Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday.

It's the zone 3's turn to represent the St John Ambulance Singapore to attend the event. It's an event to remember to all those who had died in the World Wars, especially during the Second World War.

Reporting time was 0615 hours, a awefully early timing, for all of us, but despite the rain, we proceed along to our first destination, Kranji War Memorial Park.

It's a solemn ceremony. Representatives from all Commonwealth, as well as a detachment from the British Navy was there as well. We all stood in the rain, as we listened to the speeches, the songs, the salutes and the 2 minutes silence.

After the event, we proceed to the Civilian War Memorial Park at City Hall, for another ceremony.


The SJAB contingent


Chatting before the start of the event.


SJAB officers with the SAF Veterans League members.


NCC band.


The Uniformed Groups contingents at the War Memorial Park.

And the memorial service started.








Laying of wreath




Sounding of the last post.


One minute silence.


And group photographs




And it's over.

To those who had made the ultimate sacrifice to Singapore during the World Wars, We will always remember and respect you.

May you all rest in peace.

And may there be world peace.

For those who are interested to know more about Remembrance day (on the 11th Nov), please go to the links below to find out more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday

http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/the_early_years/v08n11_history.html

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/content/Remembrance-Sunday-508933.shtml

Zone 3 City Quest 2007

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Short talk.

Anyone wants a copy of all the photos, please e mail me a request. One per school.
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Zone 3 City Quest 2007.

This idea was evolved eariler in this year from a couple of zone 3 officers, Eileen Goh and Qizhi over a duty at a historical site.

The preparation works in process...

Guess who wrapped the hampers (badly).

Come Saturday. Early Sat morning...

Opps!!! Someone's not looking at the camera

Someone's too...

Someone three...

Okie, okie, i specialise in taking candid shots...

After a short welcome speech by our Zone Commissiomer, the horn was sound to signal the start of the race.

First task was the "most difficult" of all....

Yes... Eating Bananas.

Hey!!! where's my banana???? I want my banana!!!!

You may think : "wah... eat Bananas only mah, where got difficult??" but looking at this fellow's face, it's not simple at all!!!
You can have your banana and eat it too!!!

And the race started.

Some teams took their items and rushed off immediate, while other teams sit down, and start planning... Planning their strategy. Working out the best route.

And some umpires got too engrossed in planning their strategies till this happens...

while others, desperate for answers called others up for information.

And once all the planning are done, it's time for action!!
Opps... the lift is not big enough!!!

Here's the scene during the Quest...

Looking at the members happily posting for photos, Derek and me decided to do the same...

In the end, we trooped over to the "central" check point and wait for the teams to arrive.

Over at the bridge where we were, they were supposed to tied up their shoe laces to their neighbour and walk across the bridge, singing, "London Bridge is falling down".

In the end, Derek and me came to a conclusion.

Untying shoe laces took a lot more time than tying shoe laces... much much more time... What happened to the reef knot that they know??

Hmmm... so, undoing something is much more difficult that doing something...

So, think before you do anything. (WOW!!!! WOW = Words Of Wisdom)

Finally, its time to go back to 199582!!!


for some Ice-cream!!!

And play with the dry ice....


And Finally, the speech

And the prize presentation.

1) The umpires

2) the consolation prizes

3) The third prize!!!
Team from Anderson Secondary!!!

4) The SECOND prize!!!
Hwee Peng's team from First Toa Payoh Sec!!

5) FIRST PRIZE GOES TO SJI!!!

For the photo frame contest, the cutest photo frame goes to the....


while the best photo frame goes to....

It's indeed a happy Saturday, and everyone went back with something.

Dear officers and members, if you wish to have an article and your pictures publish in this zone 3 blog, please sent in your articles and pictures to simonow@hotmail.com

Thanks to the organising committee of this City Quest 2007. This event is an successful event!

Articles from Simon Ow

Pictures from Simon Ow, Hwee Peng and Derek Tan.