A day at the Discovery Centre

Last Saturday, I woke up at seven in the morning because I had to go on an outing to the Discovery Centre with a social worker from Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) and volunteers from Freedom Adventure Club.

We took a bus and arrived at the Science Centre at around 9.30am. The entrance fee was not cheap at $13 per person. Nonetheless, I did not have to pay a single cent. We went into the Discovery Centre and looked at the exhibits. The first exhibit was one I liked a lot. I had to pretend to a reporter and try to report old news stories with the words speeding at 10 km/h on screen! It was so fast I could not even say a thing! Despite that, it was great fun because we could play back our recordings!!! There was another attraction which caught my eye. It was called the Singa-Bot. It was a robot which could answer all our questions about Singapore and even dance and rap!

“Why are Singaporeans so obese?” I asked Singa-bot cheekily, not expecting it to have an answer.

“It must be the nasi lemak they eat every morning,” replied Singa-bot, much to my surprise and amusement.

I thought of Mr. Lee, my language teacher at school, and wondered if he ate nasi lemak every morning! He probably eats nasi lemak then sleeps every morning to maintain that round figure of his haha!

Following that, I went to the Army Museum within the Discovery Centre. There were displays of tanks and guns. In fact, there was a display of a hundred rifles at the entrance of the Museum and they could be “fired” electronically. I also found out what NS men have to go through in order to protect our country.  One of the most interesting exhibits was a slideshow that showed how Singapore could collapse in twenty years if we don’t grow our own food, have our own electricity or water. I understood what the message meant and believe that Singapore should be less dependent on other countries for necessities like food, electricity and water.

Finally, we watched a 3D show called Tornado Alley. We followed the world-famous storm chasers on their latest mission to find out more about what causes tornadoes and storms. It was an exciting show!

Before we took the bus home, we had lunch. To my surprise, it was something that was mentioned earlier this morning – nasi lemak! It was lip-smackingly delicious and I imagined Mr. Lee drooling over it. Mr. Lee wasn’t there to enjoy it! Too bad!

Overall, it had been a great trip and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!SPD's website FAC