A Photo Canvas

While I have always been a fan of the military, navy and air force, surprisingly this year I wasn't that keen on going to the Navy Open House (I'm guessing it's probably because I felt tired). But the Boy decided to check it out, as we head off to the East side for some sunny experience.

It was such a hot and crowded day! Every where we went, there were tons of people queueing up to board the ships or were waiting for the rides. All ships had a minimum waiting time of 1 hour, which was a big turn-off for me, especially when the weather was extremely hot. It was no wonder then that we decided to hide out in some of the tentages. Even then the crowd was scary... Fortunately, it was in the tentage that we discovered through some high-tech screen that there were some ships whose queues weren’t that long. Hence, we decided to give them a try.

We boarded both the Patrol Vessel and Mine Countermeasure Vessel, as we were given a tour of both ships.


When it seems like we were almost done, we received a call from the event organiser that our ballot for a ship cruise was successful! As such, we had to continue waiting in the hot sun for another 30 minutes before it was time to board the Missile Corvette.



Our little boarding ticket. Can we say that we are lucky considering that we also got to board a plane during the Air Force Open House?

The corvette took us out of the harbour for a quick cruise. It felt nice to have the wind blowing against your face against the hot sun...


And to show you how big the gust of wind was...



What I felt interesting was that we actually boarded the 3 smallest ships compared to what was available. I guess big ships and us are not meant to be...

Anyway, at the end of the day, I was a sunburnt cookie!! But then, I had such a great and special experience with the Boy, nothing can beat that, not even the burn =)

Having a week off from our Japanese class, the Boy and I decided to whisk ourselves away to Fullerton Hotel for their ever famous Jade Restaurant Dim Sum Buffet!!

With such a wide spread of delicacies, the Boy and I fell in love with the Abalone Siew Mai and the Foie Gras XiaoLongBao! I was also surprised by their Custard Bun for it was savoury rather than the usual sweet. Gosh... Just thinking of the food makes me all craving for it again!