder and he got upset and wanted Papa to chase them away. We were amused because it was totally opposite from the reaction we had earlier.
Children's Playland was next. We fed Matthew his macaroni lunch and he had a go at the playground after that. We then went on a train ride round the Chilren's Land.
You know how kids are... No matter how tired they are, they would try and stay awake. Matthew cried because he was tired but did not want to take his nap.. I carried him, pat him and finally he slept. We put him in the stroller for his nap. We then took a break at the Manatees and Seal enclosure and had sandwiches for lunch.
As we strolled along, we noticed that the Zoo had a new feature, free ranging orang utans. The Zoo has put up some nettings and vines for the orang utans to venture beyond their enclosure. We talked to a zoo keeper and found out that this was a new project and he was stationed there full time to ensure that these primates would not be up to any mischief. As the sky started to turn dark, we decided to move on. There were an orang utan swinging along the vine above the walkway and she decided to PEE!!! some visitor "screamed" when she realised what was happening. Luckily for her, it was not on her. But Matthew woke up crying...
We wanted to watch Tiger Feeding, but somehow we couldn't find the enclosure. Instead we took a tram ride round the zoo before heading home...
16 April 2006
Here's a photo of Matthew with Po Po and Gong Gong at the new National Library Building along Victoria Street.
22 April 2006
We met up with Joshua, YiXuan, Nayli and their parents (and Nayli's sister Qis) at the Zoo. Making full use of the FOZ membership we got the week earlier. In fact, Matthew's little friends are FOZ friends too! Mama did not take any photos. We headed straight to the Children's Zooland where the toddlers were. We all had banana muffins (which Mama made and did not add milk, thinking that Iggy may turn up at the Zoo too). As time came for the Zoo to close for the day, we took the last tram to the zoo entrance and had B&J ice-cream. Matthew and us bid farewell to our friends and headed to Ah Ma's place for dinner. For more details of the zoo gathering, check out Miini World 24 April 2006 entry
23 April 2006
We went to to Weiyong and Yikai's place at Hougang to visit JinLing jie jie and JinYi kor kor and then to Sengkang Compass Point before heading to Punggol to see Sing Tian and Katherine's newborn Gerrard Lim JunLe. Gerrard was borned on Papa's birthday 28 March 2006. He was a small baby at 2.4kg. When we saw him, he was 3.3kg, still smaller than Matthew at birth. Matthew was 3.79kg at birth!
29 April 2006 - Cycling at East Coast Park
Matthew woke up very very early, at 6am. We had breakfast at home before heading to East Coast Park. We have always enjoyed cycling in the morning. As usual, we made our way to Bedok Jetty and then further. Because the weather was a little hot, we made our return trip before reaching Changi Sailing Club. On our way back, we went by the ski lagoon. Mike noticed that Matthew's head was nodding and realized that he has fallen asleep, with his hands on his child seat handle. So CUTE!
Labels: east coast park, SMH, zoo
