Visit to Singapore Garden Festival 2008

See this add somewhere? or the ladybug kissing the screen ad on TV?

Well... It was my very 1st visit to garden festival and it's a must go exhibition!!! SUPERB!! Many pretty colourful flowers and beautiful landscape design. Here are some photos taken with my lousy camera *blushing* will invest a better one next time before going to another festival hahahaa..

Never see so many tulips indoor before... and amazing display of air plants.. really creating a serene place

Sorry my camera didn't do justice to this display

This was redder and brighter in real

Lily and paper flowers - like dancing in the air

So romantic!!!

This colourful tubes looks very nice.. and quite easy to create. What u need is colour water and stuff clear plastic inside to create ice cube - jelly look.

I love this bamboo fountain!

Flowers in a hanging test tube

Nice display of philanopsis orchid

Javanese style with wayang golek

Beautiful China pond display

Beautiful display of European garden!!

The next is my favorite.. with water, lighting everything, you can really see the ripples and underwater effect. Even the plants chosen and coloured reminds me of corals.. although I don't find the plants attractive.. but the overall things is really fantastic!

Underwater garden

This marilyn monroe picture on the huge vertical wall easily missed by naked eye... but looks amazing fr the camera view. Can even see her sexy lips lol..

There are a lots of orchids on display (and on sale too) and the price can easily $250+ for those rare orchids. I just took a few shots :)

I love this one - green white orchid

I was surprised with this shot. The centre of the orchid just simply lighted up

Bat Lily - a black beauty I say

I just realised this beauty called bat lily.. it's the same one we found during our trekking at Lor Lada Hitam

Curly ferns

Many African Violets!!! I wonder why mine can't bloom as bushy as this

Big fat Carnivourous Plant - Pitcher Plant / Money Cup

Beautiful Hydrangea

I heard you can changed the colours of flowers from greenish yellow to blue (or the other way around) by watering it with lime.

'Iron Cross' Begonia and not sure what plant (I'm sucks in remembering plant's name)

Another types of leaf begonia on the bottom

These are edible!! cup cakes yeah... it's to pretty to be eaten

Definitely will go again for the next garden festival... which probably another 2 years time :(

Fly with Singapore Flyer

Well.. I'm not so excited trying the flyer as I practically seeing the whole surrounding monthly for my work.. but since we got a free pass... why not?!! It's saving of $29.50 per person :)

I find this quite cute!!

Taking off!!! look the F1 track is ready! (partially)

Marina Barrack

Interesting view of the steel structure

Oh.. the sitting area for National Day

Reaching the highest point soon!!

Yay!! We are at the highest point!

Well... it's not as high as I expected.. in fact the millenia tower is higher than singapore flyer (see the photo above). After climbing to the roof of Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Millenia Tower (this one is super scary.. there is no parapet wall surrounding the edges only about 15cm kerbs), u know why I wasn't so excited abt Singapore Flyer. Btw, the night view was beautiful ... you can see from Joy's blog :)

See the view that I took from the roof of Ritz-Carlton Hotel... beautiful even with normal camera.. and not obstructed by the glass panels :P

He made me worry and lonely

Again Suria brother left me home alone for 4 days. A week before he already didn't feel well. Brought him to the same vet at Brighton Crescent (mummy brought me along too and ended up I was injected and dewormed.. ouch.. it pain but good thing I was not allowed to shower for a week yay yay..). Because he showed sign of anemic, the vet thought the babesia tick fever was acting again, so the vet gave him tick fever treatment (no need to hospitalised). A week after he got worse (weak, drool a lot and worse refused his food - which is very rare), no choice at night brought him to Mt. Pleasant clinic (the brighton cresc clinic was closed for a week).

They did check-up and found his heartbeat was irregular and weak. Took X-ray and found lumps near his liver. So, he was admitted that Tuesday night. Of course I felt sad too.. I even refused to sleep with daddy on his bed. Wednesday morning the vet called and told mummy to prepare for the worse coz he was getting worse and didn't want to eat, even got difficulty lifting up his head. That night both my human whisper encouragement words on Suria's ear. Mummy came home that night with goldfish eyes.

Thursday - took him out for ultrasound at Mt. Pleasant hospital. Surprisingly he looked slightly better (Suria brother definitely listening to my human's whispers). Ultrasound result found these:

Two big masses (I hate how the vet called it tumor/cancer) on his spleen. We were given 2 choices, i.e. to remove it (this includes the removal of the whole spleen) or just to let it be and hoping he can survive. No guarantee given even after the removal of spleen he will be better. Without spleen, we will not have ability to filter toxin/germ/virus... so become very prone to fall ill.

My human didn't think too long to make decision to just let it be. The reasons are they don't want Suria to suffer from many illness if the spleen removed. They want Suria brother to have a quality live. Secondly, Suria brother already 7+ y.o. and major operation could be dangerous to him. Thirdly, daddy told him that we have to live to see his grandson's wedding (kekeke... isn't it too much?)

After ultrasound scan, they brought him back to the clinic. He looked much better and can sit down. Poor brother had to be on glucose drip. If u look at his needle... scary. It's like 8cm long go inside his leg. Daddy really "pantang" taking sick photo. Since he was looking better, so mummy took this.

Suria brother gave mummy pitiful look as if saying "Look what they have done to me.. did u see it mummy?"

We brought him home on friday night. My human treat him like fragile item. Go up the car now must carry him. I was so happy to see him again... and he was given nice smelling canned food which I get a share whenever my human feed him (happy although only a very little share).

Currently, his blood count still very low, the masses still there.. but he looks much more active and the greatest thing... he started to beg for food already!!! Keep it up boy!!!

Suria said thank you to everybody for the well wishes and keep him in their prayer :)

World Blood Day

It felt like back in school day, school excursion kekeke... We got free entry tickets for this World Blood Donor Day. Each donors got 2 free entry tickets. We supposed to go with all the guards (at least 30 of them.. means 60 tickets.. wow) but unfortunately they were not having day off (poor fellas). We utilised 6 tickets and gave away another 5 to tourists :)

We came as early as 8.30am thought of catching elephant bathing.. but the entry only at 9am. Too early and some of animal still sleeping... esp this otters (?) so couldn't see the real thing.. this will do :)

Isabel posing with the tiger (statue of course)

Here is the real one. Handsome fella isn't he?!

I love tiger (and cheetah, and jaguar, and leopard) and it so heartpain to see this.

And can you imagine ppl eating this? spikey tiger penis?

Isabel and Mr. Kanga

Guess who's skin is this?

Yes.. the giraffe. Well not belong to this 3 directly.. maybe their parents /siblings / friends. The male giraffe name is Marco (so exotic!!). They have nice marking =)

Talking abt marking... see this cute zebra cross. But it's not for zebra to cross =P

Singapore Zoo sure got lots of monkeys, quite a lot of variety of monkeys.

Mr. Baboon scratching his back

well.. i'm not a big fan of monkeys because they scared me... so human like esp those orang utan and chimpanzee. But of course I couldn't miss this monkey.. so furry.

Is it consider a monkey?!

Orang Utan's hand is bigger than Pal's

Another thing I love about Singapore Zoo is it's so green and lots of nice scenery. I especially love this one.

And nice plants and flowers too

Back to the animal.. presenting.. nice Emu's backside =)

Giant Tortoise

Ms. Ballerina in the Water (HIPPO - their feet look like pig's)

Sssshhhhhhhhhh

*ribbit*?! no this one more like *houuung* It's a bullfrog. Wanna try to kiss it? who knows it turned into your Prince Charming ;)

Ugly Croc's jaw with lots of wriggly slug in between the teeth *yuck*

Singapore Flyer

Taken this photo sometimes back from the roof of Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Very nice scenery.

Rain Trek

The last time we went trekking at this place.. it also raining. This round the sky also very glum but we were still go ahead.

That's not much water.. as usual Suria Brother just gotta wet himself.

Foggy.. r we at genting? brrrrr...

no.. it wasn't foggy at all.. it just mummy's camera getting frozen. However, we did swim thru a deep waterbody. It's about chest high of our humans.

GROUP PHOTO!!! Wet but happy!

A day out to HortPark

Without the dogs :( next time sure will bring Suria and Luna there.

The Hort Park is super beautiful.. I love it!!! lots of beautiful flowers, green landscape and of course water fountain. Here are some pictures I took there. Pardon my lousy skill :P

Yes yes.. we are at Hort Park the Garden Hub :)

Love the pond.. can you see the reflection on the water.. soothing

Isn't this creative?! Making use of recycle items, i.e. plastic takeaway container, plastic bottles, etc.

Creative idea for terranium.. I'm making one.. err.. someday hahaha..

More of gardening using "junk" .. see the PCK's yellow boot


Baby cradle

If I have a big garden.. I'll definitely having this!!!

This is much prettier than money plant used to cover up the ground.


Just a random photos of beautiful flowers :)









The glass house

Too bad public not allowed to go inside. It's super duper beautiful.. all the flowers inside are blooming and colourful. Managed to take some photos by pressing my camera closed to the glass kekeke ...

Lovely Sunflower

Isn't this super beautiful?! see the yellow flower with black centre... it so look like butterflies!!

Some desert plants :)

Need to cool down?! too bad... can't go in hahaa.. hmm maybe can pretend to accidently fall into it. If bring dogs.. I better hold Suria tight.. or else...