Thursday, March 20, 2008
Zoo visit 19032008

Bye bye Thambi!
On the faithful day which Thambi, Wakabi Cheeky Monkey, The Great Khali, Crazybaby, Dustman, SWO Vasanthan (30 years in the army) before he left for India on Thursday, I have decided to bring him to a zoo. For almost 2 years in army, he has never been to any of Singapore's tourist attraction, even though he is a foreigner. And yet, he has served NS, and now as he go back, is he not going to take back anything at all? That was when I have decided to take a day off to bring him around one of the best zoos in the world, the Singapore Zoo.

We met at Ang Mo Kio interchange, taking a bus down to the zoo. For starters, the "zoo" offered to take a picture for us at the entrance. Later, we found out that those pictures were taken from an external company, costing $18 each, something which I can do for $10 or even less? Thambi bought it anyway. I could always get a digital copy from him when he's back in India. Moving on, we walked around the whole zoo, covering every corner of the park. We visited otters, white tigers, hippos, kangaroo, baboons, giraffe, seal, lion, slow lorris, cheetah, polar bear, finally ending at 2+.

Was fun enjoying time with him one last time. The next time we would meet could well be the next year, when he has to reapply his passport. Perhaps then we could get the whole platoon down together? There will be no goodbyes in this world :)


Up, up and away says Super Pioneer Daron.
6:35 PM.