(Oct 18) Daddy's special night

 Daddy went for the NS-CSC course and we were given this free photoshoot. He had just come back from the UK for a while...mama was in the throes of crazy work (progress reports and lots of marking of test papers and exam papers...) I was tired most of the time and totally did not prepare the clothes for the photoshoot.

Sigh, I really should have let you wear more formal wear to the photoshoot. It looked like you were going to the playground in these casual tees... *dismayed*

The photographer was affable and efficient. He even took some cute shots of little Jun when papa was changing into his uniform.

The edited physical copies were rather nice. We took down two of the photos on the photo wall and put up two new ones. Yay, Jun was finally on the photo wall. For the longest time, he kept thinking he was gor gor...except for the bare top shot, which he claimed was gor gor and not he.

Papa in his very grand formal wear. Ok a shot with the kids before we headed out to the ball at Istana!

Papa seemed to be the chief waiter in that black penguin suit. Well, he was the only person from the Air Force, the other army chaps had been really nice and accommodating of him. 

A pity I could not wear that pretty long sparkly dress I had bought from taobao as I could not fit my tummy into that slender dress anymore. Sigh. Well...maybe I could wear it to Xiaoyi's wedding, after I had given birth to mei mei and hopefully slimmed down...

My favourite friend from the course. When we were together, we would create such a ruckus and have so much hilarious fun.

Papa's boss took this photo for us.

With his boss, Lillian.

With old friends...

A glamorous night indeed

Just the ladies

Ha, the men in the background

Against a green screen so they added this backdrop...not too bad

In the main dining room...we were in one of the side rooms. Papa and his friends tried to enter this room during the dinner and was denied entry. The defence minister was there, so the security was tight. They could get into the main dining room after the event was over.

Ah, the famous flight of carpeted steps, had seen many couples take this shot when they had the graduation ceremony.

The chief waiter and his band of waiters? The groom with this band of gate-crashing brothers?

The Chief of Army. Being cheeky, I commented that he interviewed me but I did not take up the job in the end. However, I would surely want to work in Mindef one day because I loved men in uniforms. Ha, of course, he laughed. Papa put my comment on his facebook, so now the secret, ok not so secretive secret since most of the close friends would know of this strange fetish, was out.

Well, this marked the end of a chapter for papa. He truly enjoyed the time spent with these boys who came from all walks of life and were truly interesting characters. I hoped their friendships would endure and we would meet up with them in future.