To go to the other parts of the zoo tour such as the Tiger Safari or Savannah, one needs to bring his vehicle. Of course, not all are willing to bring his car and risk it, although very little possibility, to be scratched by animals along the way.

One has an option to ride the train-like vehicles of the zoo for only P50 per person. The advantage of this is you save up on gas. The disadvantage is the road is very dusty. I do not recommend it to those who have asthma.

I suddenly remembered this site http://www.blackheadextractors.org that I browsed last week. It was so dusty my face felt like it was so thick and heavy with oil and dirt. We ran out of wet wipes for trying to keep ourselves fresh once in a while.

Rodent world is where we saw the hybrid of zebra and carabao, as well as the albino carabao.

We weren’t able to take a picture of the hybrid facing us he seemed to be very shy. That or my mind was just preoccupied with quick trim extreme burn. Haha. Anyway, this one is enough, I think, to show that it’s a carabao with the zebra stripes.

Here’s the albino carabao.

For weekends, holidays and peak season, an entrance to the Zoobic Safari costs Php449 for adults and Php349 for kids who are 3 feet or higher.

It was so hot last Sunday when we went there. We all felt sticky. It seemed that shaving my head wouldn’t be such a bad idea then. Well, there will always be hair growth shampoos in the groceries.

Kidding aside, I highly suggest for a family or group of friends to go on swimming after going to the zoo.

One of the cool things here in this zoo is you can take your photo with the animals such as tiger in the above photo. I was just too afraid to do it.

Last Saturday, we went to Tagaytay Highlands. The meet-up time was 6am at SLEX. Yet, we were still chatting at 1am earlier the same day. You can actually safely assume that these mommies, including me slept for only 4 hours, more or less.

The reason for being so early was to make sure we have time to spend at the Animal Farm. Well, Mikee is never a fan of animals. I’d be surprised if she’d enjoy the zoo. But of course, I still keep trying.

Sharing some pics:

I was too afraid here, I wasn’t moving.

This is overlooking the ducks. Yes, Mikee wasn’t smiling but still, I’m glad she wasn’t whining.

Geez, there were plenty but this is the only shot we have.

This is the 6am group. Well except for Howell who took this picture.

it was a funfilled weekend.
we went to avilon zoo last saturday, with our friends (Mikee’s ninong and ninangs). we hired a tour guide so we won’t miss any spot. it was fun and very informative. but i wouldn’t trust the tour guide so much. she said that ‘roadrunner’ is an ostrich. we’re not experts, but we’re not ignorant either. teehee.

we took a lot of pictures (hay ang barkadahang addict sa pictures — i finally found where i belong hahaha). some were Mikee sitting in a little pony, hubby with an owl on his shoulders (i got the same shot) and the barkada holding an albino python, which Mikee found to be fun-to-pinch.

i took a video of my hubby feeding the arapaimas, which are a type of arwana and seemed like never been fed for a month. i was imagining myself slipping to their pond and my legs being devoured (waah, sadista?)

it was a hot afternoon. everybody was feeling a little sticky, someone suggested we take a swim after the zoo. but tired that we were, we opted to just eat steak at snackaroo.
we decided to just take a swim on the following day.

oh no, the boys needed board shorts! so off we went to gateway to visit speedo. hmmm, tired huh?
hubby bought a nice board shorts, a two-piece swimsuit for Mikee which is color coordinated with my swimsuit (no need to buy a new one) and board shorts for me too!
i also went to get Mikee’s studio pics from blowupbabies at gateway.

we also went to visit hubby’s brother who works as pizza hut branch manager. we waited for him since his shift was almost over.
he was hungry, we went to world topps (commonwealth) which is closed by the way. we ended up in grilla.
it was a tiring day.

sunday early morning, we went to club manila east for a swim. they have a kiddie pool (so big i think i could hold a party there hahaha).
and they also have a wave beach. Mikee was afraid everytime that there’s wave.
but waves are turned off for about ten minutes. that’s the time Mikee would crawl on the pool. (feeling nya nasa bed sya)

i got a text message from my mom inviting us to have dinner at trinoma.
hmm, not a bad idea. we haven’t checked the new mall.
so when we got home, we just relaxed a bit and freshen up and strut our golden skin at the trinoma.

we had our dinner at crustacia, which was yummy.
they said they had slow service. we didn’t notice ‘coz when we got there, my family was halfway their dinner.

wow! it was indeed a funfilled weekend. family, friends, sun and fun.
and yes today is a very hectic workday in the office.
thank God for all these blessings.