Monday, June 12, 2006
Zoo Trip... What an ending...
The morning did not start right. It was raining. Matthew woke up early at 5:55am. I told him to go back to sleep, very obediently, he went to lie down on his bed. But he was up again 5-10 minutes later.. This went on till 6:50am. I decided to wake up.
Our initial plan was to be out of the house by 8:30am to reach the zoo at the opening hour of 9am. Papa had a late night, ironing clothes and watching soccer, so he was in bed till 8am. It did not matter, because it was raining.
It finally stopped at 9am. We decided to go ahead with the trip. In 10 minutes, I managed to come up with fried rice for our lunch (a little cheating required, the ingredients were prepared earlier). We were out of the house by 9:40am, reaching the zoo at 10am. Matthew actually fell asleep in the car, but only for 10 minutes.
We rented the Tiny Explorer cart for Matthew. He was excited and kept pointing to us the direction to go.
The first stop was near the entrance, where the Simang (a type of primate) are located. We saw the zookeeper feeding some little monkey type mammals (not Simang) with peanuts and fruit. Matthew was totally amused by these small mammals, because they were fast moving and agile.
Next up, the otters. The group of them were busy following the zookeeper (who was outside the enclosure), obviously hoping for some food. But sorry guys, it was not feeding time. We also caught two otters swimming in water in their underwater observatory. Matthew saw them swimming and he paddled his hands, just like the otters.
Then we saw the flamingo. Matthew only associated them as birds. Nothing interesting here.
The lions were up next in the Cat Country. First we saw the lioness on a rock...
Then in the up close and personal gallery, we saw the big male lion. Whoa, it was the first time we saw a real lion so close up. Usually we would only the lionesses.
Finally another bonus, we saw the ever elusive leopard, taking a nap...
After that, we skipped the Children's Zoo and Play area and made our way to the Sealion, Manatee and Penguins enclosure. We had our lunch here, while waiting for the sealion token feeding session to start.
Matthew was not interested in the sealions, but was captivated by the Pelicans which stationed themselves near to where the zookeeper was. After the session was finished, the playful sealions (obviously wanted more food) were splashing water and making lots of noises.
This was something new we did not know, perhaps Matthew would do it when he's older - Token feeding for the penguins by the kids! The zookeeper got four kids to feed the penguins. The kids had fun throwing the fishes into the water.
After that, we thought we would just make our way to the entrance, stopping by at any interesting exhibits. Matthew was walking and somehow he tripped and fell flat on his face. He had some scratches on his forehead and nose and a Big Big Bump (baluku) on his forehead.
This is a photo of Matthew after a nice warm bath, on our way out to IMM to buy diapers. The swelling had gone down, but the bump was still so red.
Our initial plan was to be out of the house by 8:30am to reach the zoo at the opening hour of 9am. Papa had a late night, ironing clothes and watching soccer, so he was in bed till 8am. It did not matter, because it was raining.
It finally stopped at 9am. We decided to go ahead with the trip. In 10 minutes, I managed to come up with fried rice for our lunch (a little cheating required, the ingredients were prepared earlier). We were out of the house by 9:40am, reaching the zoo at 10am. Matthew actually fell asleep in the car, but only for 10 minutes.
We rented the Tiny Explorer cart for Matthew. He was excited and kept pointing to us the direction to go.
The first stop was near the entrance, where the Simang (a type of primate) are located. We saw the zookeeper feeding some little monkey type mammals (not Simang) with peanuts and fruit. Matthew was totally amused by these small mammals, because they were fast moving and agile.Next up, the otters. The group of them were busy following the zookeeper (who was outside the enclosure), obviously hoping for some food. But sorry guys, it was not feeding time. We also caught two otters swimming in water in their underwater observatory. Matthew saw them swimming and he paddled his hands, just like the otters.Then we saw the flamingo. Matthew only associated them as birds. Nothing interesting here.The lions were up next in the Cat Country. First we saw the lioness on a rock...Then in the up close and personal gallery, we saw the big male lion. Whoa, it was the first time we saw a real lion so close up. Usually we would only the lionesses.Finally another bonus, we saw the ever elusive leopard, taking a nap... After that, we skipped the Children's Zoo and Play area and made our way to the Sealion, Manatee and Penguins enclosure. We had our lunch here, while waiting for the sealion token feeding session to start. Matthew was not interested in the sealions, but was captivated by the Pelicans which stationed themselves near to where the zookeeper was. After the session was finished, the playful sealions (obviously wanted more food) were splashing water and making lots of noises.
This was something new we did not know, perhaps Matthew would do it when he's older - Token feeding for the penguins by the kids! The zookeeper got four kids to feed the penguins. The kids had fun throwing the fishes into the water.
After that, we thought we would just make our way to the entrance, stopping by at any interesting exhibits. Matthew was walking and somehow he tripped and fell flat on his face. He had some scratches on his forehead and nose and a Big Big Bump (baluku) on his forehead.This is a photo of Matthew after a nice warm bath, on our way out to IMM to buy diapers. The swelling had gone down, but the bump was still so red.
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