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Sunday, July 02, 2006 @ 5:09 PM

adventures of the touch pool...

right here in sunny sentosa, we have the underwater world singapore which is heavily visited by tourists and locals alike, be it a weekday, weekend, holiday. in short any other dae. and as a guest services officer, there are mainly 3 'stations' to be at when u are working. one is to be an usher, then at the information booth(where i am at now) and the touch pool.

the touch pool is a rather interesting place, where visitors get a chance to touch marine creatures in their living environment (the water). examples include blue-spotted sting ray, archer fish, bamboo shark, starfish etc. touch pool means putting your hand into the water and stroking them GENTLY. this is not a catching pool, neither is it your swimming pool. and for goodness sake, don't lift the creatures OUT of the water (before i push your face inside the water if you would so like me to). and i can clearly see where the water level is, so don't tell me you are not lifting the starfish out of the water when u clearly are doing so.

staff are advised to maintain a central position in the middle of the pool where it is a popular spot for tourists to stand and touch the creatures. visitors are denied permission to squeeze your fat backsides when there apparently is someone standing there. and shoving your elbows into the staff who is holding on tightly to the edge of the pool to avoid being squashed out. and visitors are reminded to keep your volume down. don't scream across hundreds of kilometres to inform your family/friends that you have seen a shark. why, sometimes you even get the names of the sea creatures WRONG! and please note that there are no dolphins in the pool, much to your disappointment.

perhaps there should be a suggestion to place cleavers/choppers loaned from the diver's quarters where they use them to cut the food for the fishes. and place them at a strategic position where staff can easily place their hands on these tools, and chop people's hands to feed the sharks. -_- ROAR!

but of cos, there are fun times. like taking out shark eggs from the pool (bet you never seen or touched one before eh? haha). touching the creatures, feeding them (my favourite)!

but for now, my wish is very simple. no cleaver by my hand sadly. but i WISH/HOPE/PRAY that visitors who are rough to the animals get bitten, or their personal items that are afraid of water (handphones, cameras, bags) FALL INTO THE WATER.

thank you for your kind attention.

weekends are no-nos for working. :(

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