Never Too Many Pandas.

You can definitely never have too many pandas. As an animal lover I'm really conflicted about zoos, on the one hand there's the happiness of the animals and on the other, there's the conservation side of things. I feel that Ocean Park probably does do a lot to conserve China's native animals and actually, most of the enclosures are nice and big, and that's despite the huge theme park expansion they've been working on since I last visited.





I did actually lug my DSLR along for the ride for this excursion but my new snappy little Canon did a pretty swell job too - I'm actually thinking about getting my butt in gear and talking about my cameras in an upcoming post, and it's that little camera that had me inspired.

I just felt like my blog needed more pandas and more animals, it's been a while since my goat-crazy phase of the summer.




This monkey's weird, human-like face creeped me out a little, sorry little guy.


Making like a panda.



Making like a dancing panda.




Panda selfie, can you tell I like pandas?




Red pandas are an acceptable panda substitute and these guys were much more boisterous than they were when I visited in 2011.


So pretty.





Weirdly, and probably second to pandas (obviously), I think the goldfish exhibition is my favourite thing at Ocean Park. I think it's because it reminds me of my mum and it's actually pretty neat as they include the history of the goldfish too - bit more exciting than it sounds (only a bit).




The Ocean Park cable car is still one of the quietest places I've been in Hong Kong, gives you time to think.




It's days like this one where Hong Kong is a completely under-rated holiday destination, look at that sea!




Saw my first arctic fox, so that was neat.






Sloths: not as slow as you think.


For more panda-related fun, I would recommend David O'Doherty's 100 Facts About Pandas, the most accurate panda book I have ever read.

Desktop: 15/08/2011

Quite like being nosey and looking at other people's desktops, so I thought I'd start to 'document' mine. I don't think I particularly change it that often, but we'll see how it goes.

Think that I will be more likely to work on my website once I have a desk again — I'm currently at my Gran's — and when I'm out of 'holiday' mode; it's my birthday tomorrow then there are few family events before I head off to France next Friday. I signed up for another recruitment agency this afternoon and I have an sign-up interview with another one on Thursday, let's hope that something comes from it. I'd really like to have something to occupy my time for a bit, although I'm sure the website will be fun, *derp.

Juicy.

I have some nice videos for you. Tonight I am obsessed with Mumford & Sons and am awaiting the impending release of a DVD about their Indian adventures. I've never wished to be at a gig more than tonights iTunes Festival with M&S; but I wasn't, so I was able to watch the live stream via Quicktime which was great because the ITV2 coverage simply won't do, it's all, 'filler, filler, filler, SOME MUSIC, filler filler, ONE SONG, filler, oh the end of the show'.
I'm probably officially a little bit in love with Marcus Mumford even if his face is like the tragedy mask most of the time, he looked like he was literally weeing himself with excitement over performing with the Dharohar Project on stage as well as being generally happy to be there. What a lovely guy.

As well as Mumford & Sons, I've also been enjoying flicking through Public School for a bit, as this is the last bit of free time I have for a few days. I found this apron, which I would like as it is neat, even if I have never had any desire to wear an apron before, I really think I would think about it more if I had this.

There was also these, which I looked more into and found loads of, I wouldn't want to mess with that panda, it would break my stuff, or in some cases, not my stuff. I wish we had adverts like this, if one advert like this existed in the UK - wouldn't even have to be a series like this - it might even make up for the GoCompare man, I'm just throwing that one out there.

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And finally I saw this, it made me really think about my teeth, as I'm kind of unhappy with the bottom ones and myself. I should have worn my retainer for longer, I guess they've stopped moving now but my smile would be fucking dazzling if they hadn't moved at all, plus when my wisdom teeth do finally come in, my whole mouth will be horrid again. Curse you Chinese genes!

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Whatup?

Photos from Barn dance up soon, don't think it will contribute to my project, but still..