Canada - African Lion Safari Part 2

Continuing from the previous post....

Here's one of Ping's favorite view.
Clear sky. Greens. Three different kind of animal roaming freely. No cage. It has also been a while since Ping see a zebra...maybe since days when daddy used to bring us to Zoo Negara.

Next came the giraffes. There are only a few of them roaming around. Their legs look so fragile, like it could break anytime. We get to see them sitting down. It seems to be a pretty long process - due to their long neck, which seems like it has to be straight up while they sit down. It looks like when ahmah is trying to 'khu' when she wants to 'ban chao' - takes forever!

All the animals were allowed to roam freely. They have guards camping out in their trucks just incase the animals starts to attack. However, they must have been in the safari long enough that most of them don't even bother looking at the cars, beside the lau kaus ler.

The safari also have some endangered species, which are caged up. Which Ping thinks it is okay since they get to keep track of them that way and they can keep them away from being harm by other animals.

Another pretty one is the deer. Look at the antler. Isn't it huge? One of them was crossing the road when we drove by. It decided to take its own sweet time so we had to stop for it.

Besides the safari itself, there is also a small bird section, a boat ride that circles through mini islands with small animals, an elephant section (wonder why they don't mix the elephants with the other animals...maybe they don't get along?), parrot show, a train ride, AND a waterpark for the kids. Something like the kids area at Sunway Lagoon Theme Park.

After the Lion Safari, off we go to Niagara Falls. Now Ping wants to go to bed first. Finally had time to clean the house. Rearrange some of the room decor...feels good!! Also had time to watch 轉角遇到愛...very funny one! Couldn't stop laughing...especially Xiao Zhu's expressions!!

Canada - African Lion Safari

Been a while since Ping updated the blog. Recently when plan experiment...long long punya...then weekend lepak kau kau so no time to put up photos and update blog. A bit ketinggalan already...hehe.

Took a road trip to Canada last weekend. Unlike US visa, Canadian visa only lasts for 6 months. Actually, it is only a single entry visa but since Ping did not leave US, Ping could go through the Canadian border again. Our first destination - African Lion Safari.

You get a choice of driving your own car or go through the bus. Lucky thing we rented a car because if took our own car, sure very sim thia because we actually got a bit of scratches...you'll see why later. It is also much more fun to go by yourself rather than the tour bus because we get to be really close to the animals.

First one we met was the Llama (骆马)...of course after we pass through the beh piao eh lang lah....
It is much cuter than the one we saw at Lansing Potter Park Zoo.

Next came the lion..they were kinda boring. All busy sleeping only. One of them is sooo cute - the one in the inset - it was right at the top of the stone structure. It must be pretty hot because he stucked his tongue out while sleeping. But besides him, the others were pretty boring.
After the lions were the cheetahs but we only saw two who were very far away. There were no stone structures near the cheetahs so they were lying under the trees. Could barely see them. The most fun area were the baboons area. However, we were also pretty pissed off because some irresponsible visitors think that it is okay to simple feed them with bread and banana even though there clearly are signs saying 'Do not feed the animals' everywhere!' Ping definitely was not practicing the first habit - Be Proactive - of Sean Covey's 7 Habits. But seriously, who in the right mind thinks that it is okay to luan zhu chi all the lau kaus? They think they are at Penang Botanical Gardens meh. Bo tau nau! Once one of the baboon found out that one car is feeding bananas, all the others starting heading towards the cars. They were all over the car and their favorite place is to sit by the window on the side mirror. As you could expect, lau kaus are very tham chiak. So you can see one super eau lo punya lau kau...chui ka bo liao, chiu gim tiau gui nah tiau.
Another fun and hilarious one is the ostrich (駝鳥). For some reason, they get really fascinated with their own reflections or any movement by the window. They kept pecking on the window....the reason why we were glad we rented the car because they actually create some scratches on the door. Although they look harmless, when they are standing right next to you pecking on the window, they can be quite intimidating.
Got more but Ping's laptop running out of batt. Will continue part 2 tomorrow.

Lust, Caution

Guess what??!!! While watching the previews, they showed the preview from Lust, Caution!!! Does that means it will be showing here at Lansing Celebration Cinema???? Ping hopes so!!! Wanna see Lee Hom in action again. His first movie - China Strike Force - he was a pretty lousy actor. Ping didn't see any of his Japanese movies since they were not big enough to get here in the US. Given that Ang Lee praises his improvement, now Ping is excited to watch it!! Even though it seems from the preview, he is just a sideline and Leung Chiu Wai is the main actor. But never mind ler. He he!



Wonder if the storyline will be exactly like the short story written by 張愛玲 - 色, 戒. Ping have read a few of her stories and Ping's favorite is 紅玫瑰與白玫瑰.

Jane Austen

The plan was to watch Stardust. Then Skin Walkers. Eh..wait. Haven't had dinner. Need to get dinner. So can't make it to Skin Walkers. Last choice - Becoming Jane. Went to Boston Market for dinner. That was Ping's first time there. Ordered the chicken potpie (the one that ahmah likes to get from Dave's Deli) and it was good. It is a much nicer fast food place than McD or the other burger places. The movie - it is a fictional biography of Jane Austen. So who is Jane Austen? She is the author of 7 awesome novels about marriages for various reasons. The first time Ping knew about her was when Ping read her "Pride and Prejudice". Later, Ping bought "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen" and Emma became Ping's favorite Jane Austen story. Definitely one of the best novels - one where the English is proper without much slang and a happy or contented twist to the ending just when you thought it would be a sad ending. Awesome enough that it is one of the few books that don't make it's way back to Penang, but stays right there on Ping's bookshelf. If not mistaken, Ping still have her "Pride and Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility" somewhere in PJ...hmm...have to ask mummy since she's been digging through Ping's books at PJ lately.

As for the movie, the storyline is was much faster than Ping had expected for a biographical drama. Anne Hathaway - yup, the princess of The Princess Diaries - did a really good job with the emo scenes. The ending - Ping usually don't like sad ending movies. But it is really not that sad in this because she sort of got what she wanted. Definitely worth watching for drama lovers!

simple dinner

Last week, after Dozie passed his prelim, we had a small celebration dinner at our place. It was a very simple but unique dinner prepared by Ramon (所以說吗, 如果想找一個很會廚菜的男朋友就是要找一個 Spanish 還是 Italian! Haha!).

Appetizer was salmon slice with capers. The first time Ping had capers was when Ping had lunch with tiptup and dk at one of the restaurant at Falmouth. Almost like assam but less sour and much smaller.
Main dish was roasted chicken and omelette. The omelette is much much better than the classic American omelette (which usually comes with cheese!!).
It was definitely a very simple dinner with bunch of crazy jokes. Besides that, been a quiet week so far. Met up with Ming Woei and Ee Foong this evening for dinner at Suria - the only place we can get M'sian food if lazy to cook. Waiting to find out if the single colony on Ping's plate is a positive transformants....

pokok sudah sampai

Another happy thing...Ping got a pokok cili from tiptup!!!

Thank you so muchie!! The pokok is still very healthy. Already put it in the pot with more soil and the flowers are still fine. In fact, the flower buds didn't tanggal at all.

one colony....

One colony. One! On a selective plate. There's one!! From a transformation reaction that Ping had yet to have success with. Usually there's no colonies. But Ping has one! It is a pretty normal size colony too!!

This one colony might not mean anything to anyone. But it means a lot to Ping. It could still very well be a false positive transformant. BUT it was Ping's happy news for today. A colony grew! on a plate that Ping had never had colony before! Is it a true transformant? That we shall see if it grow on the streptomycin plate tomorrow morning. Then there's the restriction digest check. But for now, a colony grew!!! Yippeee!!!! Sometimes in science, we just have to find excitement from little things. Because big things too often bring disappointments. La la la la la la!!!

twice...in a week

Ping thought he graduated...but Ping saw him twice in a week!

第一次 - 他在過馬路，　我已經上汽車了所以他看不到我. 但是看到他的時候覺得很開心. 原來他還在這裡!

第二次 - 就是今天! 跟朋友一起去吃午餐. 回來的時候碰到他. Hmmm...我該打招呼? 他還記得我吗? 我還沒想到要怎麼就跟我笑了. 就這樣, 我就覺得超高興 得!他還記得我哦!

Haha...他是誰呢? 他就是一個好特別的人. 只看過他几次而已可是每次看到他都是會怎麼得開心. 我也不知道為什麼. 一定不是愛...可能是因為我們第一次見面的時候我們有很多東西聊吧. 但是我也不想認識他多一點. 現在這樣的感覺比較好玩. 默默得看著他. 远远看他的時候, 他還滿可愛的. 但近近的時候, 其實一點都不可愛, 是害羞. 看不到他的時候, 回想看到他. 但是看到他的時候, 好想不知道該說什麼. 好財我們每次見面的時候都是在Salsa dance. 可是如果說話的時候, 我們兩個都說不停. Haha...不要說太多了. 終極, 我今天好開心!

真的沒想到他還記得我!!!! 已經要到半年沒見到他了, 我真的以為他已經畢業了! 現在我在開心的唱張棟梁的其實幸福很簡單...因為幸福真的有那麼的簡單!