Deardear suggested to go to the Army Open House yesterday. He said it’s in Pasir Laba Camp which he was there before. He wanted to show off to his son. We woke up quite early this morning. Though I was not feeling too well (nose bleed cause maybe too heaty), I still force myself to go as I want to spend as much time with Caden and deardear because I was away for camp for the last 3 days....
OK.... mama is tired, so papa will take over today's post. As mentioned by dear dear, I really want to bring my little family of 3 to the camp where I really suffered during my NS days. 10 weeks in SISPEC, 3 weeks in School of Infantry Weapons and not to mention the numerous numerous times I have been back for training. Alright, cut the bragging, we woke up early and prepared ourselves for the trip and reached Pasir Laba camp at around 11++am. As soon as we were there, we realized that there was a POI operations show. This is basically showing how Singapore Home Team and Singapore Arms Forces will react to hostile terrorist attacks. It was impressive with explosions and gun shots as well as big vehicles putting up a spectacular show. Caden was not at all afraid of the loud noise and paid extra attention to the show. Think he really enjoyed it.
Once the show is over, we went down to the parade square to have our photos taken. Though it was very sunny and hot, we were really happy spending our time having our pictures taken with the vehicles.
After the photo session, we decided to cool ourselves down with some AC (air-con) and proceed to the indoor exhibition which showcases some of the advance technology of the SAF. There was also a starbucks temporary outlet there. Dear treated me to a cup of heavenly starbucks java chip frappuccino while she got a ice chocolate to share with caden. Greedy boy really enjoyed his drink too. And again, we captured a
few shots at the exhibition.
Next, we decided to visit some of the other exhibits there, but because it was time for Caden’s porridge, we instead detoured to the big Food Tent for our meal break. There were not many people and we managed to find a seat. It was a cooling area with lots of food stall. There was also a series of performance by SAF music and drama team. And while dear is feeding Caden, I went to buy burgers and drinks. Not ordinary burgers, but McChicken burgers. It was interesting to see Mac in the tent. Initially, during the feed, Caden was co-operative. But as the meal drags, Caden was getting restless, he was distracted.
He started fidgeting hard and push out everything that was in his mouth. And what was left after a long struggle was unfinished porridge and a very messy toddler.
We have to find a toilet to change him but as it is very far, we decided to get a balloon for Caden as well as walk around the other stalls to see if there is any interesting stuff. As we were doing so, we were presented with a nice surprise; there is actually a baby changing room in the big tent. Well, without further ado, we quickly went in and gave Mr Messy a big clean up. After that, we carried on exploring the stalls. We saw a temporary tattoo station and got our little family of 3 a tattoo each. Looking at the time, we have actually spent nearly an hour inside the enclosure it’s time to go to other exhibits, before Caden’s nap catch up with us.
But before we left, our attention was caught by this stall selling portable printers. This stall was setup by Alan Photos of Sim Lim Square fame. The sales staff was showing us this Canon Selphy photo printer. The printer costs less than $130, and the photo paper plus ink cost less than $35 for 108 photos. Thought that’s a really an economy way of printing photos, especially we need to fill up some photo frames in the house. So with a bit of persuading and demonstrating, we got the printer. We left it with the stall while we headed to the rest of the exhibits.
Finally, we reached our third location, the exhibits with the big machines. One of the reason why I want to bring Caden there, to see the tanks and helicopters, and boy, we were not disappointed. And as usual, there was our photo session there. We saw so many big machines, there were Super Puma, Chinooks, Tanks, Amoured Vehicles and also big trucks. Caden is absolutely delighted to see so many transportation equipments. We spent some time over there until we decided to go home as it was time for Caden’s nap.
Therefore, we collected the printer and took a cab home. It was indeed a long and tiring day, and we all had fun. Hopefully next year, we can come back again to see all the tanks and helicopters again.
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