EPL is Back Again for Gameweek 9

Fuh, finally finished uploading the Sealion performance video.

And yes! International break is finally over too, and it is time again for club football, which also mean it is time for Fantasy Premier League.

Thanks to Sergio Kun Aguero's 5 goals against Newcatle United on Gameweek 8 which contributed to my Gameweek points, preventing further dropping off of my ranking in all head-to-head and classic leagues I joined. Frustrated enough watching few players I selected since first Gameweek continue their dismay performance, thus I decided to change them. I mean I actually revamp the whole team with WildCard.

Janmaat, Coloccini, Puncheon, Ivanovic, Stones, Aguero, Cazorla, Defoe, Howard and Tadic OUT.

Yeah babe, and that is it my team for Gameweek 9.

Hopefully it works out for me.

Gameweek 9 is also important to all the KOP fans because Jurgen Klopp will be managing Liverpool side for the first time ahead of trip to White Heart Lane to face Tottenham Hotspurs.

Tomorrow I will be traveling to Kelantan for friend's wedding but one of the agenda of us all is to watch this match.

Bring the matches on Premier League, I miss them so much!

Sealion Performance - Part 30

Here it is the Part 30.

Sealion Performance - Part 29

Here it is the Part 29.

Sealion Performance - Part 28

Here it is the Part 28.

Sealion Performance - Part 27

Here it is the Part 27.

Sealion Performance - Part 26

Here it is the Part 26.

Sealion Performance - Part 25

Here it is the Part 25.

Sealion Performance - Part 24

Here it is the Part 24.

Sealion Performance - Part 23

Here it is the Part 23.

Sealion Performance - Part 22

Here it is Part 22.

Sealion Performance - Part 21

Here it is the Part 21.

Sealion Performance - Part 20

Here it is the Part 20.

Sealion Performance - Part 19

Here it is the Part 19.

Sealion Performance - Part 18

Here it is the Part 18.

Sealion Performance - Part 17

Here it is the Part 17.

Sealion Performance - Part 16

Here it is the Part 16.

Sealion Performance - Part 15

Here it is the Part 15.

Sealion Performance - Part 14

Here it is the Part 14.

Sealion Performance - Part 13

Here it is the Part 13.

Sealion Performance - Part 12

Here it is the Part 12.

Sealion Performance - Part 11

Here it is the Part 11.

Sealion Performance - Part 10

Here it is the Part 10.

Sealion Performance - Part 9

Here it is the Part 9.

Sealion Performance - Part 8

Here it is the Part 8.

Sealion Performance - Part 7

Here it is the Part 7.

Sealion Performance - Part 6

Here it is the Part 6.

Sealion Performance- Part 5

Here it is the Part 5.

Sealion Performance - Part 4

Here it is the part 4.

Sealion Performance - Part 3

Here it is the part 3.

Sealion Performance - Part 2

Remember the sealion performance on my earlier post?

Here is the 2nd part, just another 15 seconds. Forgive me because blogger only allows video size of not more than 100 MB, so I have to trim the video.

Stay tuned for part 3.

Singapore Day 4 - 27/12/2014

Finally our Singapore trip was coming to an end.

After checking out from the hotel, we went for breakfast and took the opportunity to capture the street view of Geylang, the place we were staying for the past 3 days.

The weather was sunny but extremely windy. Perfect!

Chang Ziang Hotel that we stayed

Not knowing there was a Buddhist Association

Restaurants selling Fresh Frog Porridge and Beef Kway Teow

What if I tell you the Geylang Lor 9 Fresh Frog Porridge had its branch just newly open in my hometown, Kepong few months ago. Yes, but I am just no fan of fresh frog.

Temple and Bak Kut Teh

Mongkok Dimsum, out of our budget

Coffeehouse and Steamboat restaurant

Mixture of restaurants, wholesale and mobile gadgets shop

Steamboat restaurant again

Bus station

Our breakfast place

After breakfast, we visited the Little India before heading to airport to catch flight in the afternoon.

In Little India, I met my ex Standard Chartered big boss whose name I forgot when he was busy talking on phone. Guess he did not recognize me, after all it was almost one year and a half since I left the company. I was still surprised being able to see him then, hope he is always in good health for such a kind man he is.

Arriving at Changi Airport,  we were welcomed by Mickey & Minnie!

Still having time, we took an airport tour.

Donald Duck & Daisy Duck

Delicious food found at cafe airport.

Good bye Singapore! Thank you for all the awesomeness! I will be back again soon!

Singapore Day 3 - 26/12/2014 [Singapore Zoo]

Singapore Zoo, total ecological adventure with over 2,800 animals inhabiting the lush tropical rainforest.

Rain dampened our excitement but we still proceed with just a small umbrella. It was sweet walking under the rain hugging each other and whispering loves among the animals. We were all wet, including the couple sport shoes we wore, but since we were unable to undo the rain, we simply enjoyed the wetness.

Thanks to the unlimited tram rides, we first arrived at Frozen Tundra, hoping to see Inuka again while evading the heavy rain.

Kids were excited

Many were like us, wanting to see Inuka

After waiting for around 15 minutes, Inuka still unseen, rain still heavy, and we decided to move to watch the other animals.

Next on watch list, Raccoon Dog.

It said:"If you don't see me here, I might be having a nap in my den. I'll be out during the feeding sessions."

Okay, they were having a sweet nap

Yeah right, I would be sleeping as well on my bed with air-cond on such rainy day like you

Next, Wild Africa!

Queuing to board tram for Wild Africa

Some people enjoying family fun by walking to explore

Hi Zebra!

Wow, Ziraffe!

Giraffe Skull, looked like Joker haha!

Then, we arrived at Free Ranging Orang Utan Island. Made me felt like I was live at the shooting scene for Planet Apes. These Bornean apes were not barricaded or caged, so if Caesar jumped out to shake hands with me, I would be honored.

Neighboring the Orang Utan Island was the elephant kingdom within stone's throw distance. And there it was a teenage elephant, settling and moving its body in anxiety. We recalled that during one of the university presentation classes, the gf presented a topic related to petition to stop keeping animals in zoo and releasing them back to mother nature.

Keeping animals in zoo is considered a cruel act to the animals and the animals, losing their natural hunting and surviving skills, would suffer permanent psychological damage being locked up. Some ended up with psychiatry, some premature death, and some dysplasia.

So, little one, I will pray for you. Take care and enjoy free food from the zoo!

Beside the place of the teenage elephant was an elephant exhibition room.

Elephant skull specimen, looked like a clown mask

Side view

Looked like Squidward Tentacles in SpongeBob Squarepants

Elephants never forget, that explain some elephant revenge in circus

Not far from the exhibition room then we saw tiger!

Tiger head structure with sharp incisors

How do tigers kill with one bite?

One of Singapore's last tigers

The tiger was quite active in the rain.

Jumping here and there

A lifelike tiger specimen

As a Chinese, I understand that every part of tiger is valuable as medicine especially in China

Tiger penis, believed to improve impotence if consumed by man

Beside the tiger trek, we saw otters having fun as well under the rain and in the water. How good if we are trouble-less and no worries like them.

We walked through Treetops Trail and beneath it we can see False Gavial.

On the land near the water where False Gavial lived, we found this small yellow deer. Wasn't it a little risky putting this deer with the Gavial together where Gavial would literally climb out of the water and eat it?

Proceeding further, we reached Australian Outback where we first saw Red River Hog. If you watch The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, it was this creature which Dain, the Lord of the Dwarves from the Ironhills was riding when he aided Thorin in the battle against Men and Elves. If you watch it then you will know how cute this creature is. Fat, short yet agile.

Hi Kangaroo! First time seeing one hopping around so swiftly. I heard people in Australia cooked curry kangaroo. One day I would like to try it despite the kangaroo's innocence and cuteness.

Without us noticing, we have entered the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia! Here we saw Hamadryas Baboon!

Not far from the Great Valley, we heard loud cheers and applauds so we decided to went for a look.

It was the Great Splash Safari Show by Sealion! The acrobatic sealion was of human size or even bigger. Sluggish but somehow swift. The kids, especially, loved the sealion very much.

Watch below video of the sealion performance, I will upload more in later posts.

The sealion was cute, wasn't it? Was thinking to kidnap it but how to hide it? Simply too huge for me.

Next was African Penguin spotted crowding in a small and confined space. All seemed uncomfortable and inactive. Again, making me to think that it was time to release them back to mother nature.

Wild Africa revisited because we missed a couple of big names there.

No.1 - White Rhinoceros. Robust and strong, like the Pokemon Rhyhorn.

No.2 - Cheetah. This could be a leopard, so what makes the difference?

It is the body spots and looks. See~

Cheetah from Internet, exactly the same look I captured from Zoo

Leopard, more like a lion

No.3 - Lion!

The Kings of the Jungle were seen wandering back and forth aimlessly and listlessly on the pathway in their home, looked rather emotional despite having companion.

There was a room made up of transparent glass right beside the lion's den where tourists can observe and capture the lion from close distance.

By the time when I finished capturing the lions, my DSLR has gone out of battery. Luckily my Samsung Note 10.1 was there to become the successor.

It was closed to the closing time of zoo and before meeting No.4 on watch list - Puma, we missed out Nyala, Warthog, Hunting Dog, Leopard and Naked Mole Rat. Guess the Safari officers have chased them back to their own den.

And here was the Puma!

Looked like a big cat.

After Wild Africa, we arrived at Snake House.

Creepy and strange snake species awaited us. Too many that we did not even bother to know them one by one.

Lastly, we visited Reptile Garden. Various reptile specimens were shown.

Star Turtle

Komodo Dragon!

Similarly as to the closing time, we at least missed Estuarine Crocodile, False Gavial, Bornean Marsh and Sun Bear in Reptile Garden.

Luckily, not the Giant Tortoise.

Well, the Giant Tortoise were adopted by Wall's. Corporate Social Responsibility?

Never mind the Sun Bear, we had the Story of Teddie's Bear.

At long last, we finished the zoo by walking and tram. Honestly the zoo was too big for us to walk visit one by one. The tram was not helping much because it was always occupied.

Last picture at the zoo. Thank you for the memories <3 br="">

It was still raining by the time we left. It was a lovely trip, not forgetting photo for our dinner.

Singapore Chicken Rice and 炒白果

Satisfying meal and day!