life, the journey: nadia nasira’s first trip to the zoo

there is so much to write, yet so little time. i procrastinated writing but with so many events happening around me…. i decided to capture them all here.

when i was expecting my little one back in 2006, about 24 weeks, i craved for a visit to the zoo negara, which i have never visited. i have been repeatedly asking my husband to take me to the zoo. one fine saturday, i raised it again and he promised me he would the next day, a sunday. i was all excited and woke up early…. my husband was still half asleep, was all lazy and wanted to postpone the trip. i said ok….though i was so disappointed. i sat quietly on the sofa, sadly, looking at some birds in the garden. tears rolled down. seeing my tears and my long face, he decided to get over with this zoo trip….. that was then….

27 january 2008, he suggested that we take our little one on her first trip to the zoo… i was excited again!!! must be my second pregnancy….. we packed some food for the both of us and off we went to the zoo with the little one. she was quietly watching what was happening around her and there was her first sight on some giraffes. she was captivated and fascinated by the sight. then on, she liked what she saw and quietly pointing out at the animals. she made sounds to indicate her interest in what she saw. she didn’t sleep at all and was all so tired. i was so tired to walk around too as i speed has slowed down in this pregnancy. hahhahhah my hubby and me skipped some of the animals as he was also tired carrying her. we put her in her stroller but she appeared passive. we thought that she was not interested but then when she was carried, she was all too noisy…. of all the things she saw, she liked fish a lot….

it was such a tiring day. on our way home, we dropped by my best friend, zeenath’s house in bukit wangsamas. zeenath has two sons, adam (4) and danial (2), adorable little boys who loves my little nasira, especially danial. they bring her all their toys (from trucks to fire engines to transformers) and their mother will tell them to give her some soft toys as she is a girl… then, they would bring her all the soft toys, such interesting sight to see our little ones are playing with each other….

we had dinner there. zeenath loves to feed me and i love her cooking. she is a good cook. come to think of it, i remember when she first got married, me and my other friends (we were decided to teach her to cook (each of us one dish) and messed up her kitchen!!!! not sure if she learned the receipe we tried showing her but she was all too busy cleaning the kitchen afterwards.

it was little nasira’s bedtime and we headed home…. feeling glad that we took her on her first trip to the zoo.