The World's Largest Oceanarium
Well Noah finally made it to Singapore! It was sooo lovely to have him - well we are still having him here. Twas a busy day with the boys and myself. I told him we had been saving all the best things to do with him! We started the day out at the coffee shop that sold prata...
Honestly this is the funniest story ever... As you can see the octopus does not appreciate flash photography. This request was not respected by several people. I told myself the next person who does use flash photography I would tell them not to. And so I did. The reply was...this is automatic. I said, you can turn it off. Then he walked away shouting Fuck You to me muttering in disgust.
Later on I was looking at jelly fish with the boys and suddenly a bright flash happened just above my head. I turned around and it was the same man. He looked at me and said, What? I said, don't use the flash. He said I cannot change the camera. I said, then you should not use it. Would you like me to change it for you? You don't work here he yelled, at me in front of the boys... FUCK YOU...actually he said FACK YOU... and then continued shouting at me. I feel so embarrassed for you I told him. He continued shouting FACK YOU at me and people were beginning to form a circle around us. Parents were covering their children's ears. Finally his wife turned up and dragged him away, still shouting at me. It was MOST amusing.
I thought, in the future I will continue to tell people to turn off the flash, but I will do it very discreetly. And should they start shouting FACK YOU at me, at least I did nothing to provoke them.
The upshot of this story is that flash photography not used in this passage for quite sometime. :-)
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| It was a tropical downpour as we ate. We walked home after that! |
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| After some maths, mixed fractions, we got onto the MRT and headed for the World Trade Centre |
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| Outside the World's Largest Oceanarium |
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| Which was also a kick ass maritime museum |
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| A model of the Treasure Fleet of the eunuch Admiral Cheng Ho |
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| The glass tube of the Aquarium bit |
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| Cuttlefish |
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| When I took this I did not know that there would be a story to go with it... |
Honestly this is the funniest story ever... As you can see the octopus does not appreciate flash photography. This request was not respected by several people. I told myself the next person who does use flash photography I would tell them not to. And so I did. The reply was...this is automatic. I said, you can turn it off. Then he walked away shouting Fuck You to me muttering in disgust.
Later on I was looking at jelly fish with the boys and suddenly a bright flash happened just above my head. I turned around and it was the same man. He looked at me and said, What? I said, don't use the flash. He said I cannot change the camera. I said, then you should not use it. Would you like me to change it for you? You don't work here he yelled, at me in front of the boys... FUCK YOU...actually he said FACK YOU... and then continued shouting at me. I feel so embarrassed for you I told him. He continued shouting FACK YOU at me and people were beginning to form a circle around us. Parents were covering their children's ears. Finally his wife turned up and dragged him away, still shouting at me. It was MOST amusing.
I thought, in the future I will continue to tell people to turn off the flash, but I will do it very discreetly. And should they start shouting FACK YOU at me, at least I did nothing to provoke them.
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| The poor octopus |
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| Standing in front of the world's largest aquarium |
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| It was really awesome. Honestly. 100 metres of plexiglass, a foot thick and the most stunning close up of marine life without getting wet |
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| Waiting for the typhoon experience |
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| Arab Dhow If I had to do it all over again I would be a fisherman |
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| In 9th century South East Asia |
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| SO CLEVER |
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| How lucky are we to be part of this rich rich culture |
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| Recreation of the largest vessel in the fleet |
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| Ah, ResortsWorld....the largest candystore I have ever seen |
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| Massive Dim Sum ads |
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| National Library |
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| World's First Green library for Children Tree is made of recycled bottles |
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| Noah recovering |
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| Ghin steps back in time to a courtesy campaign ad |
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| Oisin in a productivity ad |
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| We break fast, or buka puasa, in Arab Street |
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| Song Khoon, Serena and Deena at Dapur Jen |
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| At Blue Jazz Café, with Priscilla as well! |
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