Higashiyama Zoo 9 Oct 2009 | 東山動物園

October 9th 2009

It's almost autumn and the weather changes a lot. This day it was more likely to a summer mode and as usual I bring Yuri & Eiqmal to the zoo after sending my wife to university. Our route for today was the Asian elephant, the must see penguins, the African elephant, gorillas and chimpanzees.And as usual they asked me to buy them the drinks too. Yuri always said that she is tired already, cannot walk anymore unless she got something to drink. Beside the juices I also bought them a cone of maccha ice cream for them to share.
Our visit always about 90 minutes to 2 hours only due to the coin parking is being charged every 30 minutes.

Morning zoo on weekdays is very relaxing.


Their all time favorite.


So tasty.. she can't resist


While waiting Yuri and Eiqmal having the ice cream , I managed to set the auto timer on the table .


The huge African elephant. Kids from nearby kindergarten also having their trip to the zoo too.


Looking down at the gorilla.

Yuri's kindergarten entrance test

October 2nd 2009

From next April yuri will be going to the kindergarten same with Eirfan. Since Eirfan entered there in the 2nd grade and it was in February (we was late and lucky that he managed to entered) and his entrance test was only 2 person. But for Yuri, she went to the standard entrance test but since we already know what will be done based during Eirfan's test, Yuri is more ready for the test than Eirfan.
But Yuri is a bit shy to talk to strangers, not like Eirfan. That's the only problem.
As usual there is a balancing test, colour naming, music steps, few basic Japanese talking such as greeting and telling about family members and also the free colouring too. Well Yuri did well at the first stage of the interview, but when she met with the headmaster and being asked back the same question as before... she wont talk.
Well she got the language wall of course, but other kids also same level with Yuri, Same as Eirfan, her result came out just after the interview with the headmaster and she was accepted to enter the kindergarten. After that she went to check her uniform size and few other thing to buy to.
The next event before entering the kindergarten is the "one day trial" at the kindergarten on March 2010.

Music steps.


Balancing test.


Her 1st interview in her life.


Free colouring time.

Eirfan's Art Exhibition

September 27th 2009
It's one of the annual event from Eirfan's kindergarten. Every class got their own theme for individual and also class presentation. The exhibition was held at Nagoya City Museum, such a grand place for an art exhibition af kindergarten kids though. For Eirfan he did some paintings and made an animal clay too. He made a gorrila but more look like a fat cat to me LOL. His class project was the big dinosaur.. the green one. He said their teacher do the stitching and they did the colouring.

Panorama view inside the exhibition hall

Eirfan looking at his seniors art.


This is his class's project, GARU the dinosaur.


"Eirfan and friends"


"Sea life"


An abstract art from Eirfan.


This is supposed to be a "gorilla".

Eid Mubarrak 2009

September 20th 2009

Finally the Eid for this year has came. This is the 1st time for us to celebrate it as a family in Japan and 1st time to me celebrating it outside Tokyo. When I was studying at Kawasaki, the main event during Eid Mubarrak is to go for the Eid prayer at Malaysian Embassy + eat all the free food there and meet friends around Tokyo there, but here in Nagoya we celebrate it in general as the Eid prayer is held together with all Muslims around Nagoya. For the past years the prayer was held in a hall somewhere in Nagoya, but this year all the halls were unable to be book and it was held at a public park near Sakae.

The crowd was very big and assumed about 1000 peoples gathered for the Eid prayer.  Seems that it was done at a park, i decided to went there alone and leave the rest at home.   There also some open houses held by fellow Malaysian student and we went one of the on the evening. Seems that it's been a tradition of students in Nagoya to do an open house during Eid's and few more open houses need to be attend within the celebration season.


This year we are all in GREEN (sponsored item LOL)


Eiqmal wont pose for the camera this time


Yuri in Hijab


Eirfan and his style


Just after we went for an open house.

Usual morning

September 17th 2009

Just another usual morning me and Yuri sending Eirfan to the bus stop for his kindergarten.  Most of the time we managed to reach to the bus stop before the bus come at 8:20am, but sometimes the bus arrived early too. If we were lucky we just hop in  just infront our apartment only. Otherwise we need a small run until the bus stop. 

Yuri with Eirfan "ehonbukuro", the bag where he puts his shoes, sports wear and smock.


Eirfan's in uniform + his water bottle

Too TIRED

September 15th 2009

Nothing much to say... just..Yuri was really tired playing and she fell asleep while playing.

During 9-9-9 day

September 9th 2009

It's 09/09/2009 and I'm feeling to shot something and as usual it end up by bringing Eiqmal & Yuri to the zoo. We stop by the zoo after sending mum to university and the time was still before 10am. The zoo was still empty. Because we parked the car at the coin parking, we just spend here less than 2hours. We just went until the giraffe's barn before returning back to the car park. Sure is was a short visit but a very relaxing walk inside the zoo.

Morning zoo in the weekday is very calm


Eiqmal at the kangaroo's barn


Heading to the giraffe's barn


Short visit to the zoo ended.