I dreamt of having a beagle, his name was mike. What a weird dream, must be the tiring training.

A monkey is sitting in a tree smoking a joint when a lizard walks past and looks up and says to the monkey. "Hey! what are you doing?"

The monkey says "smoking a joint, come up and have some."

So the lizard climbs up and sits next to the monkey and they have a few tokes together.
After a while the lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and that he's going to get a drink from the river.

The lizard climbs down the tree, dittybops on thru the jungle to the river and leans over the river to get his drink.

Well, the lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river.

A Crocodile sees this and swims over to the lizard and helps him to the side, then asks the lizard, "what's the matter with you?"

The lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting in a tree and smoking a joint with the monkey and got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.

The crocodile says he's gotta check this hippie monkey out and walks off into the jungle where he finds the tree where the monkey is still sitting and toking on the joint.

He looks up and says "hey you!"

The Monkey looks down and says, "ff****ccckkkk dude.............how much water did you drink?!!"

A monkey is sitting in a tree smoking a joint when a lizard walks past and looks up and says to the monkey. "Hey! what are you doing?"

The monkey says "smoking a joint, come up and have some."

So the lizard climbs up and sits next to the monkey and they have a few tokes together.
After a while the lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and that he's going to get a drink from the river.

The lizard climbs down the tree, dittybops on thru the jungle to the river and leans over the river to get his drink.

Well, the lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river.

A Crocodile sees this and swims over to the lizard and helps him to the side, then asks the lizard, "what's the matter with you?"

The lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting in a tree and smoking a joint with the monkey and got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.

The crocodile says he's gotta check this hippie monkey out and walks off into the jungle where he finds the tree where the monkey is still sitting and toking on the joint.

He looks up and says "hey you!"

The Monkey looks down and says, "ff****ccckkkk dude.............how much water did you drink?!!"

New day, same problem. 2 days left

at the rate im going

"I OCT marcus sim will sign 7 extra".

SK diary.

D-day -2 (EX-SK)

04:25 was the first 4 digits my eyes laid upon my watch when they opened for the day. It was live firing day for section and GPMG exercise.

Being duty platoon, we had to quickly draw our weapons and load up the stores for the day. We pushed out to the training grounds earlier then the rest of the wing as advance party. It took the wing a few good hours before everything was in place and ready to go. Suddenly the thoughts of firing live rounds hit me straight in the head, the dangerous elements of firing real live rounds.

Walking from point to point in the ground, holding on to your gun with live bullets made me anxious for once. Negligence Discharge ( ND ) and fratricide were at the back of my mind. Besides then the dreaded punishment for ND, it was also the danger of ricochet and the worse case scenario of hitting someone.

After loading and readying our weapons, we were feeling anxious while we had to kneel at our waiting point. The signal was given, it was time to assault the hill. Slowly prowling into our position, I kept more focus to point my rifle downwards. I was worried because the gun I was using wasn't exactly a very new gun, of course there are faults with old guns like the one I was carrying. I have seen the same model firing off a bullet just by putting the gun down with a certain force. With this in mind, I took a lot of effort to put the gun down slowly but swiftly when we were contacted by the enemy. After hitting the floor, I dashed to my position at the far left which unfortunately was overgrown with mimosa. Prone position over the mimosa patch, trying to figure the command issued by my friend with all the gun shots wasn't easy. Crawling around the mimosa patch to improve my cover, cursing and swearing under my breath with each cut I get. Slowly we combed up the hill, trying my best to keep left as the buddy on my right wouldn't shoot my back while he covers my movement forward.

Tiring it was to assault a hill, things got alot more tougher and dangerous when we had to execute the night attack. Firstly we couldn't see each other clearly in the darkness of the night, keeping in line was a difficult task. Not knowing where you are running and proning in the dark was another challenge, most of the time you would land on something nasty or even a hole.

We reached back to wingline approximately at 0200 the very next day. Unloading of stores and cleaning of weapons till 0500 without a wink of sleep. Moving around like mindless zombies, we cleaned the area and finally booked out at 0800 for a long dreaded sleep back home. Feeling demoralised that we have to book back in to camp only 12 hours later and prepare for D-Day.

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D-day -6 (EX-SK)

Doing Cadet Duty Sergeant the day before Platoon battle course was really rush. I don't have the luxury of time packing my gear for the 2D1N outfield. Always running in and out of duty room doing adhoc work for the wingline.

This is where I realised how important it is to prepare your field pack asap. Although I did not have the time to go through my field pack, all those booking in early on a Sunday evening just to touch up on the items in my field pack has paid off. Spending most of my time in the duty room, grabbing what I need only when field pack inspection was activated certainly gave me butterflies in the stomach. Unsure if I had all my stuff down as a emptied the items out of the bag for inspection. Thankfully all was in place and it was time to move out.

The first day was training for PBC, we had never done attacks in the size of a platoon. Putting aside chemistry and such factors, it wasn't easy to co-ordinate a size which was 3 times what we had been doing the past few weeks. My hats off to the exercise platoon commanders who had to put up with the pressure that the instructors has been applying.

Motivation

Self motivation, something which is running thin.

"We are doing this for our family, friends, loved ones and our way of life" this is getting too clichéd.

From day 1 of service term till now, this poster still hangs on my board.



I need a new source of motivation!

Fernando Torres chant

His armband proved he was a red - Torres, Torres
You'll never walk alone it said - Torres, Torres

We bought the lad from sunny Spain
He gets the ball he scores again
Fer-nan-do Torres Liverpool's number 9



Now I know why he stays at Liverpool at a time of crisis like this. You gotta love the chants made for him by the fans.

what to do with torn Singapore dollar?

You receive change from a local store, counting the numbers are right you slot the money into your wallet and walk off hastily to proceed with your busy life.

Little did you realise that a note give was thorned! I believe most Singaporeans will reject a thorn note at sight. But what's done is done, so I will explore the solutions of owning a thorn note in Singapore.

Be it an accidental tear or washing your pants with money in it. As long as your mutilated note/coin still falls in a few criteria set by Money Authority Singapore, you can let a sigh out.

"The award of value for any mutilated note and coin is an act of grace under the Currency Act. Mutilated notes and coins may be exchanged at any branch of the commercial banks in Singapore."

So bring you mutilated note/coin to any commercial banks in Singapore IF it satisfies the following conditions:

(For Portrait Series):

There are 2 sets of 9 serial number. Eg. OAA123456. Every number or letter is counted as one for the Portrait series. There must be at least 5 full numbers/letters before each set of serial number is considered as half value. Eg. OAA12 is half value. OAA I is no value.
No value for intentionally scratched Kinegram.
No value for wilful removal of Kinegram.
No value for wilful disfigurement of the Portrait.
No value for specimen notes (the serial numbers of specimen notes are printed in red)

Source: http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/Refund_for_Mutilated_Notes_Coins.html

Interesting to watch how other fellow Singaporeans react to thorn notes:
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/49590.html

Online web form

Trying to create a customizable html form for feedbacks, contact us or ordering forms? Requires to email the response to a specific email address?

Came across this free html form creator that is very customizable and highly user friendly. Free advertisement for them as I really like the idea and the ajax they used for the "customization" when creating the form.

If a basic form like the one below is what you need, I can tell you "Great News Everbody! there is such a form that comes free!"

Well their banner says it all http://www.freedback.com/index.php

And it would be a plus if you know html and CSS, you can customize the design/looks and feel of the form

Your Preferred Name:
Mobile Number:
Email Address:
Favorite colour:	Red Blue Orange Green Yellow Purple White Grey Black
Feedback:

Oh yes, I disabled the button so people won't spam.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

crossroads in life, making choices.

Man it's tough.

哎哟蝴蝶姐姐和小猪!!