Chinook and Embassy

Flying at 200ft above Sentosa, the Chinook vibrating loudly around us, and the snores of 5
compatriates ringing in our ears; we were enjoying an air experience flight in one of the
RSAFs Chinooks. Unfortunatly the tailgate was up so the view was through small round
windows in the side, but it still rocked. How the others fell asleep I don't know, it really is
loud in there!

After the flight we were invited into a private room in the mess to have dinner with Base
Commander Peng of the Sembawang helicopter base. We were given good quality food with
good service, and the base commander was very friendly. At the end of the lunch we were
each given a goody bag and a warm goodbye from Cmdr Peng, which made us feel that the
base thought well of the IACE.

Next, we donned our best clothes, blazers and all to pay a visit to our High Commission to
see the Defence Attache, Gp Capt Tim Brewer. To our surprise we had a good, lengthy chat,
with him enquiring about our cadet careers and future prospects, and us finding out more about the UK's current interest in Singapore. We were there for one and a half hours, well outlasting the other delegations, we really appreciated the time he spent to meet us.

Of course, no day would be complete without a bout of shopping; after getting changed we went along to Orchard Road to have a look around the shops there.