We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo...

Hello friends! So, if you couldn't tell from the album, the highlight of this post is my recent trip to the Singapore Zoo. But first, a few fun things for you.

 Just in case there's a house in your way and you really need to get rid of it. (In reality it's a moving van, obviously. The Chinese says "Move House", which should probably be translated as something like "Movers".)

In case the word "visible" didn't clue you into the fact that you can see it, they added the "You Can See" just in case. It's kind of redundantly repeating things over again and again... (By the way, this is an advertisement for fruit juice WITH COLLAGEN BITS. Supposedly it's good for your skin. I accidentally bought it once and it's gross, IMHO.)

Okay, so ZOO PICTURES! I went with my friend Pearline and her sister Theng Hoon and her boyfriend Bryan.

Sooooooo cute! I wuv otters. They were making little yipping sounds because it was almost their feeding time.

Baby orangutan! Interestingly enough, "orang utan" is actually a Malay phrase (Singapore is right next to Malaysia) that means "jungle people". They use the word "orang" (people) to refer to tribes or family groups.

Rhino conference.

 Obligatory face cutout zoo pictures!

Bryan is very tall, but he's got nothing on a polar bear. (The world largest land carnivore!)

Me in front of the really nice elephant enclosure. They also had these little adorable elephant statues around everywhere:

There were more but I don't want to bore you :)

So yes, that was the Zoo. I had a great time! I'd been meaning to go for awhile and just never got around to it. It was a bit sad though, because the last time I went to the zoo was with Dan and my nephew Chris, so it really made me miss both of them.

I actually went to the zoo last weekend. This past weekend we had a holiday on Monday, Singapore's National Day. So a friend of mine went out of town, but she has a pet rabbit and she needed someone to take care of her while she was gone, so she hired me! I probably would have done it for free, because I got to spend the whole long weekend in a beautiful 1.5 bedroom condominium really near downtown with a gym and a pool, and I had it all to myself. It's about 5 steps up from where I live ;) I really did mean to take pictures of the place and the pool and the bunny!!!! But I forgot. Suffice it to say that the place is clean and spacious, the pool is beautiful, and the bunny is gray and suuuuuper cute!

I had a friend, Dianne, stay over with me Friday night and hang out Saturday. Sunday I went to the big Anglican cathedral downtown for church, then went grocery shopping, and then spent most of the day reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo--it's awesome and I need to read the other two now. I also made homemade pizza for dinner. I do have pictures of the pizza because I was really proud of it--I cooked it without an oven! Talk about pan pizza. But I don't have them with me right now so I'll post them later if I remember...

Monday I used the gym AND the pool (I got sunburned again, despite my best efforts) and then spent the afternoon/evening with my friend Jocelyn who just got back from Korea. We were able to see the National Day fireworks from the condo (27th floor) so that was pretty sweet. Needless to say, it was with a heavy heart that I returned to work and my own place on Tuesday!