The opening of TAMPINES 1 yesterday, coinciding with public holi Good Friday, an ingenious way to draw in the crowd! Alighting from tampines mrt, I’m greeted by a performance by ladies in green at the entrance… What an atmosphere!?



Noticed something? The sheltered area from the MRT isn’t extended all the way to the mall, if it rains – ahem ahem… (first pic - T1 mall's on the left, mrt station on the right). Also, the design of the mall entrance is such that its’ below ground level, I wonder if flooding may occur under heavy downpour.

Worries apart - Yes, the place is super crowded though not all shops in the mall started biz yet. Despite the financial turndown rippling through singapore, it is assuring that there are still people willing to visit shopping malls and spend. Or are they just window shopping, who knows? Nonetheless, it's typical of singaporeans to join the crowd on anything new.







The food court ‘Kapitans’ on the 5th floor has a spectacular view. Can see the entire landscape with the other two malls! I’m surprise that the mall management didn’t exploit the view and rent it out to restaurants or those-who-r-willing-to-pay-more…

Attended my sec sch friend's commisioning parade! It was a day of pride and joy for all of them. To think of all the arduous efforts that they had put in, they truly deserve this day. Still remember my friend telling me of all the hardships and struggles he had to go through as a cadet, pretty tough life.





The parade itself was ok. Good thing it stopped raining, it was raining the whole afternoon.



Sheer happiness expressed as they toss their caps sky high. All the tears shed and sweat lost were worth it. They would never forget the experiences they had. My friend said he had his worst days of his life during his period of training, but he would rather have them as in retrospect, they're a good source of motivation. It is through sturggles that we learn to grow stronger. My friend once told me that he and his friends had to huddle with each other through the night to keep warm under the torrential rain. In the face of adversity we are not alone, we have our friends.



Mingxuan's mum putting on the well-desired and well-earned rank! haha.



As a tradition, newly commissioned officers would give ang baos to those first few who salute them right after getting the rank on their shoulders. I was the first.lol. Inside the packet were money and a motivational msg! haha.