Just came home for Pre-embarkation off. Will be leaving for Brunei this coming Friday.

Hope the weather there's fine; Not too hot such that there will be heat injuries, yet not too wet such that the terrain will be impassable at places.

Now off to a chalet and much needed rest; akin to the calm before the storm.

You are the chinese element of Wood. People who
are under the element of wood are practical,
focused and like to learn. Wood, you are a
natural leader, but you also like to control a
lot, you're never still and especially hate to
lose. The color of wood is blue/green and your
symbol is the dragon. Spring is the season in
which wood shines, and it's months are
January/February. Your weather condition is
rain. Wood is the direction east, and your day
is Thursday, while your planet is Jupiter.
Animals under your element are usually scaled.
People under you are the Mongols. Your sense is
sight, your taste is sour, your sound is
calling and your virtue is benevolence. Your
organ is the liver. You were created by Water
and you control Earth.


Which of the 5 Chinese Elements Are You?

Just returned from Duty yesterday. My hopes to leave early were dashed when I realized there was a need to cover for P Coy. After an uneventful (Thankfully) two hours, I went back to the Medical Centre. On the way there, I noticed a grand setup of tentages in the 46 Parade Square. It's their POP today, so I'm pretty luck not to be on duty today...

On the other hand, it wasn't an auspicious sign yesterday either. After assuming duty yesterday morning and completing the mundane tasks required of the DM, I recieved a suspicious call from the MIS team. Within a minute, everyone had bolted to work, touching up on our general cleaniness and making the cabinets appear more presentable. They eventaully arrived around ten. As a result of the visit, I was already pretty exhausted even before lunchtime.

Our Duffel Bags were painted today, thanks to Melvin, Vincent and Dennis.

Off to Brunei next week. Better brush up on my herb recognition skills...

The new fellas arrived on Thursday evening, and had a night's off and long weekend on two consecutive nights. How fortunate. They seem to be pretty nice fellas.

We went for Heliborne Ops last Thursday, and my, was it an exciting experience... I had the privilege of occupying the best seat (NB. The Right Window Seat), and hovering low over Tengah Reservoir, such a feeling can only be replicated by an amusement park ride. The hasty preparation meant that we had little time to waste, and boarding the UH-1H Huey was a simple affair (Speaking of budget travel, the heliborne assistants hardly orientated us to the inflight entertainment system!) A Thumbs up and off we go. CARMO also took the opportunity to grace the event as well, resulting in a grand (more 'garang' than usual) display by my group upon dismounting.

P Coy's report sick rate is falling. That's good.

Encik's leg is giving him problems. I think he needs some status to allow him to rest from ARR training.

Someone's tendancy to produce ten-point ultimatums everytime he gathers us for a 'briefing' is scary.

The New Batch of Medics will be arriving here tommorrow. That'll lighten my workload trememdously. Thank heavens.

The dogs have reproduced. There has been new sightings of a 'cute, crossbred puppy'.

I now take the long route back. My experiences with the canine kind has taught me well.

Points to Ponder: The Tekong Incident

LATEST!


"Police say a survey ship spotted the two remaining fugitives on the beach at 10am.

It alerted the Police Coast Guard which arrived half an hour later to nab them. "

So much for efficiency. In 30 minutes, the fugitives would have been able to travel 3 kilometres, according to standard SAF Route March speeds. That would make the Police Coast Guard's job even more difficult, since they could be anywhere within a 3 km radius of the point they were initially spotted.

"He had 91 Malaysian ringgits and a gold ring on him."

... Did he chance upon the Ninja van (Which would explain why he's out of cash and yet not hungry)? What happened to the ringgits he got from the bank? Hmm... This is all beginning to sound very dubious.


Well, now at home enjoying my first bookout this month.


Osama found?

"Some 30,000 residents have fled the area since Tuesday."

Together with Osama, or the 'high value target', I presume.

"efforts are now focused on the remaining 12 square kilometres, which covers about 40 percent of the island." Lt Colonel Richard Tan

Well, I believe they have already taken into account the entire BMTC, SISPEC and reclaimed area, which do not provide for good hiding places...

British police are investigating what they call a "definite" link between the terrorists who carried last week's Madrid train bombings and Islamic hardliners in Britain, police and reports say.

Went for Heliborne Ops on the 17th, full day cover for P Coy yesterday, I finally get a breather today, thankfully. With the juggling of 3 jobs simultaneously, I am beginning to feel the burden of the combined workload. Hmm... I wonder how Ban Xiong is going to cope when we head off to Brunei.

Saturday, March 13 2004: I am finally connected to the virtual world. Hoo Ha!

Well, let me introduce myself to one and all. I'm Ng Swee Shoon, and I am currently serving my National Service liability. For the past 2 weeks, I was attached to Paladin Company, and in the first ten days, nearly 40 percent of the new recruits have seen the MO at least once. Well, does that qualify as celebrity status? Hmm...

According to an Everquest page on Paladins , they are supposedly "unique hybrid character(s)" who are "defensive warriors with the soul of a cleric". So pussies they are not, as some people would naturally associate the letter 'P' with.

Well, I've just missed out on gate-crashing the NUS Open House this year as well as the IT Convention at SUNTEC City. But then again, I can relish in the fact that this means much money saved on otherwise costly excursions.