To the zoo! To the zoo!

Double dates are love, especially when it's an excursion to the Zoo. :)

This time round, we had the company of the "younger" couple in Geyao (no prizes for guessing who). ;) Friday's sun was unforgivingly scorching, and it had to be coupled with the exhorbitant prices that tourist attraction charges. Which Singaporean would pay $3 for bottled water? But asides that, it was a good refresher for "old birds" like us, whose last visit to the zoo was probably 10 years ago. Fortunately, my favourite spot in the zoo, the now-revamped Picnic Site, kept my favourite Saga trees, which I remembered ambling around as a toddler and then as a Primary school student on an excursion more than 10 years ago. Oh god, I'm so old.

The animal shows were, well, not as enjoyable as they were when I was a 10-year-old happy clapper. Perhaps it's only now that, with a conscious mind, I realise how exploited these animals are in the process of altering their natural behaviour just to entertain us, controlled by food and commands. I would definitely enjoy the Zoo even without the animal shows.

The hot afternoon sun beckoned most of the animals to their afternoon naps, so it was a dampener for us. Plus the queues at the KFC totally killed my appetite; where did my A&W go? I miss the mugful of fizzy Root Beer, and the crispy onion rings...

Then the boys found their game at KidzWorld. KIDZWORLD. Jack was all groggy throughout the walks and the shows, but he perked up when he and Eugene started playing on the cross-the-water-raft thingy. BOYS.

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Oh, and did I mention that the horses at KidzWorld were darlings? I was particularly attracted by a white mare named Candy, who didn't spend the whole time with her heard buried in her food bucket (like most of the other horses were), and would hold still when I snapped a picture of her. Oh, and I think she has a lovey dovey thing going on with Buddy, the handsome chocolate stallion in the neighbouring stall. :)

And before we knew it, it was closing time, and we found ourselves still wandering around in the zoo compounds, searching for the white tigers. To our dismay, they've kept them in their holding pens for the night :(. Oh well. At least we enjoyed ourselves. The rest of the evening was a blur; waiting for the bus, falling asleep beside Jack, waking up to say goodbye to Eugene and his missus, falling asleep again, then waking up abruptly at Ang Mo Kio. Yes, I crashed. But it was a day well spent, especially with our shy couple, and with Jack :).

Edited 2.51pm:

Oh ya absolutely have to share this lol. We were watching the penguins at the Splash Amphitheatre, and I asked Jack:

Me: Dear, have I told you the joke about the polar bear who ate the penguin?

Jack: Huh, no.

Me: Oh, that's because polar bears don't eat penguins, so I haven't told you such a joke before.

Jack: -.-'''