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January 30, 2005
Visiting the Sunway Petting Zoo
I didn't spent much time this week with my family and as such, my kid had the choice of what to do this Sunday. He decided to go to Sunway Petting Zoo. He was there earlier already and it had impressed him quite a bit.
The concept is great. Have a zoo in the middle of the city that allows kids to actually touch and play with animals. Okay, not the real big ones like lions but smaller ones, like snakes (e.g. Python), baby crocodiles, or simply some Guinee Pigs, chicken, or fish.
The guys working there are also pretty helpful.
Here are some pictures of the brave guys.
The brave one - the crocodile didn't bite me. The poor thing couldn't open the mouth as they taped it. (I don't agree with this action!!)
My kid's friend was also interested in holding the croc. Soon to be seen on Discovery Channel? (And yes, I have the blogger shirt on - again. I have five of those, but I appear to always wear the red one in pictures).
Next in line was my kid, holding the birds.
May be the birds were holding on to him.
I also like the owls. Great animals. They were staring at me - and I apologise to flash at them, with my camera.
However, I wonder why there always must be something negative about something positive. Shortly before the exit is the place where kids can have some fun at a tiny funfair. Nothing much, but suppose to be entertaining. You know, throwing rings over duck necks (rubber ducks), throwing a ball into an empty bucket (the ball will bounce back most of the time) or throwing a ball at a couple of cans to win a price. Normally, you hardly win anything, but you know this as an adult, while kids still have the plain fun. The "problem" is that they know when they win - and it is bad when the organiser don't give the face.
My kid is quite a good ball thrower. So he was able to throw his three balls into the nine cans - and they all fall down, to the side. We were all happy until they people working there changed the rule - suddenly, he was suppose to have thrown his three balls in such a manner that at least six of the cans would fall down from the table. In my eyes, this was total cheat and I told them that. Do the math - first, you only have three balls. You have to topple the tower and this in a manner that 2/3 of all the cans fall from the table. It is tough for an adult, I guess, but for a seven year old boy? The cheat was so obvious that even my kid was upset and told them that. Well, it was the last time that we did this there.
Posted by Andreas at January 30, 2005 03:13 PM
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