(Laura and Phil in front of Shedd Aquarium)

Two weeks ago, I went to the Shedd Aquarium. I think I overdid the excitement about going to it because now I believe that Laura thinks I'm a 10 year old in a 21 year old body. But you know what? I don't care! Coz I went to the freakin' aquarium. How awesome is that? I've wanted to go there for the past 2 years and I finally have.

The first part of the aquarium that we went to was mostly ocean animals and reefs - which was great because that was basically the reason I wanted to go there. It almost makes me wish that I did become a marine biologist like I wanted to when I was a little girl. I don't know why I chose chemical engineering over marine biology. I guess, if I were to put a finger on it, it would be because I have always felt dreams to be dreams and unattainable by reality (else, I'd have my very own unicorn by now) and chemical engineering seemed more... realistic.

Anyway, back to the main topic.

The reef part of the aquarium was all kinds of fun for me. I got to see sharks! They had quite a good selection too. Not as wide a selection as I had hoped but good nonetheless. The fish and other underwater-what-have-yous were all very pretty too with their bright colors and funky shapes.



It was very crowded that day (Saturday, guess it was to be expected) and sneaking up to get a good view of a fish tank was quite troublesome at times but it was still fun.

Later, we went to see the dolphin show. It was actually quite sub-par, in my honest opinion. I was hoping for trick after trick after trick like a well trained dog with flippers. Don't get me wrong, the dolphins (there were four of them) did do a few things and it was fun watching them. The show was just far too short considering how long we (as well as many others) waited there for the show to start.

After that, we went to see their showcase on Crabs which was ok. I think Phil had more fun in there than anyone else. Heh, I'm just not a big fan of crabs, is all. (Yeah, you can take that to mean whatever the hell you want it to)

And then we went to their river life area. That was almost a complete bore for me. River habitats don't seem to have any appeal to me whatsoever. Although... there was one thing.