Educational Tour after KWN Awards
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Woke up
real early today. Think it was about 630 am.
Wore the new Yellow Adidas T-shirt. Nice. Well actually I bought because I didn't bring much clothing. Heh. Lazy packer.
Anyway we went for breakfast at Wild Rice again. Nice selection of food. Well, some dishes are repeats from yesterday's lunch. I think.
Today we're going to the Petronas Twin Towers. We set off right after breakfast.
Our team felt really bad yesterday night because all the kids from all the countries gave us little gifts as a token from their country..well maybe except for Vietnam. But that's alright because it's their first time participating in this competition.
Hahahah we didn't think about this at all!
So after dinner yesterday Clarice rushed to buy some chocolate covered marshmallows and some chocolates. The boys thought of staying up all night creating a podcast and burn them into CDs and give to the other kids from the other countries as a token. By the time we finished shopping for the chocolates, (and adidas t-shirt...heh) CD-roms, it was already close to 11pm.
Chong Peng and I went down to their room and suggested they just give out the chocolates and then make an announcement to film the kids from the other countries the following day. The will carry out an interview. The the compiled video will then be posted on to YouTube and the link to it will be sent to them via email.
Wah. The younger generations have it good really. Fast easy communications, so easy to share videos and stuffs to the world. Impressive. I remembered back in my teenage years the best communication technology for us then was the pager. Even then I do not have the luxury to own one.
Well anyway on the bus on the way to the Petronas Twin Towers, Ben and Sherman made the announcement and gave out the chocolates.
We reached the Kuala Lumpur City Cnetre (KLCC) and proceeded inside.
We had to queue up to get tickets to visit the sky bridge. Its the bridge that links the two twin towers. The tallest twin tower in the world.
By the time it was 10 the tickets were sold out. Well, we didn't have to queue for the tickets actually. It's all been settled by the Panasonic organisers. We had to wait for our turn to go up the lift.
While waiting, Ben, Sherman and Wen Jun went round to interview the kids from the other countries.
In the mean time we viewed video clips on the background information and history that leads up to the materialization of the building.
The skybridge allowed us to see KL from a helicopter view. It was the 41st floor of the tower. Nice view.
After we're there for about 10 minutes we were ushered back to the lift where we had to wait for the rest of the KWN delegates to finish the tour. They went with another batch of tourists.
We killed time by trying out the exhibits they had there.
We then headed for California Pizza.
Ben was raving about how good California Pizza was and all. I thought "Wow this must be really good!"
So we had two rounds of vegetarian pizza. I thought there was nothing to shout about. That explains our facial expressions here.
I joked with him saying I was disappointed in his taste of pizzas. Hahahah.
Oh and Chong made a comment about the pizza. "This is the first time I see broccoli on pizzas!" Jonathan, a teacher from New Zealand came to our table said exactly the same thing! That was really funny.
While we had some time waiting, Ben, Sherman and Wen Jun went to interview the rest of the kids from Australia, Indonesia and Thailand at the balcony outside the restaurant.
After lunch, we headed for the Petro Science centre. We were given 2 hours to spend time inside. Chong Peng asked Clarice if we could just go in for 5 minutes and then come out to shop around. She said better not. Turns out, we had a lot of fun inside that we thought 2 hours wasn't enough!
While waiting in line to take the "Dark Ride", we were entertained by the staff there with smart science tricks and illusions.
The Dark Ride was a slow one. And its the only way to proceed on to exhibits found inside the Petro Science Centre. Oh well.
The vehicle that we went on looked a huge motorcycle helmet. Once we're inside, I felt as though we're in the flintstones' leg powered car.
And here's Ben looking silly in the car, in the dark.
Once we're inside, we tried out all sorts of science fun stuffs.
Don't ride rickshaws with Chong Peng. Its a bone rattling experience!
Everybody sing! —"Ben the Builder!"
Touching hot magma!
Oh My! What big fangs you've got!
Engineers at work.
Earthquake simulator
Feel how a figure 8 skater would feel as they spin on their toes at super speed!
This one's really funny. This Thai girl from the Thailand KWN participants tricked me into looking inside the barrel. When I looked into it, I felt a gush of wind blown straight into my face! I was fooled into looking at the end of a bellow!
Testing our football skills.
Trying out for baseball pitcher. See how fast you can throw. Best timing for me is 47km/h
How fast can you run?
Waiting for our helicopter ride at helipad H1.
Its been a swell day. We didn't want to move on to the next station. We've been told to be outside of the Petro Science center at 3 and the time was already 250pm when we realised we had to get moving!
And to think we only wanted to spend 5 minutes in here and then shop around KLCC. hahaha
When we finally got out, everybody was waiting for us. Clarice was calling me on the phone asking where we were.
Well, for all things that are good and all, it has to come to an end. So we were then ushered to the lobby where we then made our way to the bus.
And then head out back to our hotel.
We were given time from 4pm till 615 to wash up, go shopping and all. Basically free and easy time.
At 615 everybody gathered at the lobby where we headed for Mdm Kwan's restaurant. Famous for its Nasi Lemak. Pretty expensive for Nasi Lemak, about 14RM. But everybody should try it. It is good! I guess its worth the price. But hey, Panasonic's sponsoring this so I've got nothing to complain even if it turns out otherwise.
After dinner at Mdm Kwan's, the boys wanted to go for bowling. Thy rallied all the other kids to go with them, parents teachers and all. Chong Peng and I reminded them curfew is at 1130pm. We'll be checking on them to make sure they are back in their hotel room by then.
In the mean time, we went shopping for gifts for our loved ones and of course for myself. Bought a f ew more t-shirts, this time a dry fit Nike. Got it at a very good deal again.!
By the time we reached our hotel room, we were both dead tired. The film "Alexander" was showing on tv. We were both too tired too watch it even if we wanted to.
Wore the new Yellow Adidas T-shirt. Nice. Well actually I bought because I didn't bring much clothing. Heh. Lazy packer.
Anyway we went for breakfast at Wild Rice again. Nice selection of food. Well, some dishes are repeats from yesterday's lunch. I think.
Today we're going to the Petronas Twin Towers. We set off right after breakfast.
Our team felt really bad yesterday night because all the kids from all the countries gave us little gifts as a token from their country..well maybe except for Vietnam. But that's alright because it's their first time participating in this competition.
Hahahah we didn't think about this at all!
So after dinner yesterday Clarice rushed to buy some chocolate covered marshmallows and some chocolates. The boys thought of staying up all night creating a podcast and burn them into CDs and give to the other kids from the other countries as a token. By the time we finished shopping for the chocolates, (and adidas t-shirt...heh) CD-roms, it was already close to 11pm.
Chong Peng and I went down to their room and suggested they just give out the chocolates and then make an announcement to film the kids from the other countries the following day. The will carry out an interview. The the compiled video will then be posted on to YouTube and the link to it will be sent to them via email.
Wah. The younger generations have it good really. Fast easy communications, so easy to share videos and stuffs to the world. Impressive. I remembered back in my teenage years the best communication technology for us then was the pager. Even then I do not have the luxury to own one.
Well anyway on the bus on the way to the Petronas Twin Towers, Ben and Sherman made the announcement and gave out the chocolates.
We reached the Kuala Lumpur City Cnetre (KLCC) and proceeded inside.
We had to queue up to get tickets to visit the sky bridge. Its the bridge that links the two twin towers. The tallest twin tower in the world.
By the time it was 10 the tickets were sold out. Well, we didn't have to queue for the tickets actually. It's all been settled by the Panasonic organisers. We had to wait for our turn to go up the lift.
While waiting, Ben, Sherman and Wen Jun went round to interview the kids from the other countries.
In the mean time we viewed video clips on the background information and history that leads up to the materialization of the building.
The skybridge allowed us to see KL from a helicopter view. It was the 41st floor of the tower. Nice view.
After we're there for about 10 minutes we were ushered back to the lift where we had to wait for the rest of the KWN delegates to finish the tour. They went with another batch of tourists.
We killed time by trying out the exhibits they had there.
We then headed for California Pizza.
Ben was raving about how good California Pizza was and all. I thought "Wow this must be really good!"
So we had two rounds of vegetarian pizza. I thought there was nothing to shout about. That explains our facial expressions here.
I joked with him saying I was disappointed in his taste of pizzas. Hahahah.
Oh and Chong made a comment about the pizza. "This is the first time I see broccoli on pizzas!" Jonathan, a teacher from New Zealand came to our table said exactly the same thing! That was really funny.
While we had some time waiting, Ben, Sherman and Wen Jun went to interview the rest of the kids from Australia, Indonesia and Thailand at the balcony outside the restaurant.
After lunch, we headed for the Petro Science centre. We were given 2 hours to spend time inside. Chong Peng asked Clarice if we could just go in for 5 minutes and then come out to shop around. She said better not. Turns out, we had a lot of fun inside that we thought 2 hours wasn't enough!
While waiting in line to take the "Dark Ride", we were entertained by the staff there with smart science tricks and illusions.
The Dark Ride was a slow one. And its the only way to proceed on to exhibits found inside the Petro Science Centre. Oh well.
The vehicle that we went on looked a huge motorcycle helmet. Once we're inside, I felt as though we're in the flintstones' leg powered car.
And here's Ben looking silly in the car, in the dark.
Once we're inside, we tried out all sorts of science fun stuffs.
Don't ride rickshaws with Chong Peng. Its a bone rattling experience!
Everybody sing! —"Ben the Builder!"
Touching hot magma!
Oh My! What big fangs you've got!
Engineers at work.
Earthquake simulator
Feel how a figure 8 skater would feel as they spin on their toes at super speed!
This one's really funny. This Thai girl from the Thailand KWN participants tricked me into looking inside the barrel. When I looked into it, I felt a gush of wind blown straight into my face! I was fooled into looking at the end of a bellow!
Testing our football skills.
Trying out for baseball pitcher. See how fast you can throw. Best timing for me is 47km/h
How fast can you run?
Waiting for our helicopter ride at helipad H1.
Its been a swell day. We didn't want to move on to the next station. We've been told to be outside of the Petro Science center at 3 and the time was already 250pm when we realised we had to get moving!
And to think we only wanted to spend 5 minutes in here and then shop around KLCC. hahaha
When we finally got out, everybody was waiting for us. Clarice was calling me on the phone asking where we were.
Well, for all things that are good and all, it has to come to an end. So we were then ushered to the lobby where we then made our way to the bus.
And then head out back to our hotel.
We were given time from 4pm till 615 to wash up, go shopping and all. Basically free and easy time.
At 615 everybody gathered at the lobby where we headed for Mdm Kwan's restaurant. Famous for its Nasi Lemak. Pretty expensive for Nasi Lemak, about 14RM. But everybody should try it. It is good! I guess its worth the price. But hey, Panasonic's sponsoring this so I've got nothing to complain even if it turns out otherwise.
After dinner at Mdm Kwan's, the boys wanted to go for bowling. Thy rallied all the other kids to go with them, parents teachers and all. Chong Peng and I reminded them curfew is at 1130pm. We'll be checking on them to make sure they are back in their hotel room by then.
In the mean time, we went shopping for gifts for our loved ones and of course for myself. Bought a f ew more t-shirts, this time a dry fit Nike. Got it at a very good deal again.!
By the time we reached our hotel room, we were both dead tired. The film "Alexander" was showing on tv. We were both too tired too watch it even if we wanted to.
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