Just some random shots from the month of March 2021.
A couple of drawings he made during the month:
More pictures:
School pictures!
And one last batch of photos:
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Lots of Fun with Friends
Let’s check in on our hero and his various friends, and the antics they get up to.
It’s always fun with Jayden (and with Johnnie too):
Nyan and Haowei, playing games:
Goofing around in the mornings, waiting for the school bus, with Helena and Izzie:
And sometimes just playing with Izzie:
And finally, goofing around (again) with Jayden and Jonnie:
And finally finally, two of Nyan’s best-of-all friends: Slothie and Slothington the Second!
A Visit to River Safari
River Safari is this sort of zoo-aquarium hybrid. It’s mostly outdoors, a smallish animal park with displays of the animals that live in some of the world’s great rivers. It’s right next to the Singapore Zoo, and it’s fairly compact and makes for a nice three-hour visit. One day during Nyan’s spring break in March, we grabbed Nyan’s friend Edris and headed out.
There was lots to see – and yes, there are exhibits that include birds and monkeys (which technically live alongside some of these great rivers, I guess that’s why they are included?)
Did Nyan and Edris enjoy themselve? They did! Check out the excitement in these pics:
One of the main attractions of River Safari is the Panda House, which is home to two Great Pandas. (As far as we can tell, there is zero connection to any river here — we imagine that China offered Singapore a coupe of pandas for the Singapore Zoo, which would be the natural place for them; probably some internal politics among the local wildlife conservation scene led to the pandas going next door to River Safari instead. But anyway…)
The boys were excited:
We had some great views of the big fellas:
The pandas themselves were either napping or chewing on giant piles of bamboo. Living the panda life, basically.
(Added in August 2021: It was just announced that, back in about April of this year, these two lovebirds, er, love pandas became in a family way, and gave birth to a bouncing baby panda in August! How cool is that!)
Back to River Safari. There’s also a brief boat ride that took you through the Amazon river.
And of course a stop for lunch.
It was a really fun day!
In the water!
We spent a lot of time in the pool in March 2021. Let’s take a look.
Nyan’s been working on learning to dive:
He’s getting better!
Nyan likes to start off his weekly swimming lesson by tossing a pool float into the water and then jumping in after it:
Wanna see Nyan do a cannonball in slow motion?
More diving. Some better than others. But he’s improving, and that’s what counts:
We try to get him to run a lap or two after his swimming lesson, just for good measure. Check out his form in slow motion:
And running up close, still slow-mo:
And finally: a relaxing time in the pool with good pal Nadia, viewed from 20 stories up.
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