Saturday, June 30, 2007
ok. i must blog bout this. this is just way too cool.. totally blew my head off. may sound exagerated but its really that cool. went to watch the NDP rehearsal just now. the parade was as per normal, nothing too special. the special show was after the march pass. because its the 40th anniversary of national service this year, the armed forces put up a really spectacular display. first, there is the needless to say flypass by the F-16s. as always, they are just way too cool with their afterburners blasting away. i was crossing the road at city hall and i just stopped in the middle of the road and saluted the planes and pilots. haha. know it sounds crazy but who cares. the pilots are cool. ok. next up, after the march pass, a chinook helicopter came flying over from the marina south side to the parade area. it hovered a couple of meters above the sea and the water surface was jus a huge turbulence. water was spraying all around and the wipers of the chinook was going at a very fast pace. the cargo door opened and 2 by 2, divers jumped out from the chinook into the water before the chinook flew ahead a short distance, followed by another 2 divers jumping. a total of 8 divers jumped i think. with that, the assault rubber boats, dont know what they are called, raced to the scene and picked up the divers from the water. boats from the navy and police coast guards making high speed chases made up the next part of the show. making sharp turns, huge waves were created in the sea. the view is just great. navy rocks too.. haha. last part. my favourite. the air force. 2 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters came to the scene, made a few manoeuvers, and hovered in the air and saluted to the nation. that scene made me feel so proud of our armed forces. in fact, i am actually quite proud of our armed forces, although there are several bad points about it. that aside, seeing all the soldiers doing duties at the ndp site just now, i wished i could do so again. wish i was a soldier again. sound crazy again but i really meant it. i dont know why either. many ppl were asking me why i did not sign on since i liked the armed forces so much. the army is just not for me i guess. the airforce definitely i will sign on but not the army. oh well, i dont have the chance to be in the airforce. nonetheless, i will still give my loyalty and my best to the army. i love my vocation of mortar. happy 40th anniversary national service. happy birthday singapore.