パンダ

今日はオーシャンのパークに行ってきた。一般的にディズニーランドよりオーシャンパークの方が人気がある。ただ私の感想としては、子供には良いかもしれないが、パンダを除けばそれほどでもない。地方のテーマパークレベルだ。しかしそれにしても凄い中国人観光客の数だった。

面白かったのは、水族館で中国人（香港人ではない）がものすごく興奮していることだ。大人も子供大騒ぎ。順番を守らないのは国民性だから仕方ないが、日本の満員電車とは言わないまでも結構押された。中国の内陸部の人は海を知らないんだなーと勝手に推測。我々にとっては大きな水槽で魚が泳いでいるだけなんて別にどーって事はないのだが、彼らは明らかにトランス状態だった。

　私はパンダを見るのはこれが初めてなのだが、いやー興奮した。他人のことは言うものではありませんな。私も軽いトランス状態。なんたって近いんだこれが。ガラス越しではあるが２ｍぐらいですよ。２ｍ。パンダの泣き声も聞こえたし。ただ、屋内でフラッシュがダメなので、どうしても写真がぶれてしまう。仕方が無いのでカルパッチョの頭を三脚代わりに使用して撮影。なかなか安定していて使いやすかった。

　シマウマや乳牛（北海道にいるやつね）も白黒だが、パンダが人気独り占め。カルパッチョいわく人間は丸くてやわらかいものに母性本能を感じるかららしい。中年おやじになって、メタボ腹になっても人気を得るヒントがここにあるかも・・・。


Panda

　I went to Ocean Park today. Generally speaking, Ocean Park is more popular than Disney Land here in Hong Kong. My impression about there is that it is good for kid, but no so good for adults except Panda. It is like theme park in the country side.
　There were so many chinese visitors. It was interesting for me that chinese were really excited about aquarium. All adults and kids looked like making so much fuss about it. I know that they don't want to get in line because of their national character and we were pushed from them. However, that is better than overcrowded train in Japan. I think the manner in overcrowded train is one of the worst manner in Japan and we have to improve it. Anyway, I assume chinese who living in inland areas had never seen the sea. For us, familiar with the sea, it is not so special to see the swimming fish in the big water tank.

　It was first time for me to see the Panda. I was really excited about them. We could see them very closed, about 2m. I also could heat the voice of Panda.But, I could not take photos of them with flash because it is not allowed. Therefore, most of the photos had camera shake. To solve this problem, I took advantage of Carpaccio's head like using tripod. It was stable and useful.

　Both Zebra and Milk Cow are black and white as same as Panda. But only Panda has occupied the population. Carpaccio says that it is because people feel maternal instinct to the round shape and soft things. This might be a clue to get population when we develop a middle-age spread.