Out of sheer boredom, I decided to go along with Denis to the Science Centre. Even though I was just there about 3 days before the start of our examinations. Turned out to be pretty fun, the exhibition did. It was about a whole lot of new interactive technologies created both for convenience and entertainment. Most of them were pretty useless. I mean, why would you bother having a screen made of tiny falling glass beads anyway? I think Denis has got a bunch of pictures of that. And as usual, there were a whole bunch of broken exhibits, and little kids hogging the interactive ones.

The main area was pretty much the same, except that they turned the Aviation section into some exhibit about Ancient Egyptian culture. There really wasn't a lot of content there, and it just wasn't impressive at all. I much preferred the old lot.

So when we did decide to tour the original areas of the Science Centre, everyone just kinda got a little carried away at a certain part...

Yeah, look how happy they are.

All sense of dignity locked away, we proceeded to this little maze. You know, the one where you have to guide a hoop through a series of wires, while not touching the wire? We all sucked at it, but our brilliant pal thought up a way to beat the high score. Yeah this is him, rigging the whole thing. Using a piece of paper to prevent electrical conductivity... and thus not measuring the number of touches.

With some trial and error, we managed to get a setup that let me swing through the maze in 2 seconds, with only 6 touches. We didn't really bother to wrap the hoop fully. However, for some reason, it didn't register on the high score(12 touches, 5 seconds). Like they knew that we were cheating.

So, with our brilliant plan turned to dust, we headed for the exit. On the way, we saw that shock machine thing. Feeling particularly reckless, I offered to pay a dollar to get Jia Hao to get on it. Unsurprisingly, he agreed and was soon subjected to seizurifically intense vibrations.

Yeah... Well I'm flying off to Shanghai this Saturday, and this is all I have to keep me entertained.

Michael Crichton's Binary, The Andromeda Strain, and Rising Sun. My mp3 player, rubik's cubes, and that eyeball thing because I like how it wobbles. The notebook's for my doodling when I get bored.

Oh well. Unless I can't resist and type another post tomorrow(which is likely), this is probably going to be my last until I get back.

Inside joke! Shanghai? About 20cm off the ground.

-Joe