REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE OPEN HOUSE 2008

THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE OPEN HOUSE 2008

This year, the Republic of Singapore Air Force turns 40! As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations, the RSAF Open House 2008 will be held for the public on the 30th and 31st August 2008.

The event will showcase the 3rd Generation RSAF and the capabilities that the RSAF has developed over the years. Exciting highlights include aerial display performances, aircraft rides, display of our advanced weapon systems and carnival activities.

Republic of Singapore

The AIRFORCE

ABOVE ALL

The Tower Control Center

Aircraft from the past generation

Hunter

Skyhawk

The rainbow after the rain. What a beautiful sight

The entrance to the wonderful display by the RSAF
Chinook
Apache

Side view of F5 aircraft

F5 loaded with ammo

Side view of F16

Front view of F16.

E2C

KC135 - A very huge aircraft

That is the refueling probe for air-to-air refueling

The land vehicles that protect our nation

THE BLACK KNIGHT

The pilot having photoshoot with the crowd. That is Zoe Tay's hushand Philip ( the one wearing the cap )

The F16s from 4 different squadron

THE RED LIONS


THE AERIAL DISPLAY

F16s and F5s demonstrating their air superiority

Saw Keith having a walk around the fair ground

The guys from CNEF posing with the Singapore Flag

Overall, this year RSAF Open house was quite a success. Many people flocking to see the static display and the aerial display. Enjoy the whole show and also the sun tanning. HAha. Hope I will be around for the next open house.

Two moons on 27th August

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for......... ....

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth.

Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Jap Food Bazaar at Raffles city shopping center

If you are a fan of marché, the swiss-run restaurant, chances are you would love shokudo japanese food bazaar. shokudo shares the similar concept of having several cooking stations under one roof, charge cards and themed dining, but with japanese cuisine instead.

The design of the resturant is colorful, modern and tasteful, with various areas of themed dining. the walls are dominated by murals of tokyo city scenes overlaid with graphics of japanese girls.

Long Queue forming outside the Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar (#B1-44E) - introduced by Jasmine. We joined in the queue while waiting for Hedy and alvin to arrive. Waited close to 20min before we finally got the tables.

Saw this strange looking stature outside the restaurant while waiting in the queue. Dardar was so amused with the stature that she took a picture of it. Can you identity what the stature is???

as i was going around checking out the food stations, one particular station piqued my interest. it’s a pizza station! these japanese pizzas are wafer-thin and certainly do not resemble the common pizzas!

There is also a western food corner whereby western dishes such as burgers and pasta, were done japanese style. the burgers come with eggs served sunny side up and — check this out — miso-flavored beef patties!

Shabu shabu - Dardar's favorite

Fresh salmon and sword fish sashimi - My all time favorite

A table full of food.... Yummy

Lastly, to top up the delicious food that we have eaten... Ice Strawberri with jelly. Overall the food is quite nice but abit expensive lor...

Finally, we went to the Singapore Jurong Bird park. It was drizzling when we reached there but that does not dampen our energy. This time round, we were making sure that we will be enjoying ourselves dispite the drizzling.

Black swan

The bird taking nap

Shoebill SADDLE-BILLED STORK Penguin Expedition
Dardar posing with the replicia of Penguin

Parrot ParadiseFLAMINGO

Dardar dancing to the tune of UMBRELLA

Tazan and Jane swinging toward the waterfall

Saw this funny bird house on the tree .... En Bloc ????

EMu - The Emu is Australia's tallest native bird, reaching 1.6-1.9m when standing erect. It weighs 30-45kg

Adult Emus are covered with shaggy grey-brown feathers except for the neck and head, which are largely naked and bluish-black. The wings are greatly reduced, but the legs are long and powerful. Each foot has three forward-facing toes and no hind toe.

The Cassowary has a whitish patch about its head, the color tapering off to blue and purple from the head down to the neck. Here there are red wattles in front and an orange patch at the back. The red color of the wattles changes from pale to medium to dark depending on the bird's mood. The rest of the body is covered with coarse black feathers. The upper legs, under the long black feathers, are blue, and are otherwise grey or greenish-grey.

Look at the head, it has a horn-like crests called casques on their heads

What a big egg!!! 1 ostrich egg yolk = 50 chicken egg yolk

Me and dardar making monkey faces

Pelican - most complete collection of pelicans in the world at Pelican Cove, where all 7 species of pelicans can be found. But we can only find 5 species during the Pelican chit chat session.

Doesn't she look like an Angel

Finally, we settled down in Bongo Burgers resturant for a bite before gonig home. We enjoyed the beef burger and the chicken wings while listening to the rain drop.