.Monday, September 03, 2007 ' 10:37 PM Y
Yoooo HOOooo!!!
Today marks the end of Army Open House 2007....I was involved in the Mission World rides, did the vehicle guide appointment...whats required of me was to explain and engage the passengers who are either civilians or military personals...Normally i would jump in joy when such stuff is over....However,this time i am feeling kinda sad that its over...In fact I enjoyed myself very much during my time there ever since Army Open House started on 30th August 07.Something i never expect to love it so much...dont mind doing it until i ORD sia...hahahaha During my 5 days there , saw several old friends some from secondary school(Eugene Chong & Eng Chye ) or my previous campmates(Teo Kee Siang aka Too Shag) or poly friends(Hanafee and Rachael)
Can still remember that the 1st group of passengers i got to engage was a school of convent girls...from CHIJ St Joseph.Since they were my first batch of passengers,i was yet to be well prepared to engage them and i even had butteflies in my tummy!! Hahaha but glady still managed to pull through...hehehe
I can also remember this old granny who came on 2 days and she happened to board my tonner...hahaha it seems that she likes this Mission World Ride alot!!There was this adult couple who boarded by tonner twice and so did this teenager couple hahaha It was alot fun when u engage the passengers and they are very responsive or when they acknowledge when u speak to them and they are very polite too.
Just like today there was this funny incident,there was this little girl who wanted to take a pic with me, and so her father suggested that i carry her...hahaha so i held her on her armpit and lifted her up and hold her to the side of me....carried her like how a person would lift a trophy or maybe how a person would carry a kitten....hahaha guess what the father said?? "You dont know how to carry a kid arh?" hahaha I laughed and replied "actually yah i dont know" then the father taught me how to carry the little girl properly...oopsy!! she was a very cute girl, and after the pic was taken by her dad she looked very happy as we wave goodbye...Just by seeing this sight, it makes me happy to be able to make that little girl happy...hahaha very cute!!
Also took a pic with a malay little boy because it seems that his mother wanted him to...hahaha forced to take picture with me...so poor thing!! hahaha Then there was also this man who wanted to have a pic with me....and two more little children both boys....there was another incident whereby there was this 2 teens girl who took a pic with the recce team person(1 person) who came up to the 5 tonner to report to everyone and provide us with the intelligence update....well as i told them that they are able to take pictures with that guy if they want to....and so they did.Then after that they took a picture with me because their mother said sth like "red beret leh, must take" wah hear liao also paiseh sia....hahaha
There are many super duper cute kids that came for my ride, it was very fun and enjoyable to talk to them and sometimes the question they ask is very cute...For example the Primus which is an artillery, 1 boy asked me..."Is It the same as the Optimus Prime in Transformers??" wah i heard it liao also laugh...There is also this little girl who will listen to what i say carefully as if i am a teacher sia...hahah very cute she will also answer questions when i asked some....hahaha really make my day talking to all these litte children....There was this girl too probably in her poly years,very funny sia...because it was a mine clearing station whereby there is the mine clearing vehicle and the manual mine clearing act....she actually asked me if those soldiers are statue?? hahaha i kinda laughed when she asked me that,wah like very rude hor? oopsy!! then later in the ride there was 1 water bottle that somehow rolled onto her leg then she passed it to me,but i couldnt make out what she was trying to tell me as the tonner is pretty noisy so i asked "oh your thirsty? you want water ? " bah!! actually she was asking me whos bottle was it as it rolled over to her side....goodness!! haha paiseh
It was really satisfying when at the end of the ride, the kids will come to you and say bye bye and the adults will come thank you or an handshake or even the whole tonner will applaude you in appreciation for ur tour...
This will most likely be a very unforgettable experience for me as i also met alot of nice people from the Armour Brigade who made my 5 days there fun and entertaining too besides my friends from Commando.
Well tickets to our rides are sold out within 2 hours when the booth is open...everyday full house except on the 1st day.Think i am gonna miss this alot....actually think now that being tour guide is fun!! Maybe can try being one in future....hahahaha