Upside down / O mundo ao contrario: April 2011

At the beginning of April, I went to the zoo...the animals seemed to be on strike (many cages were just empty)...maybe they were just inside, hibernating, since it was getting colder! :) The cages were not small and the animals, in general, seemed to be in good conditions.

Finally, I saw a kangaroo

The monkey seems to be quite thoughtful

The bear looking down - is it sadness?

Pelican - a bit naughty one - he can fly, but he doesn't escape

Red panda - looked really like a teddy bear

The chimps - these guys know what's life about - resting in really funny (human) positions

Some more party times followed, but the one I still didn't mentioned and which became like a peregrination place, after the dinner, is the korean karaoke bar - you get in, and go to some private little room with your friends and you end up singing, drinking some awful korean drink (with or without sprite) and making faces that you would never think you could be able to do. Obviously, the best pictures are not in the blog! ;)

Wow...people really take it seriously!!!

Geoff (at the right) is quite shy..."no picture, please"!!!

Deep concentration on singing the music

I have been jogging, tramping around the walking around the village where I live and I have found some interesting event - some Trial demonstration made by the NZ junior champion (forgot the name, sorry) and the aim was to fund raise some money to help in recovering Christchurch after the Earth Quake last February.

The beautiful vegetation that I can find all around my place

The soccer pitch where I use to train and play

Trial demo - 1

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During the Easter weekend, I went for a walk to the Red Rocks, which is situated in the south coast of Wellington, and where it can be found many seal colonies during the Winter period (mainly from May to October), though I have been there in April and managed to watch a seal...and I was quite close to her...annoying her, until she (I call it she, because their name in portuguese is feminine - foca) decided to leave - I was like a pain in the ass, as you can see by the video (ok, the video was not working - so, I am posting some photos instead).