ok, now 4 the highlite!
Singapore Zoo - 13/04/07 (Fri)!
visit supposed to be at 12 noon. took leave for the day. stepped in
the office to get sum stuffs done b4 1030am. 1045am got an sms!
changed to 1100am! =S
rushed down 1230 liao. cust svc told me they went in 7 mins ago.
run one whole round cudnt find dem! went back counter, got dis guy
who pleasantly directed me to the Animal Land. they were catchin
the 1230pm performance.
spotted rinpoche standing on the last middle row of the seats. but
i juz arrived nia, so paiseh to take pics.
after dat they walked walked walked. blessin frm heaven came in the
form of rain. started to drizzle. went to see snakes i tink.
sollie, din lealli paid attn to the animals.
cudnt leali take pics. ppl all crowded ard him, one spot muz take
many times. out of respect, i preferred to maintain a
distance.
while we were inside one of dos gallery, spotted a kindergarten
field trip. the teachers were holdin the hands of a few kids. when
the teachers saw him, they hastened their steps towards rinpoche. i
was tinkin... "hey, shudnt u be keepin an eye on the
kids...".
got one boy so farnie - asked the teacher "teacher, why are we
following him?". another teacher replied "cause we are going the
same way.". lame! they were obviously circling the crowd! when the
crowd got to the last display, the teachers n kids had sumhow made
their way to rinpoche. he was lookin into the glass display. his
reaction beri fast one. turned his head, tapped tapped tapped
tapped tapped tapped, den turned bk to look into the display again.
the teachers & kids went away happily. such a cute scene.
din lealli like dis aunty who was (apologies for the harsh werd)
b****in loudly to one of the press fotographers dat rinpoche's qian
shen had told dem b4 dat he din like ppl crowing ard &
surroundin him. n when rinpoche sick, how many acherly went to
visit him. all hypocrisy. (-_-")
but she was very nice to me. she asked me to forward her my fotos.
n told me dat she wud be gng to KL as well. no wonder rinpoche so
tired, canot bless finish. go one country, got many countries' cm.
she eben gav the fotographers her lumbers. i doubt they will
entertain her...
rain got heavier. the staff called fer a tram. wah so gd. no nit go
tram station q oso. mite as well head fer lunch at one of the
restaurants. alot of ppl rushed fer the front seats of the tram. i
headed for the last row.
reached restaurant. rinpoche they all got one priv room. got ppl
bog me lunch leh - vegetarian spag. so sweet! n eben went to help
me cancel my order.
got ppl told me rinpoche & co. ate finish liao, now inside room
no ppl, i can go take foto wif dem. mai lah mai lah, i camera-shy.
but aft quite a while, i went to take pic of him. coz if not, wun
eber hv chance one.
by den, alot of ppl liao... so i stood far far away...
okok. we muz go liao.
ppl streamin out frm the restaurant.
stil got rain mah?
nice big eyes plus long lashes. toopid me recalled can use
zoom.
we waited fer tram to cm pik us from the restaurant. i tried to
take sum shots.
alamak. suddenly got blocked again.
tccl's joshua shelterin wif brolly. can see rinpoche's papa in
black top? man in red is staff frm zoo.
smilin sweetly, upon request, for the press fotographers. got
dimple sumore.
nah, close up of above pic. c his signature smile.
aunties wanted to take pic wif him.
deep in tot.
den got dis young, tall & burly indian chap, in army uniform
(unbuttoned & tucked out wif white tee beneath), who came to
seek blessin as well. i tink normal kids c liao will scared. bt
rinpoche blessed him, juz like to any other. aww... eh, bt hw cm
dis guy in zoo huh? paiseh, din tink of takin pic oso.
tram came le! sorry, tram pic lealli too far & lousy to c
anytin. sumore in btwn got glass partition. glass got droplets of
rainwater.
tram passed by 2 staffs. one of dem commented out loud "so
cuteee!". cudnt possibly be referrin to me. coz they gers.
rinpoche was brog to feed elephants. (oops, sollie, took too far n
pic blurred.)
go rite side. zoo uncles got basket, inside got fruits.
now go left. den can reach elephants. (sori, blurred pic
again)
after a while, he decided to feed the baby elephant instead. kept
feedin it many carrots, sugarcanes & bananas.
aiyah, cant reach. muz tip-toe.
if i turn to my side, i may be able to stretch my hand out
further.
come, i help u.. ok, bt u muz
lemme place my lil palm on urs. (his papa & uncle quite yandao
in dis pic hor?)
my proudest pc of amateurish work! a scene of tranquility!
lookin at me leh, heehee. before they turned 2wards dis direction,
they had asked rinpoche wat he had wanted to c nxt, to wh he
replied "Hippo!"!
dat was the last. aft dat, they went to the zoo office & to the
washroom n den straight hm in a black benz S**#00#Y!
