Ocean Park Manila
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)
April 21st, 2008 at 7:36 am
Many people stepped on you? I’ll try visiting on weekdays.
April 21st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Several :c
Twice by own sister.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 am
hey your pics came out really nicely! good entry.
I went there with my nephew on one of those long weekends and the place was packed! didn’t enjoy it as much at first because of the crowd - but once we got to the part after the tunnel, people kind of have more space to move around. I loved the shark tank best!
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:04 am
Fishies! XD
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
Yeah! I can stare at the sharks for a long long long while and not be bored by them. They have a really cla-s-sy way of moving! Like they’re wearing a tux! XD
But that’s just me, prolly. I liked the tunnel part the best cause it’s HUGE. And there are a LOT of fishes :3
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I’ll probably go there when all the hype is over. I just hope all the fish are still alive by then.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I’ll go back when they have their dolphins! :3
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I wanna go theeere. Been nagging mbf to bring his niece there so i can go too. hahaha sneaky, i know.
April 27th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
You have a bf??? :3 I wanna see a pic! (Okay, i know that wasn’t your point xD But lol)
I hope he takes you there. Not too soon though. Wait for the dolphins! Or better yet,visit Ocean Adventure in Subic instead. I hear it’s better than HK’s Ocean Park.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:11 am
I want to see the pic too! By the way, what does mbf mean?
May 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
mbf = “my bf”