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My Dad woke me up really early today (at 11.30am. haha...:) ). He said "Go and change. We're going to the zoo in 30 minutes."

We had talked about going to the zoo this weekend cos my Dad managed to get 4 tickets at a discounted price using his Safra card. And since we haven't been there for a few years, we might as well go and take a look.

Actually I think it's quite weird to go to the zoo. How many people actually say they want to go to the zoo for no reason at all? I thought the place would not be that crowded. It's just a normal saturday after all.

When we got there, I was actually amazed to see the place crowded. Especially the KFC at the entrance since it was lunch time. Mostly families and very young kids, and quite a bit of tourists too. My whole family seemed a little out of place. Haha...

We entered at about 2.15pm and quickly went to see the white tigers cos their feeding time was at 2.20pm. Impressive! I think they look so beautiful and when the zookeeper threw out pieces of raw meat, they jumped, with their mouths wide open to catch it. They didn't fight for the food though. And I'm sure I wouldn't want to see that.

Next was the hippo feeding time. I don't know why, but I just felt like seeing the hippos on this trip. A little disappointed when I saw them though, cos they are really not that big, and we watched them behind a glass enclosure, not the type of open air ones...

We moved on after that. Saw lots of other animals. I was quite tired cos I didn't have enough sleep. Slept at 1am last night cos I was watching soccer, but still fell asleep in between.

After looking at loads more animals, we went to KFC at 4 plus to eat something. It was very refreshing... I didn't know that I was so tired and hungry until I sat down and ate.

The playground area still looks the same. Reminds me of the time in primary 5 when I came with Mr Chong and the others. 11 of us in total. It was very fun! Pity I can't remember much of it... I miss being a kid!

Anyway, the best part of the zoo is the fragile garden. It's a closure with butterflies and animals inside. The most interesting part was when we saw 2 lemurs playing, or fighting, on the trees. They were sorta wrestling each other and jumping from tree to tree. They were so close that it was possible for them to jump right into your arms. I was quite afraid of that. Luckily it didn't happen.

We saw the zebras too. They were so cute cos at the time we saw them, they were all crowding in a circle eating their food, so that all their butts faced outside. It was funny. Haha... I also took a photo with a giraffe statue. That photo made me look really short and fat. Why did they have to use such a tall and skinny statue. Grrr...

At the end of the trail, we went to the souvenir shop. The stuffed toys, t-shirts and everything there were all so cute! But they were super expensive, so we didn't buy anything. There was this particular lion and duck puppet that were so cute because when you closed their mouths, they would make a roaring or quack sound. So so cute!!!

I really loved the gift shop. I thought it was one of the most interesting places in the zoo.

We left at about 5 plus. The zoo was closing at 6pm. It was a really nice trip, except for the fact that I was quite tired. I slept on the way home.

My Dad went to buy dinner and parked the car, while I was still sleeping inside. My Mum said I was sleeping in a not aesthetically pleasing position and people who walked plast kept looking inside cos I was sleeping with my mouth open!

Ahh... So paiseh! She said she tried to close my mouth but it wouldn't close. So embarrassing! The lucky thing is that I'll probably never see those people again...