Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 2008!

Boo (at the Zoo)!

Boo at the Zoo

Yeah, yeah, it might not look scary .. but their price list was scary! With something like almost $4 for a hotdog and almost $5 for a sausage, I ran away scared. LOL! :P

Have a safe Halloween!!! Don’t eat all of those candies at once now … ;)

Boom De Ah Dah!

Have you seen the cool advertisement for the Discovery Channel Canada lately? There are also the Original version and the Short version on YouTube.

I Love the World [Wikipedia]

I love the mountains.
I love the clear blue skies.
I love big bridges.
I love when great whites fly.
I love the whole world.
And all its sights and sounds
Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah!
Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah!

I love the planet.
I love real dirty things
I love to go fast.
I love Egyptian kings.
I love the whole world.
And all its craziness.
Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah!
Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah!

I love tornadoes.
I love arachnids.
I love hot magma.
I love the giant squids
I love the whole world.
It’s such a brilliant place.
Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah!

Boom De Ah Dah! Boom De Ah Dah! (repeat until fade)

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Listen to it a couple times, and you’ll be humming the tune the whole day .. LOL!

Time flies .. end of September already. And I’d like to say Happy Eid ul-Fitr to those who celebrate. :)
If we were back in Indonesia, we would’ve had ketupat and all of those other great food by now. I miss those food!!

The First Day of Autumn has come and gone. It is now officially the Fall season .. and the leaves are changing.

Autumn is coming

Keep an eye on my flickr set for pics … of anything. Apparently it gets updated more often … LOL!
Hmmm … I should do some more thinking about this site .. maybe I’ll convert it to become more like a photoblog.

Why does today feel like Friday? :P

8-8-8

People say it’s supposed to be a very lucky day today (just like last year’s 7-7-7).

What did I do? Not much.

What did the world do? Most of them probably watched the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Go Indonesia!!! Go Canada!!!

This monkey was having fun:

I should be at the Olympics ...

What did you do?

Happy Father’s Day!

Nice Day to be Outside!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY 2008!

A photo I did not take …

… of an eagle in my balcony. Seriously, just 10 minutes ago, I was staring blankly at my bills when I heard noises from my balcony, like something’s hitting the glass windows *bam bam*, and again *bam bam*. I turned around expecting to see some pigeons (that pooped on my balcony yesterday .. heh!) trying to get in. Instead, I saw an eagle trying to get out of my balcony. It was a medium sized eagle .. one that I usually see roaming around in the area (yes, I’ve seen him before .. and no, I’ve never been able to take his picture even when he was flying :P ). He was having some issues to get over the railings .. making that *bam bam* noise that I heard.

Then a couple more *bam bam*, and he managed to get out … flying freely over the trees, picking on a couple of black birds (not sure what they were). And then he was gone.

I hope he comes back to visit my balcony again one day … minus the *bam bam*.

Happy Mother’s Day 2008

I'm Next to be in the Tub

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 2008!!!

Are You RED-Y?

The ACC was V-E-R-Y–L-O-U-D yesterday during Playoff Game 3 of the Toronto Raptors vs. Orlando Magic. The guys behind us didn’t even stop yelling during the game, not even for one second. Well, they sat down and took a break during half time (they needed to get more beer) .. but otherwise, they were on their feet, yelling, screaming, calling names, singing, and spilling beer on my seat. :P

The Raptors were awesome! They played a great game .. and were leading by a lot at half time:

Half Time

And .. they won the game!!! ;)

Raptors Win! Raptors Win! Raptors Win!

Now .. they just need 3 more wins (over Superman and the gang) to go to the next round …

LET’S GO RAPTORS!

EDIT: The Raptors lost the series to the Magic in 5 games .. oh well, hopefully next year. :P

Third Rock from the Sun

What did you do to help our planet? Me .. I worked in the dark (they turn most of the lights off in the office building) … it was actually kind of neat. :D

Happy Earth Day 2008!

Happy Earth Day 2008!

2008: Year of the Frog

Do you know that some frogs smell of onion and the firebellied-toad smells of garlic? Interesting .. I didn’t know. Hehe. Some fun facts about frogs on Toronto Zoo website. :)

Hmmm .. this year is not only the Year of the Rat but also the Year of the Frog. It started last February 29th (Leap Day! ;) ) and I think it goes until the end of the year. One event that the zoo had last month was Frogzibitz, and they had a HUGE frog sitting in front of the education centre:

Giant Frog

LOL.

The other frogs we saw weren’t that big. Some very small. Some were very good in hiding. And some could change skin colour! But they were all cute. :)

African Clawed Frog

If we feel like learning more about frogs, this Frog Watch page is probably a good start. One day maybe I’ll go somewhere to listen to frog calls. You know, since I’ll be sharing this (my) year with the frogs, I might as well get to know them ….

Hmmmm .. some frogs can be eaten too .. not sure which ones, so it’s probably best to get them from the local market. ;)

More pics in my Toronto Zoo flickr set.

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