What is science? Depending on who is asked, it may mean the pursuit of knowledge, explanations of the everyday world, a difficult subject at school, or a field populated by larger than life characters such as Einstein, Feynman, or Hawking. For the author, science has been and remains an unexpected journey, an adventure and an ever-changing career. A key event which set the author onto science was being selected by the Academy of Science and Engineering (ASE) to attend the Harry Messel International Science School in Sydney, Australia. In this article, the author shares his experience and how it led to his love for science.