After checking with the boys, we booked the tickets for four of us; Kai opted out and decided to go to Bishan for chess instead. The event was super popular. We booked the day after booking opened and all the shows were sold out! Nvm, we got the free tickets instead. But later, Sito found that they released a new show timing so we quickly booked that, yeah!
First, we had dinner at Ikea. There was a Ramadan special - rendang chicken, so good and so worth it compared to Yu's meatball pasta haha! The kids didn't eat as much as expected coz they had too much snacks after lunch! Sito and I had a lot of chicken...
Then we walked out to find that it was raining! Luckily we had two brollies, enough for four of us. Rain, a lack of brollies and that Science Centre junction are not a good combination in our experience...
The Science Centre was very crowded! We made our way to the omni theatre for the lunar eclipse show. It was only 20 min but it was also only $4 each. And it was a very good live show! Learnt a lot, got to see moon and planetary orbits, sun and a simulated eclipse. But gosh, wanted to puke so much 🤮
All ready to learn about lunar eclipses!
Sito said I was the most excited coz I was leaning forward the whole time. Well, I was excited but I leaned forward to avoid the tip of a foot from the seat behind!
It was a mess when we came out. No more rain but there were people and queues everywhere. Not sure where to queue for the telescope, we asked a few staff and got some snacks in between :p In the queue, we finished the snacks - mostly glutinous rice-based. Yang had three of the four mini egg tarts!
But Yu had a problem - he pulled the event registration ribbon wrist band to tight. We had a hard time finding a pair of scissors. At one point, Sito almost lifted Yu out of the barricades! Almost coz Yu is really quite heavy... My poor heart was pounding hard for both Yu and Sito's back as I was further in the queue with Yang...
Eventually, Sito got a guy to get a pair of scissors. Yang also had his cut. I wonder why they used such a contraption instead of the usual paper sticker wrist band that won't tighten.
Anyway, we were in the queue for maybe 30min. It really looked impossible as it was hardly moving and time was running. In the end, Sito pulled out the live stream on his phone. Then we left.
Full eclipse had passed by then...
At first we thought we were in the first half of the queue. But by the time we saw the queue extending to outside the Science Centre, gosh, we were probably in the first third of the queue.. I asked a staff on our way out and he said this was exceptional! Today, news reported that more than 6,000 people signed up!
Since it's 元宵节 haha!
Kids were holding parents' ribbons. Made them throw them away when we got to the malls. Bought some curry roux and karaage at Donki before going home. The boys were getting tired but after showering, they didn't seem as tired... Anyway, off to bed!
Oh, we saw a partial eclipse after crossing the zebra crossing downstairs. Tail end already. Later, we saw it from our corridor too. Made me wonder - could we have seen the full eclipse at home?! Then again, the live show narrator said it would be low on the horizon so it could be blocked... Anyway, the trip was good fun! We seldom or have never been out late on a school night?!
Kai came home later - he won the tournament like he did last week but this time, he gave his book prize to a friend who was there. He didn't eat much of the karaage so Sito and I finished it - we really had a lot of chicken that day!
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