Bird Park, we have been

Fortunately the planned afternoon Jurong Bird Park visit was not dampen by the rain in the late morning. The House of ANG kept their fingers crossed, hoping that the rain would stop in the afternoon and IT DID!

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This visit was not planned initially but since the ANG Mistress managed to acquire the access pass through her colleague, why not. This visit shall be Toddler ANG & his all time buddy Poh Ong's 2nd visit to the park since their maiden one back in March 2006. Compared to the frequent visits to the Singapore Zoological Garden, bird park is more rare as only the ANG Mistress's has 'lobang' to a Corporate Feather Friends pass.
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(On his maiden visit, still sucking his pacifier)
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More than 1 year has passed, just compare the 2 photos and you can tell the growth and difference in our Toddler....

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(Toddler ANG now)
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We headed straight to the Penguin Expedition located near the entrance since that's the main "star" both toddlers can easily identify. All thanks to the movie "Happy Feet" though.

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(The Penguins !!!)

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The penguins were really cute and popular as we noticed other children were also tickled by this exhibit. Some were swimming underwater, some were flipping their flippers for no apparent reason while some others just stood still. Good pose for visitors to take pictures! hah! Our cute toddler duo had definitely enjoyed the vast panoramic view + aircon. Hee.....

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(The Colouful Parrots)
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Of course, not forgetting the lovely parrots. Not long after, we proceded towards Flamingo Lake hoping to catch the planned late lunch. Gosh, guess what we found out.
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The Lodge on Flamingo Lake is no longer open to public!!
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Oh why?..........AAAWWWW.......will someone please tell them that the lodge is a fantastic place to chill out with the children? Not only the tummies be filled, the children can get a good view of those lovely flamingoes in a cool glass restaurant environment. It's such a disappointment.
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(You See Kiet, those are flamingoes......)

Without much of a choice, we just had to introduce flamingoes to the toddlers by pointing at the lake from a distance. Then, we had to reluctantly walk back to the main entrance to catch a bite at the Bongo Burger, a new African-themed, air-conditioned restaurant.

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Fortunately the beef burger patties we ordered did not fail our taste buds thus it somehow compensated to our earlier disappointment. Hmmm....how about toddler ANG? Oh well, he feasted on those french fries and iced milo what else?

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What is a park visit without some entertainment? After lunch, we hurried to the Pools Amphitheatre and got ourselves seated on the top row. At 3pm, the Birds 'n Buddies Show started. We were very entertained for a good 30 minutes with the numberous species of birds especially tickled by Amigo, a lovely parrot who can sing the malay folk song "Rasa Sayang".

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After the show, we took a stroll around the park that headed towards Lory Loft where we can have the opportunity to buy and feed the birds by hand with nectar! The toddlers were truly amazed as this is the first opportunity they got so close up with birds, moreover to feed them by hand. (Both of them tends to run after the birds in their daycare compound though)
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(Poh Ong is a little tense)
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It's approaching late afternoon after we're done feeding the birds. The children rested to take their milk while the adults ordered a nice cuppa Iced Mocha Australian Coffee at the Lory Loft.
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Finally, we decided to call it a day at the park in order to let the children take their delayed afternoon nap. Till the next visit, the children waved 'bye bye' & said 'see you later' to the birds.
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Jurong Birdpark, We'll be back soon! .