Sakura Festival

Was a day of relaxation after a wk of flying, planning and studying. Weather was off and on soo moods were also off and on. 20th September 2008 is the Sakura festival at the International Pacific College (IPC). Sakura, or Cherry Blossom is an omen of good fortune and is also an emblem of love, affection and represents spring. Thats the celebration that i have went.

We were really hungry since we had a late nite the night before and only work up to come for the festival, we decided to hit the stalls for some brunch first.. and we all had this japanese cake ball thingy on sticks. Not to bad...

The group que-ing up for ginger pork rice.. yum yum..

Warriors of the 21st century.. The backgroup looks like japan The best pic from the entire day
Cathy and Myself at one of the sakura tree
Myself, Tim, Wan and Rinee(thailand)
The beautiful sakura flowers
And yes the stupid/ silly act never stop
Juz as we were walking out from IPC. The guys at the background looks like they are fighting..
Mj, Wan and Tim

Well, the festival was really interesting coz there was heaps of cultural stuff going on around the sch and tours to see every cornor of it. Was a good day for relaxation before the heavy wk of test starting on monday.

Another wk of flight and studies..

Past wk was kina average with school and test.. Had two test in the past wk and 1 make it and the other was juz abt to but was down with stupid mistakes.. Damn.. Aniway, really need to forcus on the work at hand.

This wk is flight wk and i`m not flying for 2 days already. What the hell... Really need to get this nav shit over soo i can bring people out further away from palmy itself. Maybe down to Wellington or Christchurch for lunch or wkend trip to Napier or something for fun! That is when flying myself and frens out for a trip is possible.. haha..

Not much had happened since the last entry, things are getting into place and the usual day in and day out events. Kina need to spice things up alit, but i guess this is good for now. At least i wld have more time to study for the upcoming hell wks on test and all. Instead or non stop PT, Its non stop writting of test and notes and constant reading up on manuals and weather appreciation. hmm..

Really miss home! Not to sure why the sudden feeling of home all over again, but its kina like missing the memories i use to have. I kneo that kina make me sound old but everyone have memories. The good, the bad and the ugly... Either way, they are the only things we can hold on to.

Reading up and Juz waiting for a better day

This wk that passed was kina juz waiting and planning for me! Hav been playing for my nav flight out to WU everyday but to end up cancelling it due weather, instructor not well or A/C U/S. What gr8 luck i have! Really kina need to finish up the Nav flights one way or another... But the good part is, i manage to backseat a few flights out to get my SA up on the terrains in NZ and to understand the ground. One of them was on Reenee's flight! Reenee is half Singaporean, her mom is Singaporean at least. haha..

Even in a turn or ani manoeuvre Pilots have to keep a smile on.. haha Overhead Rejoin on WU for touch and Go. Its a pretty nice place and the airfield is juz by the coast..
Departing north after the exercise..

The view if on a clear day in Nz is really different from Aus or Singapore.. There is juz soo much we can be thankful for when we are met with such views. Backseated a night flight as well and the nite lights of the townships juz illuminate right in your face at 1500 feet.. Juz as the song goes, "I see the light surrounding you"...

Anyway, read up on some Singapore Armed Forces article and i think this one is really cool.. The changing of our army uniform to the new and improved. Well, althou` i'm no longer in the force. I still tink its interesting to see how Singapore Army is growing and heading into to see how our future generation is gona change into to keep the goals the same.

Left is the current uniform with our very own SAR21, Right is the new and improve uniform with SAR21 and granadelauncher Extreme right at the back is the olden days uniform and the extreme left front is the current.

The uniform is made to provide max. comfort and better protection to the individual in close quarters. There are slight changes on it from the previous uniform as well.. Wonder when it will be offical on issue!

Coming wk.. More test and more stressful times.. Tough time dun last tough man do! Hope it last..