Guidelines that you must follow when you visit Ocean Park Manila on a Sunday morning (or keep in mind anyway):

1. Wear closed shoes. If it’s steel-toed, all the better! And if you had it spiked, fantastic! Why? So that those who step on your toes will be the ones experiencing the pain.

2. Don’t bother saying excuse me. People might appreciate it but they’ll still keep on shoving and pushing. And suddenly you realize that you’re the only one who knows how to say the phrase.

3. Forget about personal space. Throw it with the sharks.

4. If a kid pushes you forcefully so that he can get to the display, say excuse me with an agitated voice and I guarantee you, his mother will scold him.

5. Even though flash photography isn’t allowed, people will still intentionally use it. They will look around and avoid those people who carry around the “Flash photography is prohibited” sign. My thoughts on the matter? It isn’t Ocean Park’s fault that the fishes keep on swimming around and that you can’t take a pic of it with such slow shutter speed. Better yet, it’s not Ocean Park’s fault that you can’t afford to buy a better camera D: Poor fishes.

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He saw you flashing your camera, dude, and he’s staring at you!
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.

Photos taken using my Nokia N82. Without flash.

Except maybe this one. Grabbed from my sister’s phone :o)

6. Stick with the tour guide so that you won’t have to read the info material for each fish. She knows all the fishes and she’ll give you little tidbits of trivia here and there. Never mind her horrific grammar and you’re all set! (Give her a tip afterwards cause she’s gonna be around those pushing people for an entire day after all! Poor girl :c)

P.S. The tour guide suggested not visiting on a weekend :3 But well, it’s the time my dad is around so… ;o)