I brought my family to Navy Open House 2007 today, not just because of the free $20 coupons to spend, but more of wanting them to know how's everything like here, and what my life had been revolving around for the past year. 
We visited ships like the Patrol Vessels (above)
We also went onboard the 'plastic ship', the Mine Countermeasure Vessels (MCMV) (above)
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And then, our Missile GunBoats! (below)
How can i NOT let them come onboard Missile Gunboats (MGB)? Ok, though my own ship wasn't open for public for this open house, but everything is identical inside Dragon (above). And yeah, the difference between MGBs and other types of ships IS EVIDENT. The living conditions, in particular. I showed them my workplace onboard my ship--the wheelhouse. Very crammed and stuffy and hot, almost like hell compared to the Wheelhouse onboard other ships. 
So we took a photo there, but appararently only mum was camera-alert.
So, again lor. (Ya, that's almost the size of the entire wheelhouse already)'
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Of course, we also went to the limelight of this open house--the newly acquired stealth Frigates (below).
Oh my, frigates do have an enormous wheelhouse.. (below)
And we went RSN's largest platform- the Landing Ship Tank (LST). (see below)
Their ship crew are so fortunate to have nice cabins..
How's the view from the LST? It's really high up there. See the RSN Duck Tour down there? The queue was too long for us to wait. And sadly, we didn't get lucky-drawed to go for the 50-min 'sea cruise'. Well, the 'sea cruise' would be a rare experience for the public, to be able to sail onboard warships. I am in NO LACK of such experience, but I thought it would be nice to sail with my family... 
Without the luck to sail onboard the warships together, we were STILL able to go for a fast craft ride out into the Singapore Straits, on the LST's fast crafts. Oops, did i reveal a Sian face?
Apart from ship visiting, mum also caught the performance ChenWeiLian, and we also utilised the $20 coupons well, on food.
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I'll be posting other pictures tomorrow.
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By the way, Navy Open House will be on until Sunday, 27 May. It's been REALLY tough for my friends, whose ships are opened to the public. Lucky me.
人生是黑白的.
11:21 PM <3
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