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my life in the little red dot.2009-09-07
Army Open House 2009 Visit
On the last day of term 3, 4/9/2009, after collecting our report cards for CA2. We met up at the amphitheatre and boarded the bus to Pasir Laba Camp near Joo Koon MRT station.
As said that it is near Joo Koon station on the far west side, it must be very far from Victoria School, which is on the east side, the bus trip alone took about 1 hour +! Finally we arrived there, I saw throngs of people, mainly students, cadets or teachers-in-charge.
The first station we went was some exhibition in some air-conditioned room. There exhibited all about stuffs about the Singapore Army Force (SAF), history or weapons. We collected some freebies from people there. I then went to write and draw some message about what will you defend for Singapore, I drew a squarehead, actually represents one of my classmate (if you had read about the post on teachers' day in Victoria School), I drew him just for the sake for mocking and making fun of him but the messages I wrote were serious. We then took a group photo with that drawing of mine.
The Muslims and non-Muslims were then split up. The Muslims went home to prepare for break fast while non-Muslims went for shooting. When we arrived at the shooting range, we heard the sound of firing, it was very loud so we were given ear plugs. I had difficulties putting on the ear plugs and they irritated my ears a lot! Finally it was my turn to shoot, I picked up my courage and fired. The impact was big! I smelt the smell of gunpowder (since it was REAL SAR that can kill!). I managed to hit the target without miss with 5 turns, I then received a badge (see picture) from the people there.
After that we went to see some exhibitions of weapons such as tanks and rifles. Some of them were just amazing! Too bad we could not explore much as soon it was time to go back.
This trip is quite meaningful for me as I got to see the weapons used in SAF, which increases my interest in military stuffs. I received lots of freebies and most importantly, I got to shoot REAL SAR for the first time in my life! However, it was a pity as we only explored part of the events because of time-constraint, or it would be much more fun. But still we were much more lucky compared to the Muslims as they did not get to shoot.
When we arrived at school, it was already 7.30p.m. we were dismissed soon. I had to put my boots back into the locker. There, it was pitch dark! I had difficulty opening the locker since I could not see the numbers, at last I finally opened it. I then rushed out of school as I was not really afraid of dark, but actually being isolated alone! 7th lunar month some more! When I got out of school, I found out that I dropped my badge I got from the shooting range! Damn it! I went all the way back to the locker and faced the same fear, luckily I managed to find it.
I then went home, b the time I reached home, it was already 8.30p.m.
Labels: 2009, army open house, NCC
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