Visiting CY in Melbourne

Took a short break from 4-11 Sept to visit CY in Melbourne. It coincided with the Sept school holidays in Singapore. I would rather avoid travelling during school holidays if possible. But CY's birthday was on 6 Sept. Hence, my wife and I pressed ahead, and book our tickets with Emirates. Luckily, the tickets were on offer. After rebates from our frequent flyer milestones, we paid just over $1000 for 2 tickets.

The main purpose of the trip was to see how CY is coping in Melbourne. Not so much for sightseeing. I thought of renting a car for an excursion to Philips Island over the weekend initially, but decided to shelve the plan as there were other things to take care of.

Get to know her work place/ work life, and where Leo Cusson / different court houses were located in this trip, not to mention some heated discussion on other issues.

Morning walk to her office

In front of her office

Supreme Court, where CY was admitted as Lawyer officially

Brief tour of the city via free city tram

State Library

 

waiting for free tram

Parliament House

Shrine of Remembrance

It was cold and windy. And I only brought along my jackets with me (had accidentally removed my other layers of jacket from the luggage). That's probably why I was down with flu after returning to Singapore. 

Dashboard camera installation

I have been driving my Toyota Wish for 2 years. The car does not have dashboard or reverse camera (only the Elegance edition comes with preinstalled reverse camera and GPS, but not dashboard camera). Now that we have a young driver in our family, I guess it is time to install the dashboard camera (it comes with rear view camera). Not that I don't trust his driving skills; but CK himself had pestered me repetitively for the accessory to be installed.

Drove to have the camera installed yesterday (13-10-2017) in the afternoon. It cost $260 (inclusive of labour cost/microSD), and was completed by 1.5 hour. Looks decent after installation, no free ranging wires hanging around in the car. It was done quite professionally.

Auto shop along Geylang Rd. Installation done by the road side. 

CJ journey in the Navy

CJ was posted to Changi Naval Base after his Basic Military Training.

He went through some training course at the camp there. We were invited for the graduation ceremony in Changi Naval Base in April 2017, followed by Specialist Cadet Graduation Ceremony in Pasir Leba Camp on 24 August 2017. After completion of his training in Changi Naval Base, he was finally posted to Tuas Naval Camp in October 2017.

Changi Naval Base was quite scenic. The place reminded me of some of the coastal tourist spots in Japan.

The Parade

The specialist cadet graduation ceremony at Pasir Leba Camp, August 2017.

Being a new recruit in Tuas Naval Base, he had to undergo another round of OJT (on the job training). He had to report for work at 7.30am, and book out around 4.30pm everyday. Only after he has completed his OJT can he report for work at 8am. Tuas Naval Base is very far from our home. Just the MRT commute alone will take over 1 hour, not to mention walking to MRT station, waiting for shuttle bus from Joo Koon MRT to Tuas Naval Base. CJ has to catch the first train at 5.40am to reach the camp in time. To hire a GRAB taxi will cost over $30. Being a "filiel" father, I decided to drive him for work in the morning.

Hopefully he can clear his OJT soon...