“不可以睡！不可以睡！至少要把最后的这篇读完！”
“不要动！不要动！至少让我拍一张！”
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Singapore through my N97 - Buses, trucks and jams
我们有好多的巴士，好多的冷气巴士。但好多的冷气巴士是需要一个好的系统来操作的，不然还不如70年代的旧巴士！
Shell油站有$1的汽油促销，我也和其他的司机一起在油站外排了一条长龙。我们很听警卫的话的都把车子靠路边多一点点，不要挡住路，让别的车子可以照样通过。进到油站后就听油站员工的指示，把车子排在正在打油的车子的后面，继续等待。就这样全程不到20分钟，每个人很耐心的按部就班，一点混乱也没有哦！
好烦人的交通阻塞啊！把窗口放下，让我喘口气吧！
最近路上的工程也太多了吧？不管是新区还是旧区，只要是有马路的都在修路。我们的公路真的有这么多问题吗？还是因为我们需要在经济不景气的时候制造就业机会？
一桶桶的煤气让我想起以前我们家也是靠这些煤气来煮饭烧水的。但自从新的组屋都在厨房里直接装上煤气管后，就只剩下旧组屋的旧街坊还继续跟杂货店租用这些煤气桶了。
Monday, October 26, 2009
Close-up of birds at the Jurong Bird Park
说时迟那时快，喂食时间一到，鸟儿们突然好像战斗机那样从树上飞奔下来，一口叼到虫子后又立刻飞走！
“哇~ 是人在喂虫咧！可是... 我应该下去吃吗？妈妈说不可以乱吃陌生人的东西咧...”
鸵鸟的头这么小，还要让出位子给这么大的眼睛和更加大的嘴巴，剩下来装脑袋的位子不就所剩无多了吗？
它的回眸一笑电到你了没有？
十里平湖霜满天，寸寸青丝愁华年。对月形单望相护，只羡鸳鸯不羡仙。
秃鹰好可怜哦，明明身上有这么多羽毛，偏偏头上却空空如也！
经过另一笼的秃鹰时，它们正在用餐。虽然不知道那是什么肉扒，但红红血血的还蛮恶心的！
Jurong Bird Park里的老鹰种类还蛮多的，而且只只生猛，只是看它们的眼睛就知道就算它们是笼中鸟却一点也不温驯！
这只企鹅的毛羽好怪，从胸口那边好像生了很多厚厚的毛出来那样。这是它们的冬装吗？
Friday, October 23, 2009
Animal shows in the Singapore Zoo
海狮秀的主角当然是海狮，但好的主角也要有好的配角来衬托他们嘛~ 所以海狮秀里还有海象、企鹅和鹈鹕。其实我也不知道那几只鹈鹕到底秀了什么，好像只是在那边走来走去而已... 这就是所谓的活动布景吧？
当海狮的主持人不容易啊！随时都可能被海狮搞得一身湿的！
北极熊很耐心的坐在一边等待。它知道当主持人把它介绍给游客之后，就可以上饭咯~ 你知道吗？这只北极熊是在这里出世的，是新加坡公民，不是新移民哦！
大象秀要开始咯~ 先走一圈介绍介绍主角们！
大象是怎么把朋友叫醒的？用水咯~
怎么解救就快中暑的驯兽师？也是用水咯~
这招象鼻取帽好像有点熟口熟面，好像在其他的大象秀中也看过咧... 就好像似乎每场魔术秀都要表演把鸽子从空中变出来的把戏那样吧！
大象躺着也可以偷萝卜吃哦！当然还是要驯兽师的合作，站得近一点点，讲废话讲得久一点点。
大象的长鼻子是很有力的！所以古人都利用它们来当苦力搬运木材，波斯人甚至把它们当坦克车来打战！现在的大象就幸运多了，有表演的时候搬搬树木，没表演的时候就可以relac one corner！
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Animals in the Singapore Zoo
看着白虎先生在那边舔自己洗澡，让我想起了以前家里的小白小猫咪，不管是白猫还是白老虎都是爱干净的，毕竟都没看过身体脏脏毛黑黑的白猫白老虎吧？用口水洗澡真的这么神奇，比X牌洗衣剂还好用？
我也不知道这只袋鼠在看地上的什么东东。不过拍过那么多站着的袋鼠，难得可以拍到一只弯下腰的也不错呗~ 没发现袋鼠通常都是站得好像立正那样直的吗？
让我再重复多一次，这是emu，是鸸鹋，不是鸵鸟！
是真的啰！自从孙悟空在火焰山被烧屁股后，他的猴孙们的屁股都是红通通的啰~
都已经被人家爬到壳上去了，很明显谁是老大了吧？
当时的情形是这样子的，小猴子要从左边爬去右边，大猴子要从右边爬去左边，然后两只猴子就卡在那边了。汗~
猴子也会想太多的，不然怎么进化成人类？
猴子不是在摆pose，只是它爬绳子爬得实在是太慢了，才会让我有机会拍下来。
前面的是犀牛大便。后面的是犀牛屁股。
在为两母子拍照的时候，后面的鹿也看过来了。是鹿爸爸吗？他也想拍全家福照吗？
这就是名副其实，100%正版的zipbra prince！它们够不够boomz？
原来长颈鹿不只颈项长，舌头也很长！
当时很纳闷，为什么只看到母狮子，却没看到雄狮子。后来才发现原来它们在夜间动物园值夜班啦！
突然间路边的石头上出现了这只金色小壁虎。突然间所有的人都围住它拍照。附近的动物一定在想：“靠！什么东西跑来抢我们的镜头？”
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Ai yo~ why our musical fountain so Disney?
We've got no idea why Sentosa was so super crowded on that Sunday. The whole place was crowded with tourists! So to be Singaporeanly kiasu (translation: afraid of losing out), the first thing that we did when we reached was to purchase the Songs of the Sea musical fountain tickets for the evening.
Before taking the free shuttle bus to Underwater World, we proceeded to the 7-11 to top-up our water supply. Thank God for 7-11, if not there's no way we can get a bottle of drinking water for less than S$2 at such an expensive tourist spot!
When we reached Underwater World, we had to fly our Japanese friend aeroplane (translation: stood up) and let her go in alone because S$22.90 to watch fishes is too much for middle class Singaporeans like us. We knew she was disappointed, but bo bian (translation: no choice) lah...
After she paid for the ticket, she said that the ticket counter girl told her that the ticket is inclusive of a visit to the Dolphin Lagoon, but she won't be able to make it because it was then 5pm and the last entry to the lagoon was 5:30pm. WTH! So she paid extra for nothing? Like that Underwater World damn eat money (translation: cheat money) man! Since the Dolphin Lagoon closed liao, then they should make the Underwater World tickets cheaper after say 5pm right? So all the tourists who visit Underwater World from 5pm to 9pm (when it closes) all kana chop carrot head (translation: made to pay much higher price than the item's actual worth) lor!
From S$0 to S$10, our musical fountain is getting more and more expensive. And since it is S$10 now, they have to show the audience more than just some dancing water pillars, to make their money worthwhile right? So they attempted to make a musical out of the musical fountain! And a Disney-look-and-sound-alike one some more!
All the actors and actresses talked and sang like High School Musical, and if you close your eyes, you would thought that you are in the United States of America! So this is how we are supposed to talk like if the "Speak Good English" campaign becomes successful? Then all the animated characters projected onto the dark sky also played and sang like Finding Nemo. We can't get more Disney than this!
Like I said, since we paid S$10, they had to give us more than just water pillars swinging here and there. So there were also fire explosions (the fire in water display was spectacular though) and laser beams display (abit lame liao). And of course, like any other major performances in Singapore, we have to end it with fireworks!
Before taking the free shuttle bus to Underwater World, we proceeded to the 7-11 to top-up our water supply. Thank God for 7-11, if not there's no way we can get a bottle of drinking water for less than S$2 at such an expensive tourist spot!
When we reached Underwater World, we had to fly our Japanese friend aeroplane (translation: stood up) and let her go in alone because S$22.90 to watch fishes is too much for middle class Singaporeans like us. We knew she was disappointed, but bo bian (translation: no choice) lah...
After she paid for the ticket, she said that the ticket counter girl told her that the ticket is inclusive of a visit to the Dolphin Lagoon, but she won't be able to make it because it was then 5pm and the last entry to the lagoon was 5:30pm. WTH! So she paid extra for nothing? Like that Underwater World damn eat money (translation: cheat money) man! Since the Dolphin Lagoon closed liao, then they should make the Underwater World tickets cheaper after say 5pm right? So all the tourists who visit Underwater World from 5pm to 9pm (when it closes) all kana chop carrot head (translation: made to pay much higher price than the item's actual worth) lor!
From S$0 to S$10, our musical fountain is getting more and more expensive. And since it is S$10 now, they have to show the audience more than just some dancing water pillars, to make their money worthwhile right? So they attempted to make a musical out of the musical fountain! And a Disney-look-and-sound-alike one some more!
All the actors and actresses talked and sang like High School Musical, and if you close your eyes, you would thought that you are in the United States of America! So this is how we are supposed to talk like if the "Speak Good English" campaign becomes successful? Then all the animated characters projected onto the dark sky also played and sang like Finding Nemo. We can't get more Disney than this!
Like I said, since we paid S$10, they had to give us more than just water pillars swinging here and there. So there were also fire explosions (the fire in water display was spectacular though) and laser beams display (abit lame liao). And of course, like any other major performances in Singapore, we have to end it with fireworks!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Ai yo~ so many birds to feed at Jurong Bird Park
In Singapore, everything that you buy, the more you buy, the more worth it. That's why we've got buy this got that crap-gift free, buy $50 got $0.50 off, buy 2 big ones get 1 small one free etc. Similarly, it makes more sense to get the Park Hopper 3-in-1, so that's how we ended up at Jurong Bird Park.
My Japanese friend said our bird park very open very good. We let our birds fly here fly there in the aviaries instead of locking them up in cages. Actually a bit like Singaporeans lah, we are also given freedom to express ourselves mah, just that there is this big net on top to make sure we don't really fly out of the aviary lor!
It is fun to walk about in the aviaries when birds just fly across on the top of your head and trying to spot these birds among the trees is challenging too. At the end of the day, sure got sore neck one! But besides the birds high up on the trees, there are also different species of ducks in the pond down below. And some of these ducks can actually swim damn fast man!
Of all the birds in the bird park, I think those lories at the Lory Loft must be the happiest. There is an endless stream of visitors to pay a few dollars for a little cup of liquid food to feed them so they can have breakfast, tea-break, lunch and dinner anytime of the day! I would have thought that eating the same thing every meal a bit sianz (translation: bored) right? But those bird brains like eat until very happy like that leh! Some of those kan cheong spider (translation: nervous) lories even station themselves at the Food Purchase counter and just eat off the cup right after the visitor has paid for it, didn't even wait for the visitor to walk out into the aviary!
Besides the lories, we also went to watch ostriches feeding and African birds feeding at the African Waterfall Aviary. Do you know that ostriches actually eat bananas? With the skins some more! At the African Waterfall Aviary, lagi (translation: even more) more fun, because visitors are given little cups of live worms to feed the birds! And those birds just fly all over our heads at full speed and suddenly just dash onto the cups! Machiam (translation: like) Japanese kamikaze pilots attacking Pearl Harbour like that!
My Japanese friend said our bird park very open very good. We let our birds fly here fly there in the aviaries instead of locking them up in cages. Actually a bit like Singaporeans lah, we are also given freedom to express ourselves mah, just that there is this big net on top to make sure we don't really fly out of the aviary lor!
It is fun to walk about in the aviaries when birds just fly across on the top of your head and trying to spot these birds among the trees is challenging too. At the end of the day, sure got sore neck one! But besides the birds high up on the trees, there are also different species of ducks in the pond down below. And some of these ducks can actually swim damn fast man!
Of all the birds in the bird park, I think those lories at the Lory Loft must be the happiest. There is an endless stream of visitors to pay a few dollars for a little cup of liquid food to feed them so they can have breakfast, tea-break, lunch and dinner anytime of the day! I would have thought that eating the same thing every meal a bit sianz (translation: bored) right? But those bird brains like eat until very happy like that leh! Some of those kan cheong spider (translation: nervous) lories even station themselves at the Food Purchase counter and just eat off the cup right after the visitor has paid for it, didn't even wait for the visitor to walk out into the aviary!
Besides the lories, we also went to watch ostriches feeding and African birds feeding at the African Waterfall Aviary. Do you know that ostriches actually eat bananas? With the skins some more! At the African Waterfall Aviary, lagi (translation: even more) more fun, because visitors are given little cups of live worms to feed the birds! And those birds just fly all over our heads at full speed and suddenly just dash onto the cups! Machiam (translation: like) Japanese kamikaze pilots attacking Pearl Harbour like that!
Ichiban Sushi's sushi not that ichiban
那晚跟朋友约在Plaza Singapura的Ichiban Sushi日本餐馆一起吃晚餐。我很少去Ichiban Sushi用餐，如果要吃寿司的话，通常会去Genki，Sushi Tei，或是Sakae。不过既然门口有好几班人排队，心想食物应该不会差到哪里去吧？结果咧...
我吃的第一份寿司是California Handroll。当侍应生一摆在桌上，我心想“完蛋”了。第一，怎么这个handroll这么扁？第二，鱼蛋咧？然后一口咬下去后，我就三条线了。海藻太软了，而且还是软到要用牛力才咬得断的那种。寿司饭也太软了，好像一整粒的马六甲一粒球鸡饭那样，吃不出一粒粒的白米。Mayo也放得不够，搞得整个handroll清清淡淡的。结果我再也没有吃第二份寿司了。
我也叫了一个半份的Udon。那碗Udon的卖相还可以，半份的份量也不会太少。基本上Udon还不错，保持了Q度，但问题就出在汤里。那碗汤太过死甜了，而且是甜到吃面的时候会尽量不喝到汤的那种。不知道是不是因为那片豆腐皮太甜而导致整碗汤过分的甜。我想这碗Udon会比较适合那些喜欢吃double chocolate的朋友们吧...
朋友就比我幸运多了，她叫的那份Chicken Katsu套餐还算不错。鸡肉外脆内软，加上打在上面的鸡蛋和味道够的酱汁，还蛮好配饭的。
看来下次如果还有朋友约我去Ichiban Sushi的话，还是叫套餐比较保险...
我吃的第一份寿司是California Handroll。当侍应生一摆在桌上，我心想“完蛋”了。第一，怎么这个handroll这么扁？第二，鱼蛋咧？然后一口咬下去后，我就三条线了。海藻太软了，而且还是软到要用牛力才咬得断的那种。寿司饭也太软了，好像一整粒的马六甲一粒球鸡饭那样，吃不出一粒粒的白米。Mayo也放得不够，搞得整个handroll清清淡淡的。结果我再也没有吃第二份寿司了。
我也叫了一个半份的Udon。那碗Udon的卖相还可以，半份的份量也不会太少。基本上Udon还不错，保持了Q度，但问题就出在汤里。那碗汤太过死甜了，而且是甜到吃面的时候会尽量不喝到汤的那种。不知道是不是因为那片豆腐皮太甜而导致整碗汤过分的甜。我想这碗Udon会比较适合那些喜欢吃double chocolate的朋友们吧...
朋友就比我幸运多了，她叫的那份Chicken Katsu套餐还算不错。鸡肉外脆内软，加上打在上面的鸡蛋和味道够的酱汁，还蛮好配饭的。
看来下次如果还有朋友约我去Ichiban Sushi的话，还是叫套餐比较保险...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Singapore through my N97 - Kopi-C, Prata and Bak kut teh
在动物园外的cafe叫了一份Iced Kopi-C和Kaya Toasts。本来还想喊“杀人放火”，因为那杯Iced Kopi-C竟然要三块多！后来服务生把咖啡拿来了，原来是用大大的啤酒杯装的！好大的一杯Iced Kopi-C...
在Clementi Road上的The Cheese Prata Shop经常都有很多大学生去那边吃roti prata。叫了一盘Banana and Cheese Prata，香蕉配乳酪蛮好吃的。Mushroom Prata就有点逊了，只是普通的prata kosong夹了些罐头蘑菇在中间罢了，干干的一点酱也没有。
经常去Zouk的人都知道Havelock Road上有一间很出名的亚华肉骨茶店。他们卖的肉骨茶是白汤底的，就是用白胡椒煮的，辣辣的那种。他们家的肉骨茶汤美肉甜不必我介绍了，不过我觉得肉骨茶的小菜也很重要啊！他们的咸菜和鲁豆干就不错吃的，很入味但同时又不会死咸！看看后面一直在那边熬着的就是这些小菜咯！够认真了吧？
Ai-yo~ do not turn on your flash in Night Safari!
After we left the zoo, we headed over to Bongo Burgers for dinner before visiting the Night Safari. The Night Safari only opens at 7pm anyway. Wah lao (translation: WTH) that Bongo Burgers damn chop carrot (translation: putting a high price tag on cheap stuff in order to earn more from customers) lor! One burger plus fries set costs about $16, but the portion not say very big, some more the meat patty super (translation: extremely) dry and hard! I can get a much better burger at Carl's Jr with this kinda price man! Then the drinks even more ex (translation: expensive)! One glass of lemonade for $5! Damn kill people set fire (translation: attempt to rip off customer)!
To tour the Night Safari is not the same as touring the zoo. This one cannot be on foot one, because there're too many unreachable places. Must be purposely one, so that they can make more money. So no choice, LL (translation: unwilling but not given a choice) must take the $10 tram! But actually the tram okay lah, it's a 45min journey through the whole park, then half way got one stop can stop and jalang jalang (translation: walk around) before taking the next tram to continue the tour. Then the tram really like went up the mountains (small hills) and through the forests (areas of trees), got one part even like went through a small pond of water, damn shiok (translation: very exciting) man!
Every tram comes with a guide who sits with the driver, and every tram also comes with visitors who simply don't understand the meaning of "no flash". on the first tram that we took, the guide had to advise again and again, asking the visitors to turn off their flash. On the second tram that we took, the moment the tram started, the guide said "I repeat, please turn off your flash! It is a disturbance to both the animals and other visitors!" And we thought she sounded kinda impatient. Must be that tram got too many visitors keep using flash at the first half of the journey!
But regardless, we could still see people continuing to use their flash, and then it happened. In the middle of nowhere where there was not an animal in sight, the tram stopped, tram lights switched on, and then the guide walked down and started scolding from the first cabin to the last cabin "Please turn off your flash! Is there anyone here that do not understand English? No flashlight, understand? Okay?". Wow, fierce. But can't blame her also lah, after these people kana from her (translation: received punishment), really nobody used the flash anymore! See lah! Talk nice nice don't listen, must wait for people to scold then happy!
Besides the tram ride, the other activity to do at Night Safari is to watch The Show. Because it is the one and only show in the park, and the Night Safari ticket so ex, so must watch the show right? So all the people in the park wanted to watch the show, and so all the shows were full, and in the end bo bian (translation: no choice) we have to watch the last show which was at 10:30pm! Luckily the show not bad...
To tour the Night Safari is not the same as touring the zoo. This one cannot be on foot one, because there're too many unreachable places. Must be purposely one, so that they can make more money. So no choice, LL (translation: unwilling but not given a choice) must take the $10 tram! But actually the tram okay lah, it's a 45min journey through the whole park, then half way got one stop can stop and jalang jalang (translation: walk around) before taking the next tram to continue the tour. Then the tram really like went up the mountains (small hills) and through the forests (areas of trees), got one part even like went through a small pond of water, damn shiok (translation: very exciting) man!
Every tram comes with a guide who sits with the driver, and every tram also comes with visitors who simply don't understand the meaning of "no flash". on the first tram that we took, the guide had to advise again and again, asking the visitors to turn off their flash. On the second tram that we took, the moment the tram started, the guide said "I repeat, please turn off your flash! It is a disturbance to both the animals and other visitors!" And we thought she sounded kinda impatient. Must be that tram got too many visitors keep using flash at the first half of the journey!
But regardless, we could still see people continuing to use their flash, and then it happened. In the middle of nowhere where there was not an animal in sight, the tram stopped, tram lights switched on, and then the guide walked down and started scolding from the first cabin to the last cabin "Please turn off your flash! Is there anyone here that do not understand English? No flashlight, understand? Okay?". Wow, fierce. But can't blame her also lah, after these people kana from her (translation: received punishment), really nobody used the flash anymore! See lah! Talk nice nice don't listen, must wait for people to scold then happy!
Besides the tram ride, the other activity to do at Night Safari is to watch The Show. Because it is the one and only show in the park, and the Night Safari ticket so ex, so must watch the show right? So all the people in the park wanted to watch the show, and so all the shows were full, and in the end bo bian (translation: no choice) we have to watch the last show which was at 10:30pm! Luckily the show not bad...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Ai-yo~ all the zoo performances!
This is the first time that I'm taking my Japanese friend to the zoo. Usually overseas friends will ask "where are the sales?" but this time, she asked "where are the animals?"! Cool!
It has been raining these few days, and it even rained on Saturday morning itself! But heng heng (translation: luckily) the rain stopped by afternoon and we were good to go!
The moment we stepped into the zoo, a gal rushed into our path and requested to take pictures of us. Before we've got the time to think through the long string of words she sped through, we were posing happily for her camera. After which, she informed us that we could collect the photos at the exit later. HUH? OOOH! Yah... then we knew. And of course we didn't buy in the end lah, sure kana chop (translation: made to pay a high price for something cheap) one what!
Because we were cheapskate (hey, the admission already damn ex (translation: expensive) lor!), we didn't pay for the tram ride so we had to walk around the whole zoo. But it was damn tiring... especially when we had to rush from feeding shows to performance shows, from the elephants to the polar bears to the sea lion, damn shack (translation: extremely tired) lor!
By the time we panted our way from the elephants to the polar bears, the place was already super packed. But heng heng still got seats in front. When the feeding started, a gal stood by the tank to talk about the polar bears and explained to us how heavy they were, and how their fur is actually transparent and not white etc, which is actually quite a good lesson!
Never knew that "sea elephants" are actually called manatees. And they're really huge and fat lor! Can really see their three-layer-fats! But the little manatee is kawaii though! Anyway they do look like hippo... are they related somehow, like ten twenty thousands years ago? No?
Anyway the manatees are there in the pool just to swim around lah, they're not the ones performing, unless floating around is a talent. That I can do also. So the show started, and that oh-so-familiar James Bond music track played, and ta-da! The sea lion! Yah, just one sea lion. That poor guy have to do all the tricks, all the swimming at fast-and-furious speed and jumping up to catch the ball tricks.
Though this is the first time that I'm watching a sea lion performance in Singapore Zoo, somehow the performance looked so familiar... The James Bond music, the way the sea lion poked its head into the water to check traffic, the sea lion imitating jaws using its fin... Maybe I saw it at Hong Kong's Ocean Park? Or Gold Coast's Sea World? Hmm...
Anyway, thanks to that stupid sea lion's splashing hello's, I had some water to cool me down in the hot sun lor!
These penguins damn good life man! They just swam around a couple of times, ate fishes thrown into their faces, then KLKK (translation: stroll about) along a small area, then when the sea lion finished performance, they balik kampong (translation: go home)! Back to their air-con room!
Seems like these animals have the same life as us man! Some people have to work like shit and still have to listen and do whatever their management say, just for a few fishes. Some people are like Dua Beh Gong (translation: a Chinese God who sits in a temple) like that, everyone know they are super slow in their work but they'll still take their own sweet time floating slowly from one end of the pool to the other. Some people just come into office to show face, KLKK, go tea-break go lunch, then go home on time without doing any real work! Seems like life's as shitty even for the animals!
It has been raining these few days, and it even rained on Saturday morning itself! But heng heng (translation: luckily) the rain stopped by afternoon and we were good to go!
The moment we stepped into the zoo, a gal rushed into our path and requested to take pictures of us. Before we've got the time to think through the long string of words she sped through, we were posing happily for her camera. After which, she informed us that we could collect the photos at the exit later. HUH? OOOH! Yah... then we knew. And of course we didn't buy in the end lah, sure kana chop (translation: made to pay a high price for something cheap) one what!
Because we were cheapskate (hey, the admission already damn ex (translation: expensive) lor!), we didn't pay for the tram ride so we had to walk around the whole zoo. But it was damn tiring... especially when we had to rush from feeding shows to performance shows, from the elephants to the polar bears to the sea lion, damn shack (translation: extremely tired) lor!
By the time we panted our way from the elephants to the polar bears, the place was already super packed. But heng heng still got seats in front. When the feeding started, a gal stood by the tank to talk about the polar bears and explained to us how heavy they were, and how their fur is actually transparent and not white etc, which is actually quite a good lesson!
Never knew that "sea elephants" are actually called manatees. And they're really huge and fat lor! Can really see their three-layer-fats! But the little manatee is kawaii though! Anyway they do look like hippo... are they related somehow, like ten twenty thousands years ago? No?
Anyway the manatees are there in the pool just to swim around lah, they're not the ones performing, unless floating around is a talent. That I can do also. So the show started, and that oh-so-familiar James Bond music track played, and ta-da! The sea lion! Yah, just one sea lion. That poor guy have to do all the tricks, all the swimming at fast-and-furious speed and jumping up to catch the ball tricks.
Though this is the first time that I'm watching a sea lion performance in Singapore Zoo, somehow the performance looked so familiar... The James Bond music, the way the sea lion poked its head into the water to check traffic, the sea lion imitating jaws using its fin... Maybe I saw it at Hong Kong's Ocean Park? Or Gold Coast's Sea World? Hmm...
Anyway, thanks to that stupid sea lion's splashing hello's, I had some water to cool me down in the hot sun lor!
These penguins damn good life man! They just swam around a couple of times, ate fishes thrown into their faces, then KLKK (translation: stroll about) along a small area, then when the sea lion finished performance, they balik kampong (translation: go home)! Back to their air-con room!
Seems like these animals have the same life as us man! Some people have to work like shit and still have to listen and do whatever their management say, just for a few fishes. Some people are like Dua Beh Gong (translation: a Chinese God who sits in a temple) like that, everyone know they are super slow in their work but they'll still take their own sweet time floating slowly from one end of the pool to the other. Some people just come into office to show face, KLKK, go tea-break go lunch, then go home on time without doing any real work! Seems like life's as shitty even for the animals!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Cloudywind Podcast taking a break
To all Cloudywind Podcast fans, thanks for listening to my podcast postings all these while. I last checked that for the past 30days there were 1962 downloads and though it's not a large number, all of you matters to me.
Due to some personal reasons, I would need to take a break from the podcasting. It could be just for a week or two, or maybe a month, I'm not sure yet.
I hope you've enjoyed Cloudywind Podcast and hope to see you again when I'm back!
Meanwhile, I will continue to blog so you can be sure I'm not MIA!
Thanks again and I hope you'll miss my podcasts as much as I do!
I'LL BE BACK! :)
Due to some personal reasons, I would need to take a break from the podcasting. It could be just for a week or two, or maybe a month, I'm not sure yet.
I hope you've enjoyed Cloudywind Podcast and hope to see you again when I'm back!
Meanwhile, I will continue to blog so you can be sure I'm not MIA!
Thanks again and I hope you'll miss my podcasts as much as I do!
I'LL BE BACK! :)
Singapore through my N97 - A very Singaporean buffet
听说Fairmont的Plaza Market Café有很道地的本土自助餐，是一个可以一次过品尝各式各样的新加坡美食的好地方。反正朋友有voucher，就陪她去吃吃看呗！我们去吃的是晚餐，可不便宜哦！原价是一个人要整四十块咧（还没加十多巴仙的乱七八糟税哦！）！
Plaza Market Café里的摆设是走娘惹路线，连洗手的小盘子也是美美的娘惹瓷盘。可能就是因为太精致了，我们发现隔壁桌一开始就把洗手小瓷盘推到一边，然后当他们赤手吃了虾子后，竟然拿了一个小碗，然后用自己的杯子倒出冰水在小碗中洗手！昏~
Plaza Market Café很摆明重点是娘惹美食，所以自助餐中的娘惹菜还蛮多的。主菜就有Rendang Mutton，Ayam Buah Keluak，otak-otak，laksa，鲁肉和薄饼等。所有的菜都很入味，很好吃，就除了薄饼。那份薄饼真的让我大失所望。饼皮太硬，里面的馅料又淡而无味，实在不行。相比之下，laksa的汤汁够香够浓郁，虽然没有蛤却很好吃！
印度餐的booth里的印度美食有好几种菜色，roti prata也有加芝士和洋葱的。其他印度菜的味道都嘛嘛，不过nasi brani就很好吃！一汤匙的饭放进口后，就觉得好香好味，整口都是香料的味道！
自助餐中最多的还是中餐，味道也都不错，就除了锅贴。虽然锅贴都是现煎的，但皮软软的一坨，一点也不Q也不脆。比较喜欢香脆的柠檬鸡，餐厅很聪明的把柠檬酱汁另外放，不会把炸鸡搞得软软的。其他的菜还蛮不错，芹菜虾球的虾很新鲜很Q，大辣椒炒牛肉的牛肉很入味也不会炒到死硬。至于那份海鲜炒饭就被之前吃的nasi brani比下去了！
这里的甜品琳琅满目，有西式的chocolate fondue、雪糕、蛋糕等，娘惹的nonya kueh，印度的pudding，还有中式的芝麻糊！除非我可以立刻生多个胃，不然是不可能吃下所有的甜品的啦！当中最喜欢的是姜汁pudding和榴莲pudding，尤其是榴莲pudding，里面的榴莲肉还真不少，超赞的！
Plaza Market Café里的摆设是走娘惹路线，连洗手的小盘子也是美美的娘惹瓷盘。可能就是因为太精致了，我们发现隔壁桌一开始就把洗手小瓷盘推到一边，然后当他们赤手吃了虾子后，竟然拿了一个小碗，然后用自己的杯子倒出冰水在小碗中洗手！昏~
Plaza Market Café很摆明重点是娘惹美食，所以自助餐中的娘惹菜还蛮多的。主菜就有Rendang Mutton，Ayam Buah Keluak，otak-otak，laksa，鲁肉和薄饼等。所有的菜都很入味，很好吃，就除了薄饼。那份薄饼真的让我大失所望。饼皮太硬，里面的馅料又淡而无味，实在不行。相比之下，laksa的汤汁够香够浓郁，虽然没有蛤却很好吃！
印度餐的booth里的印度美食有好几种菜色，roti prata也有加芝士和洋葱的。其他印度菜的味道都嘛嘛，不过nasi brani就很好吃！一汤匙的饭放进口后，就觉得好香好味，整口都是香料的味道！
自助餐中最多的还是中餐，味道也都不错，就除了锅贴。虽然锅贴都是现煎的，但皮软软的一坨，一点也不Q也不脆。比较喜欢香脆的柠檬鸡，餐厅很聪明的把柠檬酱汁另外放，不会把炸鸡搞得软软的。其他的菜还蛮不错，芹菜虾球的虾很新鲜很Q，大辣椒炒牛肉的牛肉很入味也不会炒到死硬。至于那份海鲜炒饭就被之前吃的nasi brani比下去了！
这里的甜品琳琅满目，有西式的chocolate fondue、雪糕、蛋糕等，娘惹的nonya kueh，印度的pudding，还有中式的芝麻糊！除非我可以立刻生多个胃，不然是不可能吃下所有的甜品的啦！当中最喜欢的是姜汁pudding和榴莲pudding，尤其是榴莲pudding，里面的榴莲肉还真不少，超赞的！
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