Science Center

Singapore has the reputation of being the most family/kid-friendly city in Asia - I concur. There's an unspoken consesus that if you are single or married with no kids, Singapore will bore you to the core while Hong Kong is where all the action is. But if you have young children, there is no place else better to stay in Asia than Singapore. In some ways, it resembles a giant Disneyland, with playgrounds, zoos, theme parks littered all over the city in its spic-and span environ, sheltered by the omnipresent perennial greenery. Parents never really run out of ideas of how to dissipate their kids' energy and time.

For our recent theme park hopping, we picked the Singapore Science Center. We just thought Luke would like to push the millions of buttons in the establishment, and maybe enjoy some strange and unusual phenomena that are usually forbidden to happen at home. The center itself was OK, since half of the center was under renovation, but the buttons didn't disappoint. Luke had a blast with all the exciting (and sometimes explosive) sound and visual effects caused by these little buttons he pushed. But the highlight was the center's outdoor waterplay area. We spent most of our time there and Luke loved every minute of it!