A day at the zoo

It's been years since i've been to the zoo. if not for our daughter, it will take another several more years. haha...

Preparing for breakfast and lunch

this was what we had for breakfast and lunch. made our own cos zoo stuff all very expensive:)

all ready to go!

Although i'm not an animal lover, i still marvelled at the beauty and creativity of God's creation. the big cats (ceetah, tigers, leapards) were especially beautiful. and the huge ones (elephants, polar bears, seagulls) made us seem so small. the colorful ones (mandrill, parrots) were amazingly bright...

the highlight of the day for me was the ride on the elephant! and also the privilege of watching (right in front of my face) the elephants do what we normally do in the toilet. Small business and big business at the same time. And they has LOTS stored in that body of theirs! It took quite some time before they're finally done. and we watched in fascination as well as disgust. too bad we didn't video it down as it was quite unexpected.


like i said, i haven't been to the zoo for years... so it was a surprise that besides the animals, there was also a playground for kids.

Shocked! first time sit swing!

enjoying the water!

dun wanna get out!

and after a long day, it was home sweet home!!

Two shall become one

Indeed, two shall become one... even their blogs. haha. since i'm such an irregular blogger, i've decided to capitalize on hubby's blog. Rather than leave my blog inactive for another two years... the last time i blogged was in 2006! heh heh... in between, i got pregnant, went through a horrendous process of giving birth (22 hours! imprints on my mind like a rubber stamp, never to go away), raised a daughter who is now 11 months old, who is quite an angel! haha, no la, very naughty girl!


well, despite the nightmare of giving birth, i'm gonna try for another one next year. yeh, its going to be an open secret that i'm masochistic. haha... well now, let's talk abt today.

Today is a sat, a day to be cherished.. as time passes, one realizes that weekends are getting more and more precious. and today is the first time i brought my daughter to the library. did she enjoy it? well, she socialized with other children and treated books the way they should not be treated... pounded on them, stepped on them, pulled them, patted them. she especially enjoyed pulling one book after another and letting all of them lie around her while she kept her mind focused on emptying the shelves. and this poor mother began her aerobics exercise of picking up after her! hmmm, come to think of it, there is no need to visit the gymn anymore if i bring her to the library.

thank goodness she did enjoy reading some of the books i borrowed home. well, not reading actually, just practicing her finger skills by pointing on everything that's in the book. Its already quite a feat as she seldom sits down with a book opened in front of her. usually the book sends her crawling in the other direction.

and today, i ate salad for lunch. hai... despite my healthy diet, i'm still putting on weight. all thanks to the mooncakes! I looove mooncakes. irresistible. so every mooncake festival, every chinese new year, every christmas, every dumpling festival, my efforts at losing weight goes down the drain. hai, here goes another round of jogging regime.

ok... enough for today. gonna go stephen tong rally later. will blog another time, hopefuly not two years later!