East Zone Science Carnival

All I can say is that the Science Carnival was extremely fun , it was held at Victoria Junior College and our school provided one-way transport for us. Though we were only there for 2.5 hours , it was a memorable experience , especially a long lasting impression from our chairman , Zhu Hua Ying. I went to the Science fair with my fellow friends : Yue Jun , Hua Ying , Jarret and Cong Yang.

A weird reason of excitement appeared even before we arrived at VJC. ( Escaping from Hua Ying is a totally different matter). Despite the long journey of the bus ride( It lasted for about 25 mins approximately), there were alot of matters for us to talk about which was fantastic in a different manner , well , there were the occasional laughters.

When we arrived at the compound , we were lost in the locations of our venues as this school environment was alien to us, similar to a gold fish swimming endlessly in the sea.. Realization dawned that we had a free period of half an hour to explore the surroundings. All of us were eager to discover the hooks and cranny of the compound.

We were playful; While Hua Ying was at the toilet , we tried to run away from him and leave him in the wilderness. Our tactful chairman probably panicked but in the end found his gang.That was the spark which ignited the bon fire for Hua Ying.(Hints at the following events)

We then proceeded to our designated stations , such as the Nano Technology Lab which mainly showcases Biological demonstrations. For instance , at an exhibition of using a medical optical device to look in the back of one's eye , we forced Hua Ying to be the "guinea pig" , all smiles were on our faces!We repeated the same phenomenon for every other exhibition and he then came up with a memorable trademark quote which still lingers in my head "我要打人了！“

Of course , putting the fun and laughter aside , we did walk down memory lane as we encountered several science explanations which we learnt from Mrs Teo Chin Chew , affirmatively one of the the best Science teachers we ever had. This was in the case of starch ; a white mixture in which when force was applied to it , the liquid would turn rock solid.We also engaged in a form of "chemical reaction" game , this refreshed our memory of ionic reactions which we learnt from Mr Kong=D.

Arguably , the last section of the fair was the most fascinating to me , it truly immersed the five of us into the world of astronomy. We crawled in an inflatable planetary and were welcomed by the familiar shade of orange : A staff of the Singapore Science Center. Once I caught a glimpse of a huge glass ball filled with seemingly endless glowing sparkles and a laser pointer emanating a "V" shape , I knew were in for a show.

I was right . Once the lights went out and darkness took its place , stars started to fill the planetary.Though we knew that they were not real , it seemed extremely lifelike that I literally tried to reach out , attempting to grab s star!My jaw dropped and I stared in awe at the hundreds of stars that filled our night skies-the planetary. The reason why we could not see such a wonderful galaxy of stars was due to light pollution.

Overall , the science fair was exhilarating! The aftremath , I heard, was the rest of the Acerians leading Hua Ying to a wrong Bus Stop deliberately....you could get more details from Yue Jun!( I left the Science Fair early).