I have never tried IKEA meatballs. In fact, I have never been to the IKEA restaurant.

Apparently, every ‘normal person in the world’ has had IKEA meatballs.

Hmph.

Well, all of that has changed! Two days ago, I have officially been accepted into the ranks of the normal. I have eaten IKEA meatballs.

This is me, eagerly pushing my cart of meatballs.

My excitement could hardly be contained. There I was in the vicinity of the ‘most amazing meatballs in the world’.

To be honest, when lining up for the meatballs, I was rather disappointed. The counter looked like the counter of a school canteen. But, the amazing reputation of those meatballs must have been warranted.

So, it was with great expectations and high hopes that I sat down and ate my first IKEA meatball.

It was.. GOOD!

It was very good.

Maybe it psychological, or maybe it was the excitement, but I found myself eating each meatball with a sort of frenzied vigour.

Meatball-incurred joy

If you are ‘abnormal’, as I once was, go and try those IKEA meatballs!

I sure liked them. ;)

I’ve always loved fieldtrips.

And I’ve always loved the Science Centre.

Today, the scholars were given the opportunity to go to the Singapore Science Centre.

After our etiquette class, where I learnt how to peel prawns without getting my hands dirty, we gathered and off we went to the Centre of Happiness and Learning! (or more commonly known as the Science Centre)

My designated partner of the day was Jesereen Kaur Cheema, the large-mouthed Malaysian debater I was fortunate enough to befriend in Singapore.

Instead of them ol’ chronological posts, here’s another highlight one! :)

1. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a gigantic mechanical dinosaur!

Witness the excitement on my face.

Seriously, what is more awesome than a mechanical dinosaur? After I marry a rich man, I’m so using the money I get off him to buy a mechanical dinosaur for my doorway.

2. I met Wall-E! :D

Aww, what a sweet thing. Look at his sad shiny eyes, cute roller feet things, and those clawed hands.

The epitome of adorable.

We can kindly ignore the fact that he did absolutely nothing except sit in that glass case of his.

3. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS!

Do you see faces?

I absolutely positively adore optical illusions. I can stare at them for ages, just looking and basking in the amazing-ness of illusions.

Look at the reflection in the shiny circular thing. It’s actually the reflection of the ship at the sea. COOL, RIGHT!?

The Science Centre had a huge plethora of optical illusions. I was so immersed in them that Jesereen had to remind me to go look at other things.

Heh.

I like optical illusions. *smiles*

4. Photo opportunities.

The Science Centre was a great place for photo opportunities. I got to take so many cool pictures!

Smart toilet!

Meal of the day: Head of Tiffany with a side of fruits

5. The many many sections

There was so much to see and so many places to go.

There was a Mathematics section which had displays on the application of Math in life.

Then there was a Space section. The whole area was very futuristic, with electronic displays and a sort-of holographic narrator.

There was an Eco-Science area, a Science of Sound section, and all sorts of other random things WHICH WERE SO TOTALLY COOL! :D

6. The Shows

At the Science Centre, the Thai scholars, Jes, and I managed to catch two shows. The first was a climate change video, which would have struck considerable fear in us, if the very.. uh.. intimate couple behind us weren’t so distracting.

Still, we became aware of how severe the global warming situation was becoming. Due to our actions, the carbon cycle is disrupted. We should put in effort to reduce the amount of energy being wasted.

It’s not very difficult. All of you have to do is turn off the lights when you’re not using them, and remove plugs which are not being used for although you turn off the switch, electricity is still flowing.

The next show we watched was some electrical display, which greatly contrasted with the ‘save electricity’ message we were taught in the first show. Nonetheless, it was enjoyable.

From that show, we learnt that hydrogen is flammable.

Yay.

7. Water cooler.

Despite my brilliance (ahem), I do display moments of exceeding stupidity. This time was one of them.

I thought water coolers were automatic.

Now, picture me, clad in my very blue, very janitor-like school uniform, leaning towards the water cooler, waiting for the water to come spewing out at me.

It didn’t happen.

To my credit, Singapore is a very advanced country and a majority of their sinks are automatic! And I was at a Science Centre! And the button wasn’t clearly visible!

Heh. After a while.. dear darling Jesereen kindly informed me that no, Tiff, water coolers are not automatic.

I felt stupid.

Oh so stupid. 

We just aren’t vegetable fans.

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In Malaysia, cars are pretty much the only medium of transport we use. MRTs and LRTs are a rare, almost non-existent occurrence whereas walking.. That just doesn’t happen.

In Singapore, cars aren’t very many and their more of transport is either the MRT..

Or your very own two feet.

Despite how taxing walking can be, it gives you opportunities to take pictures like these..