Avilon Zoo

Last Saturday was one of the best weekends of my life. I volunteered to be an "Ate" for a day to the kids of APS staff. We went to Avilon Zoo in Rizal and spent the day touring the oh-so-large-and-amazing zoo.
I was a little hesitant because i was out of practice in dealing with kids. Good thing my "kids" were wonderful, John Patrick [12] and John Prince[10]. My kids were pretty adventurous and we always got ahead of everyone else or got almost left behind.

My silly fears drowned the moment we saw the big fishes in the pond [really big koi-like fishes about 4-5ft long that happily scramble for raw chicken heads]. We saw hundreds of animals ranging from flyers, walkers, crawlers, swimmers, stalkers, meat-eaters, etc. We touched and petted "Narda" and the green parrot, hesitatingly held the yellow snake [eww, it was cold and scary], and secretly fed the big fishes with friend chicken until the water turned oily [whoops, konsentidora kasi ako]. Though we walked for 2 hours and slept through the ride home, we all enjoyed it, kids and kids-at-heart alike.

I miss the feeling of being "ate." I miss caring for someone younger who seems to need me. I miss being with kids. I miss Kaingin.