Zoo outing today

We went to the Singapore Zoological Gardens today as I'm on a one week break / leave. It's quite an enjoyable experience as Iffah is now able to walk around but more importantly she knows quite a number of animals (from picture/story books) such as the lion (yen as she would affectionately say), bear, giraffe, etc. It's her 5th time to the zoo and my second time with her. The last time I was with her was when she's around 5 months old. Glad that she can appreciate this outing better and it's definitely one of our enjoyable and memorable outings. We went in the morning, just in time to see a couple of animal shows (the sealion and elephant shows), had a wonderful North Indian lunch and enjoyed a wet play session with her at the children's play corner.

Iffah in front of the lions' den

Some daddy - daughter bonding time at the wet play area

Outings to the Singapore Zoo can be fun with kids around, especially when they can appreciate the animals that they see / come across in books or from the television. Hope we can visit the San Diego Zoo when she reached 5 yrs old.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2006 and beyond

This year's Ramadhan and Aid celebrations in Pasir Ris is quite hectic for both of us due to work commitments. Azlina had her numerous assignments to hand in and me with my tough shift work schedule, made this year's celebrations quite short. Even though we had a month to celebrate the Hari Raya celebrations and visitings, our schedules are pretty tight and my weekends are burnt most of the time with work. I felt quite bad for both of us especially Iffah who did not go for Hari Raya visitings to our friend's homes. I would love us to visit our friend's homes with Iffah tagging along. That would hopefully improve her social skills as she's quite shy and insecure with people beyond her social circle.

Our new home in Blk 486 is not quite ready yet and as such we can't have friends who would want to visit us for Hari Raya. Perhaps next year. It'll be more than ready by then. We also decide to have both our bathrooms renovated. The whole renovation process can be tiring when we tried looking at various contractors' quotations, their showrooms, etc. So far only Chew Interior Design was the only inspiring showroom that we've been and we were AWED by it's extravagance in everything; it's decor, furnishings etc. But to have that design involves quite a big price tag and we can't commit to that yet. So in the end we chose the company U Home for our bathroom renovations for it's moderate pricing. Let's see how their service turn out during the next few weeks.

Three of my friends are getting married back to back from next week onwards, starting with Ahmad Jaya. Then it's Azron (who was my best-man for my wedding couple of years back) and finally it will be Jeffridin. I'm very happy for them as they had been very nice to me in one way or another. Congrats to all three. *salute*