December 30th 2009: Jurong Bird Park and more

It's worth looking at the full-sized versions of these pictures to see the birds' feathers, etc.

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		A peacock with an enormous tail.	A smaller peacock.
In the southeast asian birds aviary, a nicobar pigeon.	I wrote down that this is a bali mynah, but now I don't think that's right.	An Asian fairy bluebird. (This picture didn't come out as well as I hoped. The blue should be darker, more luminous, more violet.)	My vegetable biryani set, from one of the cafes in the park. Even if this were priced the same as at a hawker centre (it was not--it was 2.5x the price), I still think the hawker stand would go out of business. Not good.
Penguins above water.	Penguins "flying" underwater.	Birds one can pose with.	An island of macaws.
Macaws close-up. They want shade (as did I).	Flamingos.	A movie of the flamingo pool.	A short movie of turtles! (in the duck pond) Excellent.
Part of the waterfall aviary. Yes, this is all netted in.	The waterfall itself.	Another bridge in this aviary.	The base of the waterfall as seen from the bridge.
As you can tell from the lack of pictures of birds, the birds in the waterfall aviary here weren't anything new.	Pelicans.	Pelicans again, now at feeding time.	In the large collection of parrots, I like the variety of painted backgrounds in each cage. All the backgrounds of the (30+?) cages are different.
More parrots (technically sun conures), and another painted background.	Flamingo lake. What are those long vines hanging down from the trees?	Another look at the vines. By the way, that's a monorail track in the background. (I didn't ride it, preferring to walk.)
Snacks at the Boon Lay Bus Interchange Mall
Mixed berry yogurt.	Crispy sweet corn puff. The name is apt. The crust was butter and flaky. The filling was creamier than I like, though the puff was still acceptable.	The puff's inside.	The label for my crispy sweet corn puff: crispy (cui4) skin (pi2) corn (yu4 mi3) milk (nai3) something something. The latter two are buang2 bo. I can't find definitions that makes sense in this context; the best I can do is "royal turnip." Maybe it's an important item of this shape? I assume corn milk can be understood as creamed corn.
Watermelon.	Peach soy milk ice blend: Nope, I still don't much like the taste of real soymilk, even in blended form.	Very tasty strawberry juice. I was happy I ordered it for S$1 from this stand in front of a fruit stall rather than for S$3.60 inside the neighboring mall.
Near East Coast Lagoon Food Village
A movie of someone water-skiing. The cord is pulled automatically by cables that run around the top of the reservoir.