Dinner at Dan Ryan's
Colin and I were at Dan Ryan's for dinner on Friday night. Too bad Wilson couldn't make it. He's going to get PKed by Colin! He would be punished! Hahahaha.
The RACK! The RACK!
This was my second time there. The food was quite ordinary, however, what is special is that the food is served in 'American portions'. Just what are these 'American portions'? Well, in Asia, most dishes are tiny in comparison to the servings in American diners. Dan Ryan's is, of course, an exception. Too bad about the taste.
Of course, this can also be a searing testament to the obesity crisis in the USA. Strangely enough, here in Singapore, there is an obesity crisis. And the government has acknowledged it through a series of programmes.
When I was an instructor in Nee Soon Camp (Basic Military Training) in 1990-1992, I recalled training a batch of obese recruits. It was a special course created for these fabulous walking wonders. It was surreal. Imagine trying to get a 90-kg recruit over a low wall. The wall was just 1.8 metre high and was groaning under all that weight! Try as he did, the poor obese recruit with his M16S1, helmet and webbing was simply not going to get across the first obstacle in the obstacle course. Never mind about the rest of the damned obstacles!
Oh, the milkshake at Dan Ryan's is alright. Not fantastic.
6 comments:
I was also an instructor in 98 till 99 but I was in tekong. I was also an obese recruit and it was fun being with the big guys during BMT.. hahah..
CSC, I am linking you in my site okies...?
Cheers!
Wow! Instructor in Tekong no less! That must have been quite something. Notice the recent prominence given to the route march recruit thing in the local media?
We have our ghost stories at Nee Soon Camp too. Heheh.
Sure thing man. Mind if I link you too?
Bah. I was 90 kg when I went into BMT but I didn't get sent to obese BMT... 90kg doesn't mean you can't get over the low wall...
You were 91kg? You didn't look it man!
I can't imagine.
Strangely enough in the obese company, the two heaviest recruit were 90 and 91kg respectively. The others were just ... 'fat'!
I guess they must really like you man!
Hey Tony (aka Keeper of the Srolls, the truth is, I can barely remember the nick..) wants to meet up. Join us?
Sure, when?
He says either Monday or Tuesday. I told him I would prefer Tuesday if it is at all possible?
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