Wearing the costume
Hello!
It's been a long time since I've last posted. & so here I am now to post about my Sentosa Underwater World job attachment =D
Well, I'm really glad that I went for it cause it was so worthwhile & fun! However the duration of the attachment was really too short =( Wish that it was longer though.
Anyway, yesterday was the 1st day of the attachment which was mainly orientation.
Went inside the Underwater World for a tour by this staff (I dont know his name =X) then had Marine Life education & conservation talk on sharks & marine turtles.
Had lunch at Delifrance & after lunch, we took the bus to Dolphin Lagoon! Watched the dolphin show at 1:30pm. After that, we had the Meet-the-Dolphin-session where we get to go down the water to touch the dolphin & take photos with it! It was really a great experience for me =D Lastly, we had the Dolphin interaction & get to know the marine mammal trainer where we learned quite a lot about how these dolphins are taught to do the stunts, their behaviour, the job of the Dolphin trainers etc.
After the talk, I feel like working as a part-time trainer too! Haha, although it means that I have to learn to swim & get myself tanned.
Today (which is the 2nd day), we were supposed to help clean the holding tanks but it was cancelled cause they say for safety measures or something? In the end, we didnt really have anything to do apart from feeding the turtles, watching the diver feeding the fish in the oceanarium or tunnel, touring around at the where animals are being quarantined (dont know the exact name for the place). We took the bus to Beach Station to have our lunch at Koufu with the teachers. We were supposed to be back by 1pm but we were late haha. Then there's this Guest Services Department attachment & I partnered with Christine for the mascot while Madeline partnered Joping. It was so funny & a brand new experience for me (although I'm not the one wearing the costumes, which can make me lose some weight =S) Christine wore the pink dolphin costume while Joping wore the Shark's one. My job was to stay with Christine to guide her around but I think I didnt do a very great job lols. Sorry about that.
Saw many cute kids & people wanting to take photos with them haha. Some of the kids are really cute & adorable! How I wish I could bring them home with me LOL. They then took a rest after a while & the 2 of them swapped costume with each other. I remembered 1 kid crying when he saw the 2 of them in the costumes! He's like so damn afraid of them & was hugging his mother & refused to go near them. (I forgot whether that kid is a female or male so I'll just use He in this case =X)
Our job attachment ended at 2:30pm which was so damn sad =( Wish I could stay there the whole day helping... Took a group photo before leaving, together with the staff-in-charge.
& lastly, I love dolphins!!! =D Beautiful & nice creatures haha.