Friday, December 22, 2006
Singapore Zoological Garden
Mother-India!
How very very true...indians then were so intelligent! and we the descendants are no less :)
Thats me!
Singapore's Zoological Gardens
The Singapore Zoo is a model of an open zoo concept. The animals are kept in spacious landscaped enclosures, separated from visitors by dry or wet moats. Oppressive cages which typify old zoos are absent. Animals are kept in well landscaped and spacious enclosures simulating their natural habitats.
Some Facts i bet u didnt know!
Opened in: 23 June 1973
Officiated by: Dr Goh Keng Swee
Total Land Area: 28 hectares
Initial Capital: $9 million (Government grant)
Total number of specimens: 3050
Number of visitors: 1.3 million per year
So we arrived at 11am we were actually very worried about the weather as its been pouring for the past few days but thank god our trip was well worth it! It didnt rain til we got home :P
WE walked thru the entire zoo and here are some snaps!
The closest i've been to cockroaches all my life...
I really liked this one.
This racoon type really liked my dad
Orang utans remain orang utans...
Did you know that Giraffes have the same number of neck bones as a mouse and human? 7 neck bones!
The surprised sun bear :)
An otter on sentry duty ;;)
The famous famous babe!
White rhino doesnt really seem white!
A butterfly sat on my head for more than a minute while i walked thru the open aviary
We also met Inuku the worlds largest polar bear...they live in a 3.5-metre deep pool to allow them to cool off, an air-conditioned den and a separate cubbing den for rearing cubs. Live fish are released so that the polar bears can go `fishing' as they would in the wild.
it was her 16th birthday!
Trip to Malaysia
Dad was on leave this week so we decided to go to Malaysia on Monday. Since it was a monday, we didnt expect a jam but unfortunately there was, probably due to the school holidays. While i was on the way, I called up starhub customer service to get my auto roaming activated else alvin wouldnt be able to get hold of me. It cost me 10 bucks to activate and 5bucks for the bill! :( anyway then we headed to Nillai Restaurant to have our breakfast, most of them speak only tamil and malay and though i had ordered a roti prata telur for myself, i ended up eating Thosai :( well anyway dad was saying that alvin should have come...cuz he always manages to get things thru to them...and our orders are never misplaced. This was the first time since our ROM that he wasnt able to come on the trip with us...
Anywya then we headed to Carefour instead of the johor city square and did our shopping there after which we headed to Gayathri where dad buys his insence sticks for prayers and such.
Then down to Amma's Restaurant for dinner.We had our usual, Chicken briyani! It is really yummy! :) and dapao back for alvin.We left the place at about 6+ almost 7 it was raining cats and dogs! but were caught in the jam for almost an hour and only reached sgp at about 9.Surprisingly it was only jammed in Malaysia but in singapore it was so free...there was no queue at all.
Well that was what happened on 18th Dec 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Around the world...
-Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Research (Jan. 3): In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran states that it plans to restart work on its “peaceful nuclear energy program.”
-Spacecraft Heads to Pluto (Jan. 19): New Horizons craft will travel three billion miles over nine years to study Pluto's atmosphere and surface.
-Protests Over Cartoons Turn Violent (Feb. 4): Throughout the Muslim world, angry demonstrators smash windows, set fires, and burn flags, protesting cartoons that depict Muhammad in a negative light. The cartoons have appeared in newspapers in several European countries. In Syria, mobs burn the Danish and Norwegian embassies.
-Scientists Find Evidence of Water on a Saturn Moon (March 10): Journal Science reports that the spacecraft Cassini has taken pictures of what look like water geysers on Enceladus.
-Scientists Discover Important Fossil (April 6): A group of scientists report finding the fossil of a 375-million-year-old fish that has early signs of limbs.
-Thousands Die in Indonesian Earthquake (May 27): About 5,750 people are killed in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Java Island. Nearly 500,000 are left homeless.
-Mid-Atlantic Region Endures Worst Flooding in Decades (June 28): After days of drenching rain, rivers overflow their banks from Virginia to central New York. About 200,000 residents are evacuated from the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., area, and thousands more elsewhere in the region.
-North Korea Test Fires Missiles (July 4): Country launches at least six missiles over the Sea of Japan. One of them, an intercontinental ballistic missile, fails.
-Bombs Kill Hundreds on Trains in India (July 11): More than 200 people die and hundreds more are wounded when a series of bombs explode on commuter trains in Mumbai during the evening rush hour.
-Italy Wins Its Fourth World Cup (July 9): Defeats France, 5–3, in a penalty shootout. France's -star, midfielder
Zinédine Zidane, is ejected for head-butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi.
-Hundreds Die in Tsunami (July 18): More than 800 people die when an undersea earthquake hits off the coast of Java, Indonesia.
-Pluto Is Demoted (Aug. 24): The International Astronomical Union votes to redefine the solar system, and Pluto loses its status as a planet. It is reclassified as a dwarf planet.
-Thai Military Seizes Power (Sept. 20): Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin stages a bloodless coup and declares martial law while Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is at the meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.
-North Korea Tests a Nuclear Missile (Oct. 9): International outrage and condemnation follows the explosion of a nuclear device in the mountains of North Korea. President Bush calls the test a “threat to international peace and security.” The United Nations Security Council meets to consider sanctions on the country.
-Earthquake Strikes Hawaii (Oct. 15): Quake with a magnitude of 6.6 hits the Island of Hawaii. It is the largest earthquake since 1983.
-Deadly Storm Ravages Southeast (Nov. 16): A dozen people are killed in wind storms and tornadoes that sweep through six states. Dozens others are injured.
-Hundreds Die in Philippines Typhoon (Nov. 30): About 460 people are killed in landslides in Albay Province that were caused by a typhoon.
-NASA Announces Plan for Base on Moon (Dec. 4): Construction of the base is scheduled to begin after 2020, when astronauts will return to the Moon.
2006...brought with it...
2006...
brought with it:
-Chandini turnin a teen
-Me turning 24
-my 2nd ROM Anniversary
-Trip to India
-Uncle's wedding
-My bridal lehanga
-My wedding mahurats
-A new nephew (Abhimaan)
-Another one on the way(mei's)
-Fun filled Diwali
-New levis engineered jeans
-A new mobile phone
-A new bolster
-pair of polo sport Transition
lens glasses
-hope for treatment of migraine
-A trip to the zoo
-Lotsa rain
Saturday, December 09, 2006
The Christmas Tree
We've got a Christmas tree for our home this year :) its all lighted up and decorated now...with a blue& silver star to top it up.Alvin and i had gone down to vivo city to purchase the items and i couldnt wait to get home to deocrate the tree....it looks great! though i would very much prefer a white christmas tree...i hope i get it for my own home in the near future :)
Christmas is really a fun festive day.I mean since we're non christians, at least we get presents and get a tree all decorated to feel the christmas spirit...the orchard light up makes u feel so in the mood to celebrate.
Take a look at the picture that i've uploaded...we even have presents all wrapped up and waiting to be opened ;) we'd have celebrated it with turkey and spaghetti with the families over here but something sad occured in the family...so mum said it wont be nice to celebrate... I totally agree
Anyway i believe in santa though i know he doesnt exist.See cuz its the season for giving....though not santa but somone does always give...so santa! a great tradition you created! :) ho ho ho!!! Merry christmas! :)
