Friday, January 21, 2011

Singapore Retreat - Into the Wild [Part 2]

11 December 2010 @ Singapore Zoo

After breakfast, we took a taxi to AMK Hub where we had Durian Pancake! The hot pancake is filled with 100% cold durian flesh. It's definitely a Must-Try for durian lovers. The 4 Season Durian shop is located inside AMK Hub.


Nom Nom Nom

The object of getting there was to take Bus 138 to Singapore Zoo. The ride is approximately 30 minutes.

Once there, swarms of people rushed to queue for the tickets. I was shocked to see the line... but the fast service of the staff there need not for us to wait very long to reach our turn.

Me, JooLi, MinBee & Kuan

The first animal I saw was some tiny little primates running around the pathways and swinging from trees to trees in the open area. I was impressed by how close the visitors can get to the animals.

Our tickets

Not too far from the entrance was the main attraction of the zoo - White Tigers!! Ah, my favs. Three white tigers were in the den, 1 male and 2 females.

The male white tiger really loves attention, posing for cameras and swimming in the water. This is the first time ever I saw a tiger swimming in the water, usually they'd stay away from 'em aye.

No doubt the centre of attraction in the zoo, that place was jammed up with people and cameras trying to get a good shot of the tigers. *ROAR*

No, they're not doing it

The zoo is so well-designed that you get to experience the wilds of different continents. Next up after white tigers is the Australian Outback. All animals were not caged in the area. Kangaroos, Emu, Cassowary and other Australian creatures were free to roam around but most were seen hiding under the shades as the weather is too hot at noon time.

AHH!! MinBee sending me to Australia

We continue walking and walking and walking....

unicorn, baboon, kangaroo and some bird [top left clockwise]

I really like the glass panels where you can really see the animals from a very close distance. I have never been that close to lions and cheetahs before.

orangutan, cheetah, zebra, lions [top left clockwise]

There were also quite a number of feeding time and you can actually feed the animals yourself! I saw little kids queuing up to feed the rhino. Aww.. How cute..

Pygmy, underwater ballerina & JooLi, abovewater ballerina

Huts, statues, carvings, weapons, etc etc can be seen at the African area, alongside with some baboons, antelopes and other animals.


We were so tired of walking we decided to take the tram to another area. We paid $5 for it anyways.


There's another caged area where we went was full of little animals roaming around. It's supposed to be a Butterfly Farm but other creatures were in it too.

Kuan trying reach for the I-Don't-Know-What

Fly Foxes (aka Fruit Bats)

Lemurs singing "I like to movit movit~ MOVIT!!"

We took the tram back to the centre of the zoo and had lunch at Ah Meng Restaurant (named after Ah Meng, the Orang Utan). One word to describe the food, Expensive.


After our late lunch, we head on to watch the scheduled elephant show. Not as WOW as expected but the elephants do have a few sleek moves there. You can watch how the spectators got wet at my Youtube.


It started raining cats and dogs right after the show and we just decided to head back to town since nothing much can be done with the place so wet. On the way out, I managed to snapped a short clip of otters having sex in the water. Enjoy!


All of us had so much fun in the zoo, except that all our feet sore after that. I'd recommend tourists to give it a go and I'm sure you'll have an awesome experience with the animals. Billy, out.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Singapore Retreat - Getting There [Part 1]

10 December 2010 @ Kuala Lumpur

It's more than a decade since I last went to Singapore. Can hardly remember anything besides the Merlion at Sentosa island. So, I decided to go for there for a short retreat with JooLi since we've not been out of Malaysia together.

Prior to this trip, I had to thank yoursingapore.com for being a very resourceful site for tourists. I even found my accomodation there with a fairly reasonable price!

Now back to the story, it was a working day. Had to rush home, change and get ready for the departure. We took KTM Intercity train to Singapore. It's a whole new experience and it's cheap too! RM40 for upper bunk and RM46 for lower bunk.

Crumpy and Me

Pinky and JooLi

Our new bags - Crumpy and Pinky

I didn't mind the clinging and clanging sound of the train. The worse part of my entire night was that every time the train stops moving, I'd wake up. And when it moves again, I'd wake up again. Can't really get much quality sleep for me...


11 December 2010 @ Singapore



We reached Woodlands to bypass the immigration and I did a stupid mistake by taking out the camera. Almost got my camera confiscated man... *phew*


We went back to the train and it then brought us to the city centre after another 30 mins ride.

Ta-da! I'm in Singapore at 8.05am!

I made a couple of calls and finally met up with my long time no see buddies in the bus.

MinBee, Kuan, JooLi and Me

We dropped our stuffs at the hotel and proceed with dim sum breakfast at Aljunied.

our first meal in Singapore


Oh I forgot.. MinBee made me a welcome card too! How nice of her. I shall tell you about the amazing Zoo of Singapore in my next post. Billy, out.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Happy Burstday to Me [Wave 1]

1 December 2010 @ Office

My earliest birthday celebration this year was in my very own office. It was a joint celebration with those who were born in the last quarter of the year.

We ordered some briyani rice and some lauk for lunch and it just made the rest of my day very very sleepy... But I loved the food tho.

D' Cake

D' birthday team - including my GM

D' Food and D' Gift

My gift

This time around, we got a more decent looking cup as birthday gift from the members in my office. Thanks Kak Leha and everyone from ITAIC.


5 December 2010 @ Subang Jaya

Second birthday treat was also a joint birthday celebration with JooLi's brother-in-law, Colin. We stuffed ourselves with so much food at the steamboat buffet until my tummy almost burst. Haha..

Birthday Boys

Murdering my cake

JooNa, Colin, Me & JooLi

I've got... a tee, a tumbler and a bag with cologne + deodorant


7 December 2010 @ Pizza Uno, Centrepoint

The 3rd round I had with my friends from my company. For the first time ever, so many of them came to celebrate with me. Good thing I suggested to celebrate earlier when everyone is still in town.

The food is pretty good for the price we pay for. Definitely will go again if there's any occasion to celebrate. =)

Pastas, Pizzas... my favs *slurpz*

cutting my third cake

Me, JooLi, Wilson, Jacky, Mike, Cheryl, Eugene, HanChin, WoonLee

That's not all yet. Still got more food and cake and presents to come... Stay tune! And Happy Burstday to myself! Billy, out.
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