Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Finally Back From the States (Part 3)

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Proudly displaying our Singapore drills in a not-so-official-but-still-attention-attracting demonstration. Hees, Yang Tinggi! (Dun ask me why Adrian is standing to my left when he is taller.)

Shankar commanding our ICEP platoon! Cheering during hentak-taki.


Marching smartly for Drill Evaluations (inter-flight test and competition)! Great diff from the practices. I bet Keesha and Hanna were surprised at us.
Hotel Homies during Drill Evaluations! Yeah, we've clinched our aspired No.1 championship!

Singapore Cadets and teachers in No 3! Just after Drill Evaluations...


Nice! Haha, watermelon...



At John Newcombe Tennis Ranch (Still During SLS)...


Paintball! Ooh.. shooting in the forest!


Attempting to build a mini-parachute! Did I mention my B in Physics?

Arghh...me attempting to climb up this 15m pole for Flying Fox - yes, the one we waited for and got rejected the first tym round...


Finally at the top! Cld see miles away from up there! Panaromic San Antonio.


"SIIIINGAAAAPOOOORE!" Haha, exhilarating!


Tubing down the river at Texas Tubes! Loved the tube shoots with JJ and Kai Lin. Time to recce? Definitely.

Final night of SLS with Hotel Homies! Hurrah!




Xin Ran & I with Flight Commanders CTO Keesha and Hanna

The 12 of us with MSgt Harwell! His lecture was uber entertaining! "Huuuuurrry up, my children.....!"

With roommate Latta Tyler! He's frm Houston.
Haha, thanks for all the stuff you've taught me. Rly had a great time over in Texas. Hope you'll come for ICEP Singapore!

Last day of SLS: Hotel Homies getting prep-ed up for POP (Passing Out Parade).

We Singapore cadets demonstrating our SG drills! Officially this time. Overwhelming sense of pride. (:

Receiving the plague for completion of the course! Each of our names (sg cadets and teachers)were read out and we marched up to collect em. Nice plague!



Best buds in H Flight! Thanks for being uber nice to us...all the smiles and chats. Rly enjoyed SLS with you guys around. Hope you liked the pictures! & Theresa's rly sensible. (:

After SLS: Leisure Time! Exploring San Antonio...

Dinner at Alamo Cafe! More mexican food (esp tortillas). :D or D:? You decide. Nice ambience though.
Our SeaWorld San Antonio adventure! It's a water theme park ((:
Entrance to SeaWorld SA.

Ooh.. high tech admission eh? Scan and go. Ez-Link? =.=


Group photos! Great day for sun tanning! Say bye to shirts and hello to fab tans!

Say hi to the Steel Eel roller coaster! Believe or not, that was my first roller coaster (high ones).
Was sitting beside Bilal.

Me: (While coaster was ascending) "Ehh? Why so long arh?"

Bilal: (Trying his best not to freak out) "Relax relax..."
Some random American behind us: "Cool! It's initial drop is 15 storeys high! & there will be 3 high drops!"
Me: *stunned* O.o

But hey, it was rly exciting! Went up with Jun jie, Ken and Bilal. In fact, it was so fun, we went for it twice. ((: Loved it. Esp with 3 drops and crazy twists.

Dolphins! (:


Killer whales galore! SeaWorld's pride and joy.

Exploring San Antonio's historical River Walk...


What a scenic view! San Antonio's answer to Clarke Quay...only nicer!
Atop the stone bridge!



We were too bored okay?

Hard Rock Cafe San Antonio! Yummy fries! Bought some HRC souvenirs too. & 4 of us are standing tgt in the middle. What a coincidence! (:

2nd theme park: Six Flags Fiesta Texas! Now, this rly is fun...with ken, jj and kai lin.

Entrance. Greetings from Bugs Bunny!

Group photo. Last day in Texas liao...

Queuing up for the Body Tube. Nice sunny weather. Oei, Jun Jie! Look here lah! Dun make me Photoshop your eyeballs in my direction... XD

Wild Wild West themed area. Nice replica of old Texas.

Posing with Six Flags mascot!

Queuing for the uber fun Tornado! Haha, doughnuts.

Ooh..the great waterfalls! What a great view! & we took this shot just beside a photo taking booth charging 4 bucks per shot. Oops! :P

Collage of the fun we 4 had at Six Flags! Totally enjoyed the crazy fun we had. If only we cld do it all over agn. Yes, your eyes are not deceiving u...we went on a merry-go-round. Told you we were crazy. But crazy stuff are what great friends do tgt.
Ken, Kai Lin, Jun Jie, Alan.

Arrival in Singapore...
Taken upon touchdown in SG on flight NW19, via Tokyo-Narita! Seatmates. Glad to be home, though I still miss the times in San Antonio.