Saturday, January 28, 2006

Ex Thunder Warrior

Back from the Land of the Kiwi.

Experiencing the 16 days there in a whole new climate was breathtaking.

I, myself, don't even know where to begin.

I shall just let the pictures do the talking. The order of the pics will be scattered in no particular order.


The makeshift bunk, with 1 foldable bed, 1 aluminium casket for ur belongings n 3 blankets to call ur home



Singaporeans making themselves known



The lone flower



Feels like Mt. Fuji



LOTR terrain, the view from the OP



Another volcano in the background



Darren, Me n Lex



The Maori temple which our unit came for blessing before live firing



Taking a shot with the Maori warrior



23 SA - Every Round Counts



Jeremy was singing to the hills



Adrian, Jason n Moi



Me, Derek Goh n the magnificent lake



I couldn't take the entire lake in its entire glory



Lo n Behold



I swear I was flying



The magnificient 6 - 44th FAOCC FOs @ NZ



Fooling around the bunker: Me, P K n Jian Shinn



Me n the Medic



Rebro team + Me



My mentor aka upperstudy, Mr ORD personnel, Clement n Me



Sitting by the cliff



Derek, Me n Ling Wei



Liaison team @ the OP



The guns set against the background of Mt. Ruapehu



An amazing picture of live round being SHOT OUT



High Angle firing



Posing for the Cam as it was damn sianz there



Told ya we were DAMN SIANZ



Nose sadly sunburnt



People were puffing away Skittles



At the Officer's Mess



Hedgehog in hiding



White water river that powers up 15% of NZ's electricity



One of the many geysers that can spurt sulphuric farts



One of the many picturesque town where I took a gondola up and a Luge ride



13th tallest tower in the World



Posing with the Sky Tower


I got tonnes of photos as you can see.

Lots of stuff to say which I shall just spurt out in gibberish order:

~ learn much more about being an FO
~ I love the freezing cold weather, just hate the WIND
~ Clouds maketh my day
~ I hate political backstabiing
~ I'm a non-conformist, and like to do what I like
~ I don't like being in cities aka Auckland always having the feeling that I'll get robbed all the time
~ The smell of sulphur repels moi
~ I love NZ combat rations esp the choccies

I enjoyed my time there, killing boredom with TERRORIST BOY, TAN CHING CHONG and DIM SUM LIM.

You guys made the OP bearable.

You really need humour to survive outfield man.

Coming back, went to Chinatown to pack in the crowds.

It was hot. Sweaty. and Disgusting.

And some lady almost accuse me of molesting her.

Oh plz... (roll eyes....)

Anyway. Photos. = )


Obligatory decorations



I have no idea what it all means



Very cute dancing mini lions



Throngs n Throngs of Sweaty people



With pals Jacque n Ben



My first honouary pic with Dowager Ann



The gang that survived sweaty armpits, shoving bodies and Chinatown!


Feels so good to be back in Singapore.

Looking forward to Hong Baos.

Gong Xi Fa Cai,
Benjamin

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Bon Voyage

I'm leaving wonderful Singapore !

To bask in the freezing winter of New Zeland.

It's freakin 10 degree celsius average.

Anyway had a fun time meeting up all my buddies.

Especially my BMT bros. Alex going off to pilot school and seeing how Poh, Ivan and Kumar has been getting along.

Fun time dudes.


Memoirs of BMTC Delta Platoon 4 Section 2 - of what remains



Bugis Junction - Large portions of food. Yummylicious !



Fat Induced Dessert



Me, Kumar and the regular-sized Poh



Brothers in Arms - Alex, Ivan and Ben



Kumarmamama



Left them in the evening to say my goodbyes to my besties.

Jacque n Bennie.

Fun time saying goodbye.

Smelling the fire at Takashimaya.

Reflecting why life is so mundane.

Thinking of the dream cities to better spend time at.


Decor



Me looking unglam between the 2 hunks



Until then.

2 weeks in freezing NZ won't be fun at all.

Leaving all my friends and loved ones.

Sigh.

But I'm looking for a whole new experience freezing my family jewels.

Leaving on a jet plane,
Benjamin

P.S. As usual, I'll have loads of photos when I come back !