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Last 28th February, Abby and I went to Jurong Bird Park to take advantage of the 2009 Reasons SMS Passport promo launched by the Singapore Tourism Board.  We were no longer hoping that we can still obtain free tickets to the bird park as we arrived there past 12noon after having our brunch at Swensen’s in Jurong Point. We didn’t want to wake up early just to queue for free tickets on our precious weekend. We were satisfied in just getting a SGD2 discount off the standard ticket price of SGD18 per person. For several months now we have been planning to visit the bird park but never had the chance to do it until last Saturday.

We started our walk with the Penguin Expedition.  I finally got to see King Penguins for real!  I’ve always adored them and I was thrilled to see them alive although they are not in their natural habitat.

We headed to Flamingo Lake where a swarm of flamingos were wading in the water.

Jurong Falls, which is located within the African Waterfall Aviary, is the world’s tallest man-made waterfall in an aviary at 30 meters high.

Inside the African Waterfall Aviary are thousands of birds flying within the aviary which is covered by a net raised 35 meters high. Starlings and turacos can be seen feasting on fruits near the suspension bridge.

Starlings of different colors can be found inside the aviary and photographers were crowding to capture them.

Another attraction inside the bird park is the Dinosaur Descendants where the ostrich, doubled-wattled cassowary, greater and common rheas and emu can be found.

One of the exciting attractions inside the bird park is the Lory Loft where park visitors get the chance to feed the colorful lories for SGD3 per cup.

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I had long wanted visiting Labrador Nature Reserve after seeing Allan’s sunset photos last year.

I was not sure where the park is exactly located but with the help of Google Maps on the BlackBerry handheld, I was able to find it after more than 20 minutes of walking from the bus stop in Alexandra Road last Thursday.

It was a lot of walking but when I reached the park I was so delighted to see the view it offered. I regret I didn’t go there much earlier. There were plenty of interesting subjects to shoot inside the nature reserve.

I was just right in time to catch the sunset but the sun only showed itself for about a minute and it was covered by the clouds again. I wish I have a telephoto lens to catch the marvelous sunset but for now I have to be contented with my ultra-wide angle lens (Don’t get me wrong but I do love my UWA lens).

I will definitely come back to this place again and make sure I’ll come early next time.

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The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched the “2009 Reasons to enjoy Singapore“  promo wherein visitors can take advantage of visiting 5 attractions for free or at a discounted rate.  The promotion runs every weekend starting last February 14 until March 1, 2009.

To take advantage of this promo, simply text ‘2009′ to 79777 to get the SMS passport that gives you a chance to obtain free admission for the following attractions:

• Singapore Flyer
• Jurong Bird Park
• Sentosa
• National Museum of Singapore
• Singapore River Cruises

For more information please click here to visit the official website.

I just updated my WordPress blog from 2.5 to 2.7.1 and I’m loving the new interface. It’s a huge make-over from the previous version of WordPress that I have been using since WordPress 2.0. It looks a lot more cleaner, organized and easy to use.

I have not been updating my blog regularly since I moved here in Singapore last year.  There were too many things going on that I went on a hiatus for quite some time.

I’ve been planning to update my blog these past few weeks but never had the chance until today. With this new version of WordPress  I hope to update my blog regularly so stay tuned…

I have not been updating my Flickr these past few weeks.  I am just too tired that I don’t feel like going online after work. I just the check BlackBerry for new emails and if there’s something I need to check on my computer I turn on my laptop very briefly then go to sleep.

I also feel like I don’t have any interesting photos to post this Christmas season since I haven’t taken any pictures lately.

It’s christmas season but I don’t feel like celebrating yet due to all the pressures at work. I wish I get some breathing room soon…

Rough Riders, Photo by wantet.

A day after I arrived here in Cebu I traveled to Bantayan island together with my younger sister and my mom. It was around 8:15am when my brother-in-law drove us to SM City Mall to ride a V-Hire going to Hagnaya port however there was no van available going to Hagnaya. We took a cab and proceeded to the North Bus Terminal to a ride a bus instead. We boarded a Rough Riders bus but had to wait for 30 minutes before we left the bus terminal.

Buses plying to Northern and Northwest Cebu are now mostly non-airconditioned buses. I was quite surprised that despite being non-airconditioned, the bus fare drastically increased. I remember March of last year we took a non-airconditioned bus going Maya, Daan Bantayan and the fare was below PhP70. Hagnaya is nearer compared to Maya and the fare now is Php110.

The day started out beautifully with the sun shining brightly filled with blue skies.  It was great to be out on the road again.  Traveling always brings me joy. The journey took more than 3 hours passing by Mandaue city, Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela, Danao city then Carmen wherein we have a short stopover before continuing our journey to Sogod, Borbon, Tabogon, Bogo City and finally San Remigio.

We arrived in Hagnaya port past 12 noon. I was shocked to find out that the barge fare was only PhP50 for Island shipping and Super Shuttle Ferry was even giving out free rides to Sta. Fe. I’m not sure if the reduction of prices or the giving of free rides has something to do that it was an off-peak season.  I thought it was great though as the fare for a non-airconditioned bus was already expensive.

The boat trip took an hour an thirty minutes. Around 3:30pm we finally docked at Sta. Fe port.

Less than 28 hours from now I’ll be flying back home. I am trying to contain my excitement until the moment my work is done tomorrow. I have to keep my concentration as I certainly don’t wanna screw up anything before I leave for my long vacation. I’m crossing my fingers everything is going to be fine.