Singapore Science Centre

Papa took us to the Singapore Science Centre in the afternoon. He has always wanted to show Sophie all the "chim chim" stuff that I have problem understanding and explaining to her. We became members almost the moment we arrived there. Now we could go there as often as we like, although I wonder if we would like that that much.

Frankly, I doubt Sophie could understand much although she most certainly played a lot with the exhibits. Even so, early exposure is good for her, I suppose. However, I must admit the Science Centre is now much more impressive than before. I only I could appreciate the exhibits more.

Sophie likes dinosaurs but she was not too excited about the remains unfortunately. In fact, we were a little disappointed that she was not thrilled to see the skeletons.

Deepavali is round the corner, so there is a special rangoli exhibition and free workshop for children. The artist and her assistants were helping children complete a simple sand art with rangoli design. Sophie seemed very keen so we let her try. Usually I would not let her do commercially made sand art kit because it kills creativity. However, the rangoli kit was unique and there was some cultural significance.

It was hard to peel off the paper to expose the adhesive side, thus Papa tried to help Sophie to do it. After a while, Sophie lost interest. She just wanted to play with the glittery sand. She must have found it boring to just peel and sprinkle sand on it, layer after layer.

When we realised we were running a little late for the IMAX movie "Sea Rex", I stepped in to speed up the process. The end product was impressive by nature. I intend to buy more of the rangoli kits from the artist herself for Sophie. I think it cost around $5 per kit that comes with everything you need. But I need to go to her place to buy them because she does not sell them in the market.

At the Omni-Theatre, I could not watch the show with Sophie and Papa because Alfee did not like the noise. I must admit the wait could dampen anybody's spirit. There was nothing I could do with Alfee sleeping in my arms. In any case, I was happy Sophie enjoyed herself though. We probably would go again. Next time, we would try the waterplay station... if the weather is good.