Into The Blue...

For the first time (and maybe for the last), myself, Raidi and Zidani visited the Aquaria KLCC at the KLCC Covention Centre http://www.klaquaria.com/. We went there after we had our usual weekend breakfast at Tesco Damansara Mutiara. So with our stomach full of roti canai, we walked from KLCC/Suria parking space to the Convention Centre amid tight security due to the on-going ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

The 90 metre underwater tunnel...

Aquaria KLCC is the first commercial public aquarium in KL. The display setup were off world class standards. This is not surprising though because the aquarium was developed and owned by a joint venture company between Malaysia and New Zealand investors. Now that explains the high entrance fee to this place. I had to pay RM72 and thank God that I’m a Malaysian citizen because if I’m not, I would have to pay more. Raidi and Zidani had a great time and we went through the 90 metre underwater walkaway a couple of times. We paid so much and I told Raidi that he could even crawl, roll over or do a summersault in there except jumping into the pool...hehehe..

Raidi : Abah!! Ikan JAWS!! Ikan Jaws... Abah : It's a shark Raidi...Not Jaws...and they primarily feed on marine mammals

I can’t really blame the company for charging the visitors this much. To them this is business and return on investment is important. I wish that the Government could do more in this respect. The current administration is advocating on human capital and other related human development like early childhood education and stuff like that. Well, I strongly feel that this sort of exhibition could play a major role in educating the young or even the adults. I remember that I spent nearly 3 hours at the Petronas Science Centre and I did absorb a lot of knowledge. It’s not about the exhibition content alone. It’s also about teaching the children that we should always respect and recognize science and technology. If we want to implement change for the nation, the best way is to educate the young generation. So we've got to show to our children that we put great interest in the development and usage of science and technology. The better the facilities provided, the higher the level of respect that we are giving towards this subject matter. It simply reflects our attitude. Although Raidi and Zidani are still small to appreciate all this, but it is our role as parents to create the awareness and plant the seeds of interest on the subject.

Jalan - jalan cari ikan...

Aquaria KLCC proves that we still depend heavily on the corporate sector to bring us world class educative exhibitions. Sadly, today you can’t compare Aquaria KLCC 'showmanship' with the National Science Centre in Bukit Kiara! For God’s sake, it is The National Science Centre. Show more respect laa… Why send a Malaysian into space when the content on display at the NSC is hardly updated? Just look at our National Zoo!! It’s so sad!! And put on the ghost and ghouls exhibition??…Ohh yess, surely that could prepare our kids for the future…. Bachookkk..mari Bacchookk..maariiiii…