!Hola! Buenas.

Was flipping through a book on Spanish for Beginners which I loaned from the National Library.

Weekly review on my 'Always Throw Track Carrier' Battalion:

Highlight of the week was a visit by the Royal Bruneian Infantry Regiment for EX DB. The welcome ceremony was played out in the morning of the 25th. I was innocently standing by the side of HQ block when the Bruneians made a beeline past me to the CO car porch for a break. Pleasantly, a private from the RBIR greeted me 'Good Morning, Corporal'. Aww... that was so sweet... The actual excercise was on Thursday, and our BCS moved out to deploy light mode near Pasir Laba.

Bruneians have a knack for Panadol. According to a certain someone, it is their cure-all miracle pill.

The Safety Officer was giving a Safety Briefing at the Training Shed and after painstakingly explaining the rationale for all personnel to stand during the Safety Briefing to the Bruneians in English, he realized that hardly anyone was paying attention to him / understood what he had been trying to say all the while. When he called for all to rise, only one Bruneian heeded his call. Oh well.

The Singapore Acting Federation was at work during EX DB. Camcorders and Digital Cameras were present at scene when Chief visited.

Apparantly, the Sultan of Brunei himself paid our President and Prime Minister a visit during the Exercise period.

Medics are area cleaning specialists. There is an invisible link between the two. During our ATP last year, we were tasked to clean the toilet at the range. During EX DB, we were tasked to maintain the cleaniness of the traning shed and tasked to pick up litter.

Wednesday: Missed my first IV infusion attempt in half a year.

Friday - Someone from Workshop knocked his head against the turret of an SM-1 tank! Minor contusions, but I sent him to the treatment room for management anyway.

Saturday - Went to Novena and then Plaza Singapura. Met up with Zi Rong, Jian Ming, Loren and Jia Rong for some LAN, and dinner. I think ATP helped double my frag to fragged ration. Ha!

Sunday - Plans for some recreation in the morning called off at the last minute due to unforseen circumstances. In the end, we just settled for lunch at MacDonald's. We tried the Prosperity Burger meal, with the chich patty in the burger having a tad too much pepper and the curly fries not tasty enough.

Still on Maple Story, though I can't wait for Civ 4 and Heroes of Might and Magic 5 to be released!