a quick note...

The star wars trailer has had more than a million hits since it was released, and was written about in every major newspaper in the world. Not too shabby for a TV show.

three months

Well isn't this sad? I've been in Singapore for three months. This blog site is three months old. Not nearly as many posts as I'd like, but I've felt very limited in what I can say. I don't want to talk about work. It has dominated 90% of all my relationships since it began. Everyone knows that I'm working on the star wars 3d animated TV show that will air in mid to late 2008. I'm contractually not allowed to say more.

Last Sunday I took my family to the Singapore zoo. It is really nice. Surprisingly nice. Much nicer than the Toronto zoo and really a lot cheaper too. The animal selection is great, and always close by. It must suck to be an animal there. No privacy at all. But for people it's awesome. Melanie was able to have her picture taken with a family of orang utans (that's Malay for man of the jungle). We were only there for a few hours. It's hard with a 3 year old and we didn't bring a stroller. Lets see if I can dig up some photos.

At the entrance to the zoo there were 5 or 6 big bronze statues of some animals and we got a few good pictures here.


This was a cool spot with 5 huge parrots. For a small donation ($5 sing) Mel was able to hold one. Remember she's more than 5 feet tall now. She said the bird was very light.


The feeding of the polar bear wasn't very exciting (though you would never have guessed that based on the crowd it drew). I guess maybe it was more exciting for Singaporeans who have never seen a polar bear before. It did have an air conditioned den, but seemed to prefer being out in the 35degree weather. There were some interesting facts posted here. Things like the fact that polar bears live in a climate that reaches 35 degrees . It neglects to mention that it only hits 35 degrees once a year.

This fearsome kamodo dragon. This guy was the hardest to see at the zoo. She is about 5 feet long (maybe 6), and liked to hide in the back corner. According to the sign she had just had babies. It also said they will eat their young. Maybe that's why we didn't see any.

This is just a reminder of home. Or the home that once was. I miss it, but it's not mine any more.