COuldn't make it in time to send vicky off yesterday. feel abit sad when she called to say she got to go in before i reached the airport. *sigh* anyway, please study hard girl. we will await for your return next year.

Went to lip's RSN's (Republic of Singapore Navy) 191 squadron family day with jolene and roger along. Unfortunately, i did not bring my digicam along cos i thought no cameras allowed in the base. Dammit. the old man up there did not favour the day either. occasion showers here and there. but still the trip was more enjoyable when we departed from the Changi Naval Base. the feeling was like going to a cruise except the ship is dark in colour. Yesh, plenty of navy personnel brought their families, their gf and their girl friends along. In fact, i was looking at the wrecked ship that collided with a commercial ship early this year. the tragedy that swept singapore and citizens' head onto the papers and news. still feel abit sorry for the family whose daughter's body left unfound.

Ignore the sob story. As we depart, i saw this cargo ship who looked fully loaded travelled at a amazing speed, for i always had this impression that cargo ships travelled very slowly. our destination was at the sea area where we can have a better view of singapore skyline. throughout the journey, we came across this rainspot where you can actually see this pillar of falling rain in a area. imagine a small boat passing below a waterfall. we moved over from the flight deck to the front since there's nothing to see at the back. We were chatting half-way when we saw this group of guys who wore blazers with one with a snow cap, one with black long sleeve. those guys are from MDC ( Music drama Company). MDC is part of SAF for those who didn't know. they are also known as sissy soldiers. Yesh, they are those guys who dance, sing and perform as their part of serving national service. you might think it's abit weird.

qiang: " don't they feel hot?" ( sun was bright and sunny then)

lip:" then they can act suai." ( suai = mandarin term, means suave)

roger: "act stupid lah."

qiang: " maybe we should walk past them and said" don't they feel hot?"

lip: " so that they can act suai."

jolene: " they don't understand what you all saying, they all look potato." (look potato means they only understand english)

all: "whahahahah..."

after a while, we saw them again, but with blazers off exposing their sleeveless singlets..

lip: " wahaha.. they can only act suai in the air-con room with blazers off, outside with blazers on.

all: "whahahahah..."

frankly speaking, the sky above singapore is quite dusty. we saw the blur view of the skyline when touch-down on our destination. the whole event was rather boring. we decided to take short nap at their specialist mess. the nightsky picture you saw above is what i saw last night when we docking back to changi naval base. it was a photoshop edited picture. you can see the whole moon with only the cresent lighted and the rest covered by earth's shadow. plenty of stars last night. i mean it's rather rare to see so many stars on singapore mainland. but i'm sure you can see more, better and spectacular view of stars in other countries.