4 Oct 2025 – Family Lunch

Wed: what an amazing experience SingaporeOceanarium@ResortsWorldSentosa. This isn’t your typical aquarium, 3X larger than the former SEA-Aquarium with digital storytelling&marine science.

Ocean’s oldest residents – sea jellies in a mesmering 6.8-metre-wide-tank with 1,000s of glow-in-the-dark MoonJellies, drifting gracefully. Despite their name, jellyfish are not fish, but a type of invertebrate called a cnidarian with with nerves at the base of their tentacles or a nerve net spread across their bodies but have no brians or heart!  Here, some jellyfish are considered a delicacy – usually dehydrated with salt and added to various dishes and are also used to treat some medical conditions like arthritis&hypertension, one of my favourite dishes&quotes – pix downloaded

https://www.mcsuk.org/news/jellyfish-your-questions-answered/

A world of silent predators where SharkSeas lets you walk thru’ a transparent tunnel in the sleek company of silhouettes of BlacktipReef,SandTiger-Sharks,etc – pix credits to Clement.

No longer a restaurant but now a highlight with the expansive OpenOcean viewing panel offers a breathtaking glimpse into the vastness of the sea – pix credits to Clement

Oct2014 was the last previous time here celebrating an early birthday for a dear brother. Thank you Les&Ivy for an exclusive evening at OceanRestaurant by CatCora located inside the SEA Aquarium, the world’s largest aquarium. This restaurant (windows reflections from our table) was fully booked, we were at the only table in front of the main tank with top service, wines&good food.

Spanning 22 immersive zones and home to over 100,000 marine animals, this is where the ocean’s past, present and future can be discovered. OldWifeFish show that pix do not do jutice here but this X-OldWife-hahaha! highly recommends a visit and even #6 thinks its the best aquarium he has so far been to, and also his lucky night that the BoomerangEatingTree released its prey after some wet showers.

Thu: MandaiWildlifeReserve/BirdParadise tkx to KK for my first visit to Asia largest bird park/2023

Beautiful feathers show-case hit the spot for the guys who are both collectors of bird feathers.

Amazing colours@LoryLoft

Everthing@PenguinCove served in PenguinStyle – was told that the scone was on the dry side, #6 shared a bite and thought it OK; did not try the Bao or Shortbread. These real little penguins are so cute and entertaining to watch when they are walking or jumping and such graceful speed swimmers. https://www.roowanders.com/bird-paradise-singapore/

Because penguins are so beloved, they are uniquely capable of teaching us about love for the natural world – Bergman

Fri:  after an average of ~15,000steps/10k a day for the past 3days, today to recharge, rest and to get some laundry done needing both front&back for drying space today. Happy Children’s Day and with F1&ChinaGoldenWeek, will definitely be staying within my 4-walls today while #6 is out having a blast for the day@Universal/Sentosa thanks to May’s friends.

Sat: family lunch@RedStar with push-cart DimSum bringing back fun childhood memories of Sunday lunches and wanted #6 to experience it.

Appreciations to all who took time to lunch with us and thanks to David for the pix.

Appreciations with thanks from #6 to his aunties,uncles&cousins for his first lantern experience – celebrating a few days earlier, MidAutumn falls on a Mon and he has to be back at school in Norway.