Korea trip

Yoz.... Finally I have time to sit down and write abt the trip to korea

Day 1==== Everland
Temp: 1 to -1
It was the first day, and I am super cold, cos I think despite of all the clothes that I wore, one t shirt, one small jacket + one down jacket, I am still shivering. Conclusion is that the leather gloves were of no use. Pple next time just wear woollen gloves, cheaper and warmer. Despite of the coldness, we managed to take plenty of pictures of that place. There is a small safari there and we can take a bus to view the lions and bears. Altho I almost get frost bite, my hands were swollen, I am excited to try all those thrilling ride.I was screaming like hell for the last ride. Everland is the site of one drama, 红豆女之恋。the first korean drama show that I like. It is also shown in Lee Jun Ki newest movie's fly daddy Fly. But I am too scary cat to try the ride shown in fly daddy. Hmm, but still happy that I am in the same place as 이준기. Yeah!!!

Abt 10am, the place start to fill up, then managed to take a ggod looks at those korean. Conclusion is that Korean girls at age 15 -18 are not so good looking, unlike Japanese teens. The boys are better. I got see at least 2 that look like Garfield's oopa Hyun bin and got one Jun ki look alike albeit 17 years old.　Haha anyway, korean are taller than average Sporean. The males are at least 175cm and the females are at least 168cm. Female are mostly fair and Males are quite fair as well (ard my shade of colour)

Day 2 === Skiing
Yoz. Finally the day of skiing. We stayed in the famous Winter Sonata resort; Yongpyong. The instructor only taught us the starting and the stopping. After practising for a while, we are on our own. I can manged the gentle slope without difficulty. Then the guys in our tour group ask us to go up the slope. I dun want to go as I am not confident, but hoh, R seems confident, so we went up with the guys. When I　reached there, before I　can stablised myself, Already down I　go as it is v v steep, I can't stopped thus I sit down as I　am really scared. After that I continue to go down in a slower pace as the the slope is less steep by then. Garfield is really courageous as she zoomed down the slope without stopping or falling. R being less fortunate fall and decided to give up after 2 falls. But then we gals are really gungho to try. Still I managed to learn how to change direction by myself in order not to knock into others. Thru this exprience we make friends with the other pple in our tour group.

Idol sighting
Saw two guys who looked like HYun Bin again... Aiyoh, he is the common face in Korea.



Day 3 === Shopping day in dongdameum
The Four of us bought lots of face shop stuff... Majority of the cosmestic is cheaper than spore. But then hoh, I din bring much $$$ out to buy lah, so bought a few masks, a few eye shadowss that it. Unlike Singapore, the Man here went to face shop to buy masks for themselves not accompanying their girlfriends, as I seen them taking the Homme range of Skin care products. No wonder, the Hallyu craze over the Korean actors.. haha I also bought a heart shape earrings at the shopping mall. Too bad we have no time, else we can shopped till dropped. But then hoh, language barriers prevent us from sneaking out in the middle of the night. If it is in Japan, then I can 血洴

Day 4 === Lotte World
Lotte world is the sites for the staircase of heaven a teary korean drama that I din watch. It is the coldest day abt - 5 degrees. The queue for the rides are so long, that we abandoned quite a number of rides. As we are queuing for the hot air ballon ride. A 13 year old catched my Attention... He looks like a Junior Jun ki. R tot he is a girl, then he seems v shy as we auntie were looing at him. All of the sudden he seems to tok to a few girls abt his age in front of him... haha so young already 泡妞。Hahah it remind me of the "Grace" video where 이준기 invent a new machine for a hot air ballon, before soaring th esky with it. Thus Hot air ballon = 이준기
I am so sad that I not a Korean, Else I chase after the 준기 look alikes. Why is there no Jun ki look alike in Spore... Think Garfield also like to stay in Korea as there are so many Hyun Bins for her to choose.

Idol sighting
Just as I　was commenting that there are no Joo Ji Hoon look alike, I turn and saw a guy that look like him, except that JJH　is much taller. Garfield agree that the guy do resemble JJH, then he moved a bit and I take a look at his girlfriend, then OMG, that gf look like Yun En Hye. Haha think that this guy purposely go and find a girl that look her lah so they can fakeco "goong"

Day 5 === Daejanggeum
The is the exact film site of Jewel in the palace by the MBC studio. I really like this film sites as I　went through familiar scenes in Daejanggeum.




All in all this is a good trips. Spot various idols look alikes, taste those korean food. The shopping could be better tho, but stuffs there are more expensive than Spore.

We Learn, Lead and Serve

The Girls with me in the confined space resuce where we crawl into a maze in darkness. See they are all so pretty right... Except for moi.



Me and my fire fighting buddy aka cadet Teo.



The guys who all help me as I noe nothing abt drills and first aid.



Look Encik is so popular with the Girls. He is ex DART and HAZMAT... Super shuai.



More of ENCIK... Handsome???



The best training, my Major and me who is uber small fry.



My first aid Buddy aka Ai.

To Cpt Liang and all the AFI who support us... Heartfelt thanks... This course really made a difference in my life and I will go for the fire fighter and CPR instructor course soon... 是対に。

3rd OBC training course

3 weeks of intensive training finally end last week... YO! I graduate with no scratches and no scars and meet lots of heros in the training... Yes, heros as in saving life and make a great difference to the country. Let me make a quick recap of wat zoom by these 3 weeks

Week 1 (14/11- 17/11)
An apprehensive start of my Officer Basic training course (OBC) for National Civil Deference Cadet Corps (NCDCC). For the uninitiated , it is an entire new CCA of three years old. The LCP told me to polished my boots and iron my field dress till the lines on my pants can be seen. My pockets have to be starched (heck it, starch if for wat... durhh)I am wearing gutters for the first time. Dun really noe how to spell, it is a thin green thingy that is elastic to hold your pants so that the legs will not touch the boots.
So mah huan I think. I am never in the uniform gp before, thus really noe nothing.
Went to the meeting place and was surprised to find many female teachers (all pretty pretty kind... I look the most garang compared to them, but boy I was wrong) instead of males going for the course. My course was held at the Home Team Academy for the first week, (HTA)together with the NPCC officers. Hmm see lots of Botaks NS man there. For an absolute newbie in foot drill, the first week was sheer torture. All the kanan, kiri, beklang, hedapan pusing. Heng the guy behind teach me how,(thanks ah John) else I die in the hentakaki cos I dun noe which leg to bang during Berhenti. We have to learn all the basic footdrill in 3 days time... SIONG ah as this include sizing and hormat. The NCDCC officers were more stressed than the NPCC ones as we have to have a method of instruction test on first day of week three. I freak out when I realise that I have to teach Sizing. SO LONG ah the command. Heng Got Help from JF and S as they are both parade commander before, else I am already died.

After all the foot drill, we went to Civil defence Academy (CDA) for our Hazard Material training class (Hazmat)We have to dorn a suit and wear face mask. This is same as the gas chamber treatment for those NS guys

Week 2 (20/11 - 24/11)
The Adventure training camp (ATC) I named it the camp of instant noodles. I like this camp very much except of the food... SUCKS!!! we eat instant noodles until I felt like puking. Having a chef among us did not help when he dun have a kitchen ( he is a ex raffles hotel chef who become a teacher) But this camp really teach me that nothing is impossible as I jump down from the Jetty, get my hand caught in a raft and still get up and paddle. Knees like jelly still want to try the rope crawl like 3 storeys off the ground, all thanks to YY who urge me on and the best NPCC officier who guide me steps by step). It is a test of limit, not to say I run a mild fever due to sore throat.

Week 3 (27/11 - 1/12)

Last week is a real siong week, we learn so many stuff and has so many tests. We has a MOI for footdrill, another MOI for any SCDF topic, I chose fire hazard and Prepared all the ppt slides ,read up from SCDF websites. We have a First aid practical and theory test (I dun noe we had a theory test until the day and I spent like 15 min studying) For the first aid, we have learn on Mon and tuesday and Wednesday night is the test. We learn CPR on Wednesday and thursday morning we have a CPR test.
Beside all that, we have to learn Rescue in confined space, stretcher drills, fire fighting skill in furnace (a buidling full of stimulation of different kind of fire, the fire fighter also use this buidling to train)We used water hose, 10 - 15 kg of fire extinguisher of various kind to fight small fire (small means whole room full of fire but still containable). All thanks to Ai (my first aid buddy for her head and body during the practial and practise session) To Cadet Teo, whom I fire fight and practise CPR together.

All in all
Greatest thanks to my ENCIK . You are the best and definately a hero in the eyes of all of us...