Field trip to science centre

Brought my two tuition kids to the science centre on sunday. They have never been to the science centre, and i thought this will be a good opportunity to expose them to basic science.

Science centre has changed so much since my last visit in 1997... Burger king is now replaced by Macdonald... and the huge open space in front of the entrance is now a science theme playground, introducing visitors to basic concepts such as "simple machines", 'sounds', 'heat', 'waves ' etc etc..


Omnimax Theatre is the only place I can recognise, from the comfortable leather red seats, to the lighting up of the various parts of the screen before the start of the show... My two boys were very excited about the exhbits, running around from one experiments to another, but they never asked me questions about the science behind those exhibits... Not sure whether they have learnt anything from this trip, but just glad that they had fun! =)




I learnt an important lesson on honesty from the kids during the trip. While paying for the entry fees, the cashier asked whether i'm getting the children tickets (for kids below 12 yrs old). I wanted to say yes... for the price of the child ticket is half that of an adult's. My two boys unaminously said that they were 13.. Was sullking and complaining of the high cost as i paid for the tickets, when 1 of the boys asked me... " gor gor, isn't honesty the best policy ?", that really woke me up... darn.. . what a cheapskate I have become... an engineer lacking in honesty... Thanks kids! for the lesson u taught me on sunday!














Bought this cute looking clock from the science centre souvenir shop, it has two LED backlight (Blue and Green), and can achieve 4 functions; digital clock calender, alarm, 100mins count down timer and digital thermometer by just placing the clock in 4 different directions. Cool siah? Just can't wait for it to spoil, before i dismantle it to find out how it works......Sounds like a true geek ya.. haha