King Louis XX

Alright everyone, seeing that my birthday, the biggest event on your calendar year, is practically tomorrow (and my ORD following so closely like Singaporeans to a sale), I have decided to pen down a nice thought of a list of things i'd like to have (all hail king Shane).

1) Anything to do with Band Of Brothers (I'd even accept soil from France. But I know you guys. You'd probably just go to Bukit Timah and take some sand and ...yeah..so scratch that)
2) A plane ticket (2 ways of course) to England
3) $6000 for my EuroTrip
4) An 'Infinite' Credit Card (hint hint Alvyn Ng Jin Shi)
5) A Manchester United Scholarship with their U-21s
6) A U-boat
7) A Los Angeles Class Attack Nuclear Submarine (preferably SSN 773 USS Cheyenne)
8) British 2nd Armour
9) 101st Airborne Paratroopers memorabilia
10) A panzer

ok i guess that's all...for now.
Muahahahhaa
Take your leave, my loyal subjects.

This is our winter of discontent

A different time.

Normandy.

Lieutenant Winters: Popeye, where did ya get hit?
Popeye: They got me straight in the ass, Sir. It ain't that bad, ain't it?
Winters: Hang on, Popeye.
Popeye: Hey Sir, you think this would be a ticket home?
*Winters pats him on the back*

Popeye: Shit, i just got here.

After watching Band of Brothers for the 3rd time, it still ranks as one of my personal favourite, if not favourite, war films. It trashes Saving Private Ryan, and i guess that's saying something, considering that i love SPR, and it beats U-571, although both are different films, on different war fronts.

I guess I have the only blog in the entire Earth, Middle Earth, A galaxy far far way, The Lost World, Cybertron, Narnia, Taribinthia, Jumanji, Hogwarts that is currently not talking about Harry Potter.

Rag and Bone

Wednesday marked a milestone in my life. At my IPPT testing, my
height is now officially 170cm!!!
*Throws confetti, trumpets sound, marching band plays*
I've been telling people since JC that my height was 170cm but no one
really believed me. Well, I'm not discounting the fact that maybe I had
only grew those 2cm in this past year, but yes, hmm, actually I don't
have anything else to say

Some say this day would never come, what are they to say now?

And another thing, I worked well damn hard during my BMT to get into the
pool of officer cadets, and it wasn't my choice I got posted where I did
for my OCS. Anyway, while I was there, I worked and trained like crap
for my rank, and now, with my rank, I still work like crap. So don't
give me that bullshit that my life is slack and blah blah blah.
Back off, bitches. You have no life.
(ok I guess that was quite an angsty entry but whatever, I'm sick and
tired of people telling me my life is slack. I mean, when friends joke
around with me its ok, really, I'm fine with it. But when random people, aka acquaintances, tell me about it I get
really irritated inside and just shyly tell them that no my life is not
slack, like as though i have something shameful to hide. I guess this is more of a gentle reminder than anything else)

I love Gaia.

Family

I guess my parents raised me up to be quite a conservative person, in terms of Asian values and whatever connotations that appendages itself along.
I rely a lot on my family, and to tell you honestly, i wouldn't be who i am today without them. Sure, i may be screwed up at times, but i guess that's more due to my teenage angst and rebellion than anything else. Sidetracking from what i aim to say in this post, i think my biggest problem now is keeping my head down; think when you start to enter young adulthood, you tend to get a bit proud at times, think you know it all. Well, Shane, you don't.
Anyway, in my life, i place a lot of emphasis on my family, and i seriously think that i will continue to do so in my future. I guess that's why i've always wanted to be a teacher (after i realised that to be a submarine commander, you'd have to be good in math, and i'm...ok yea i think you get it). Cuz as a teacher, okay first and foremost, i have a passion for teaching, let's get that clear. Secondly, I get to continue to lead the life i am currently living. You know, weekends off, school holidays, get to come back home for dinner every night, that sort of thing. I think this would be very important for and to my family. I want to spend time with them, watch my daughter grow up and such; you know, stuff like not missing their first day at school, being there for their award ceremonies, being present for my wife's functions etc etc.
so i've pretty much mentally prepared myself. I don't think i'm gonna be very rich in this life (but very much so in the afterlife in heaven), but i guess i also know that i'm not going to be poor. Sure, times might get tough, but i know i would always have my family there with me to see it though.

So kid, if maybe somehow, some way, 10, 20 years from now you stumble across this post, know that i did it with you and your mother in mind. Sorry if i couldn't afford PS7 for you the other day.

Epic Movie

This is gonna be huge.

the naivity story

I think I'm too naive.

dammit.

Play your part.

LIVE 'SAY NO TO MUSIC COMMERCIALISM'

Transformers

It blew my mind.

ord wannabes

Front

Front is my favourite show on tv now. I mean, i used to watch the earlier season and i thought it was cool and all, like hey ok here's a show doing something, and i mean SOMETHING, for the arts scene in Singapore. But this season, omg, it takes it to another level. Was it because Kumar left, Najip Ali came? Somehow i don't think that's the reason. I rather liked Kumar actually. ANYWAY, yes this season of Front is friggin awesome!! I need my weekly dose of arty and farty.

In related SOMETHING news, I think Debbie Wong is so pretty. Oh my goodness have you seen her eyes? There's a whole other universe in there i tell you.

Oh and during Jint's competition at Zouk 1 plus month ago, Kelv, Mich and I saw Eunice Olsen.

In related pretty news, Jade Seah is on this week's 8 days catelogue of Bugis Junction. It's a whole friggin booklet!!!!!!

whoohoo!

NS

Today marks the 40th anniversary of National Service in Singapore. Today marks the countdown to my ORD (actually the i have been counting down since day one, but now, i can actually smell it, see an end in sight). 4 months people. 4 months.
Taking aside all the whining (which is standard issue), I've come to realise that I actually did enjoy my NS stint, especially my B.M.T. days. They were really one of the highlights of my life, now and then i tear just thinking back on those days. My first friends in NS were made in Raven Platoon 3, and it turns out, they're one of my best friends now. Zul, Navin, Ben Eu, Ben T, it has been a privilege and honour sharing my life with you guys. The day before we ORD, we so have to get together and countdown yea! It'd be phenomenal.

I wish I could post more pictures of my army days, but I'm afraid it might tresspass security shit and all, so yeah. But really, those 3 months were the best times of my life in these 2 years.

Then on to OCT, where it was a different ball game altogether. Awesome friends made there as well. THANK GOD Zul there with me all the way. He is such a blessing to me. Ben, Small Jon, Darras, Sean, Sufiyan, I think these people will be friends for life.

Also not forgetting the CLASS GUYS (by the way guys i think we should one day all wear our vocation outfits and take a picture together!), Kelvin the M.C. King, Alvyn the "i'm sleeping now in the medical centre" medic, Wei Kee the demolitions expert, Daniel the garang Guards Man, Raymond the baywatch lifeguard and Norman the 'army has turned him super muscular' guy.

Anyway, I guess i had quite a pretty good time in NS, and YES I AM VERY, VERY BLESSED.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for everything you've given me in these 2 trying years.

"He went, like one that hath been stunn'd
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and wiser man
He rose the morrow morn"

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Band outing!