Everything will fall into place

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Science Centre is a surprisingly fun place. After a few years of being normal and not going to the Science Centre, I decided to break the trend and go for a exhibition about the greatness of Da Vinci (the genius), with Kenneth.

The exhibition was surprisingly crowded. I was under the impression that only nerds would go for these sort of things. But apparently people of all ages, races, and hairiness were there too. Lots of them. Multiplying the number of heads by $15 ($10 for each small one), it is apparent that the Science Centre people are going to have lots of money. Crowdedness aside, an awful lot of the exhibition is dedicated to a certain artwork of his titled "Mona Lisa". There is even a list of 25 secrets about the painting, including something about her veil and one of her left fingers. How I would ever need this useless bit of information is beyond me. On a side note, kids that cannot read "Do not touch" or "Handle with care" should not be allowed to enter the exhibition. Bleah, that makes me sound a little ageist. Rephrase. Kids that cannot read "Do not touch" or "Handle with care" should not be allowed to have hands.

After spending sometime amongst the Da Vinci loving crowd, Kenneth and I recruited Haiwei into the party and we ventured forth into the Science Centre! It is good to know that the stairway of illusions still amazes me. Maybe when I go back years from now, they would actually have gotten some new illusions for me to marvel at. They also introduced a new section the the Science Centre about nano technology and the four national taps, which somehow managed to get lost and find itself in a small corner of the nano technology branch. They had many interactive displays which showcased the more recent technological advancements. In fact, some displays were so advanced, we took about five minutes attempting to figure out how it works, only to find out that it does not. They also had quizzes which you can compete with your friends against. These quizzes are equipped with multiple choice questions, and by multiple choice questions, I mean questions with the correct answer and two other completely nonsensical answers for you to pick from.

The mirror maze and the button pressing game, both of which I was looking forward to, have mysteriously disappeared into oblivion. Now I will never get to win a prize for pressing a button non-stop for a few months. Hmmm, that would actually be quite fun. I would have to hide from the guards to make sure that they do not catch me and throw me out after 9pm. On the bright side, they have this new exciting game which involves a lot of skill and patience. The skill comes from guiding the ball into the end-point without it dropping into the stratigically placed holes, and the patience comes from having to restart once a kid runs in and starts jumping around the motion sensor pad when you are THIS close to winning. No offence to regular kids out there, I was referring to a specific breed of maniac kids.

And now, I am faced with a physics test ahead of me, and no knowledge about anything other than that it is going to test us on Work energy power and Circular motion. Maybe the Science skills from the Science Centre and Da Vinci would have rubbed off from a whole day of exposure and I would be fine. But all I can do now is hope. Or study. But I prefer hope, its less tiring.

xw 8:03 AM