Dolphins can do some nifty tricks! (Here are some more videos from before.) They’d be awesome pets.
dolphins spiraling from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
dolphins racing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
dolphin shark from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Dolphin acrobatics
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, dolphins, experiences, performances, sentosa, singapore, travel tales
08
November
2010
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Airports
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: airport, experiences, observation, thailand, travel, videos
04
November
2010
Well, my mom missed a connecting flight today, so I decided to share some videos from when I was sitting around at an airport in Thailand…
First, the retracting of the bridge when all the passengers are loaded:
retracting jet bridge from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
The plane, unable to back up itself, gets pushed by a pushback tractor (I believe that’s the correct term).
The next plane comes along and the bridge slowly seals itself against the side.
jet bridge meeting plane from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Our luggage is loaded and soon we get to boarding to start the process all over again, for anyone still sitting there to watch.
luggage loading from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
The power of many
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, behavior, interesting, observation, videos
01
November
2010
When it’s one, it looks a little insane, no?
bird dust bath from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Ah, but when it’s many, it’s a party!
birds dust-bathing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
I never knew that birds took dust baths. I thought that was just something chinchillas did.
Hungry fellow
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, interesting, observation, videos
29
October
2010
squirrel eating from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
This squirrel wasted no time gobbling up his food.
Tiger “baby”
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, experiences, observation, thailand, videos
26
October
2010
At the Tiger Temple in Thailand, caretakers fed and cooled down the felines by squirting water or milk from a baby bottle into their mouths. Kind of a funny thing, a huge grown tiger being fed much like an infant child. Look carefully and you can see one getting squirts in the background:
thirsty tiger from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Dark in LA
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: experiences, explosion, los angeles, videos, westwood
23
October
2010
Los Angeles is not a city that goes dark. Unless of course parts of it get a power outage, as we did this night when there was an underground explosion (read more here and watch the aftermath here). Here are some videos long after the explosion, when everyone’s power was turned off so that crews could work to fix the problem.
darkened westwood from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Tilt your head to the left and watch this…
blinking elevator from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
It’s hard to tell since it goes by so quickly, but it’s an elevator with the doors open and lights flashing periodically. I guess it’s the safety measure during a power outage, so people don’t get stuck inside.
How to train a bird
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, experiences, food, interesting, videos
17
October
2010
Use some food and be patient! Look at how many gathered ’round…
hungry birds from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Just keep on tempting them. Someone’s gotta give.
bird feeding from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Fish out of water
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, hong kong, interesting, observation, ocean, travel tales, videos
12
October
2010
Check out these awesome little flying fish! These were doing what they could to stay ahead of our boat.
little flying fish! from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Those shiny flecks are all flying fish – swarms of them! There must be thousands there.
flying fish from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Flight landing
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: hong kong, interesting, observation, videos
09
October
2010
I find there’s something fascinating about watching planes land at an airport. Whether it’s from underneath them, at the terminal, or inside them, there’s always an interesting perspective to be had. In fact, one of these days I wouldn’t mind sitting somewhere near the airport, watching the planes come in. The ones coming into the Hong Kong airport were filing in at a steady rate and it was cool to watch as they appeared in the distance, just a little speck, and slowly got larger and closer.
plane landing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
Dolphin tricks
laelene Posted in video blog，Tags: animals, performance, sentosa, singapore, travel tales, videos
06
October
2010
The dolphins st Sentosa wave hi and do some jumping tricks!
dolphin waving from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
jumping hoops from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
ball touch from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
