SVDP Outing

It is a yearly affair that SVDP of BSC will organise outing for their fins and SVDP members. As hubby is one of the members, we were also invited to join too. This year, they arranged an outing to S.E.A. Aquarium located at Sentosa Marine Life Park.


We set off early on a semi-cooling Sunday morning and upon reaching church, we board the coach which was arranged by SVDP. Everyone was happy to see Faith as they usually get to meet her only during special occasions or SVDP gatherings as we are not attending weekly mass at BSC.

When we arrived at the Resorts World ground, Faith was very happy to see the poster of the Sesame Street which was hang on one of the wall. She requested me to take a picture of her with her favourite Elmo. She asked me if we are going to meet Elmo later and she was rather disappointed when I told her we will not.

I was quite excited to visit the S.E.A. Aquarium after hearing and reading so much about it. It gave you a good feeling when you first enter the premises where they displayed many traditional games, spices and culture of Singapore. It was quite an interesting walk before we entered the aquarium.

Faith was excited at first to see the big fish tank when we entered the aquarium. She said with excitement “mama, look… big fish here! Can you see?” She stood for a few minutes and then came back to me saying ‘mama, big fish there, Tabi scared’. Hahaahahahah….

As we made our tour in the aquarium, we saw many different types of fishes, large spider crabs, jelly fish and other species of sea creatures. Faith seemed to like the jelly fish as she found them harmful as they moved gracefully in the tank compared to the spider crab that gave her creeps.

When we reached the huge tank where you can find beautiful sting rays ‘flying’ around and other cool fishes, I was really amazed by the many different species of fishes in that huge tank. While Faith went forward to have a closer look, a big sting ray came close to the tank and stick itself to the tank in front of her… she gave out a loud cried… ‘mama, mama… I don’t want to be here… I am scary!’… hahahaahaha… I calmed her down but she refused to stay not even for another second… I think the sting ray really scared her…

After that incident, she was quite reluctant to move closer to the smaller thanks to check out the fishes. She wanted us to carry her instead so that she can be protected in some ways or another. Finally, when we reached the last area… it was the sharks where we showed her and she said, ‘mama, I want to go out, I don’t want to stay here…’

We brought the fins to lunch at the popular Malaysia Street Food located nearby. It was pretty crowded and in fact, it was filled with tourists… mostly from China!!! After lunch, we set off back to church by the coach.

It was quite a good trip though we were only given two and the half hours to tour the Aquarium but I thought it was good enough… after all, it’s only an aquarium.