The weekend was time spent well with my family.
On Sat, had an outing to the zoo...yup...the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Haven't been there in ages, and it was such a pleasant and refreshing surprise to have seen the changes in the settings and enclosures that were exhibited. Well, maybe not literally refreshing coz there was still the 'zoo animal poo' smell thingy lingering in the air.
The weather was kind. Cloudy and cooling...great considering the fact that u have to walk ard the entire zoo to look at the animals. Went with Dad, Mum, Sis....Nicky, my brother didn't want to tag along coz he thought he had outgrown all that kiddish going to the zoo stuff....rather go for floorball training instead! That toot! Well....the outing really made me feel like a kid again....just brought back those wonderful younger days when the zoo was basically the only worthwhile and more exciting attractions to visit...! Loved going to the zoo when i was young...as pathetic as it may sound i think my parents brought my brother and i there whenever it was our birthdays....hey...but i liked it k!
Not too sure but i remembered seeing more animals. Kinda appeared to me that the animals have dwindled in numbers. Walked ard the whole zoo and as compared to previous visits (which was ages ago) the zoo seemed pretty 'empty'.... as just like 1 or 2 animals per enclosure...poor animals. Then of coz there were the few that had more in them. But still....was pretty sad and pathetic to see just 1 or 2 animals locked up in cages...Roaming ard and looking all pitiful on the opposite side. Then again....I'm sure the keepers treat them well....(at least i hope so) ...don't think Singapore would allow ill-treating of wildlife anyway! Other than that...pretty much the rest of it has remained the same.
I especially liked the exhibit on the white tigers...took a couple of shots of it...shall post it up when my laptop gets back (passed it to a friend for reformatting). I tell u... they were simply beautiful man....grand and very elegant looking...the white coat of fur with their signature black tiger stripes.... magnificant i tell u. Oh yes...one more thing that puzzled me was the fact that i couldn't find any exhibits on the HIPPOS???? Now now...WHERE HAVE ALL THE HIPPOS GONE????? All i saw was the pygmy hippo...that's not the same! Wanted to see the real big huge ones that spend 3/4 their time lazing in the waters kind!!!!! So sad! Kinda though the giraffes disappeared too! Hey come to think abt it now...what in the world is happening to our zoo man!
Sunday was its usual as per normal. U know...go church with family, eat breakfast at kopitiam...go back watch TV, snooze....watch tv...eat dinner....watch tv...sleep....Life??? I was bored coz lah....coz a particualr someone said wanted to meet up with a few others for dinner but in the end felt that sleeping was more fun....right NIC??? U piggified tootface! Well that was my weekend for u.... kinda bored actually coz most of my friends are either busy working, hanging out with their other half or busy with NS or stuck in camp...sighz!
I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms from not playing sports...!!!! Haven't been doing much cept run, swim, cycle. Really feel like playign some team sports, my hands and legs are starting to get 'itchy'. Missed those ultimate frisbee, volleyball and touch rugby team games that my friends and i used to play weekly back there in aust. Volley or Touch anyone?????? come on..... arghhhhh....