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Celebrating Mother’s Day at Manila Ocean Park

May 15, 2008

This is the first time (I think) that we ever really celebrated Mother’s Day. Usually, I would dread this day because I was just that type of person who hated family days. Talk about severe angst and hang-ups, huh? But like I said in my previous posts, I am feeling so much better about my life right now and something inside of me wanted to be more open and forgiving. And so, without hesitation, a week before last, I texted my mom and asked her "Gusto mo pumunta Manila Ocean Park for Mother’s Day?" To which she replied, "Shempre gusto ko." Oo nga naman… it’s been ages since we last saw each other. I can’t even remember when that was. And so, there we were last Sunday, enjoying the little creatures of the ocean (some were not so little) and having a blast!

 

  L-R: My brother Mac, his preggy girlfriend Smeerf, Mommy, Me & Peter

  

 That’s the back of Quirino Grand Stand (I think) where Manila Ocean Park is located

 Entrance Fee: Php400.00 each

 

DON"T BE AFRAID OF THE LONG LINE, FOLKS! 

Since it was Mother’s Day last Sunday (May 11, 2008), we expected Manila Ocean Park to be full. True enough, it was. And it’s smart of their management to have hundreds of chained chairs ready for its customers as they wait for their numbers to come up in the machine (just like the way they do it in banks). The chairs were chained because they predicted that families would want to sit together and might just pull any chair to be closer to their group (which was what I wanted to do so we’d all be sitting together). But of course, that would mean a lot of chair arranging for their staff at the end of the day. So instead, they lined up all the monobloc chairs, chained them together and voila — instant organization among its waiting patrons! Less headache for everyone involved. Smart!

 That’s my mom, me, Smeerf and Mac patiently waiting for our number (842). We waited for only 10 mins since their cashier works fast and they call the numbers by tens. I didn’t even notice the waiting time since I was too busy looking around and chatting with my family.

  

Upon entering the Oceanarium, this was the first thing we saw. At the opposite side of this tank is where the giant  Arapawma (arwana) was. But because it was positioned facing the sun, it’s so hard to get a clear picture of it. Tsk, tsk.


  

 And so we went down to see more sea creatures…

 

Shark Moments 


 

 

 
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