Thursday, April 22, 2004
4/22/2004 07:59:00 PM
"Cyborg"
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious
"Chutzpah"
(KHOOT-spuh, HOOT-) noun, also chutzpa
Shameless impudence, brazen nerve, gall, effrontery.
{ [From Yiddish khutspe, from Late Hebrew huspa.]
"Bill Gates, the company's chairman, even had the chutzpah to say that
this week's ruling was a challenge to `healthy competition in the
software industry'."
Leaders: Breaking Up Microsoft, The Economist (London), Jun 10, 2000.
A language is the soul of its people. This is nowhere illustrated more
profoundly than in the Yiddish language, the language of Jews of eastern
and central Europe and their descendants. A tongue full of wit and charm,
Yiddish embodies deep appreciation of human behavior in all its colorful
manifestations. The word Yiddish comes from German Judisch meaning Jewish.
But it is not the same as Hebrew, even though it is written in Hebrew script.
Here's what Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer had to say about the
language in his 1978 Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
"Yiddish language - a language of exile, without a land, without
frontiers, not supported by any government, a language which possesses
no words for weapons, ammunition, military exercises, war tactics ...
There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life,
every crumb of success, each encounter of love. The Yiddish mentality is
not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand
and command but it muddles through, sneaks by, smuggles itself amidst
the powers of destruction, knowing somewhere that God's plan for
Creation is still at the very beginning ...
In a figurative way, Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all,
the idiom of frightened and hopeful Humanity." }
Was just playing this game called Kingdom of Loathing and found many interesting words I never knew. My gaming experience was well, erm, funny, as in the LoL funny. Maybe I am deprived but if you had a chance to, go and download Full Metal Panic Fumoffu which seriously cracks me up. Of course if you would like to understand the whole anime then go and watch the original Full Metal Panic. Get it off Animesuki if you wish.
Am just trying to forget the whole "screwdriver-up-your-nose-topoke-holes-in-your-bone" nose surgery so I shall have selective amnesia and not remember anything I did on that day.
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious
Saturday, April 10, 2004
4/10/2004 09:10:00 PM
"Inequity"
How much worse can life get?
My sergeant was joking with me on tuesday night:
He: So when you want your night training?
Me: Haha I dunno leh.
He: Make you stay back on thursday night. I doing guard duty anyway. 7pm hor!
Me: 7pm sunday night ah? Haha...
He: Haha also can! But you sure won't want to come back one lor when everyone is booking in at 2330.
Now I know how it feels.
My first week in Pasir Ris camp was nothing short of stress and depression.
This is what I did:
1. Learnt and was tested on the SAW (section automatic weapon), LAW (light anti-tank weapon) and the M2O3GL (M16 plus grenade launcher).
2. Did a set of 8 pull ups before every meal. Yes EVERY meal. Got blisters on both hands to prove it.
3. Because I cannot do pull ups I had to do push ups. I did an average of 150-200 push ups a day.
4. Sat for a bike test and had to do many figure of 8s.
5. Did a 4km route march with FBO in around 45 min. And they told us that was not a bad timing but we would be doing faster ones. This was the normal pace and not a fast march. We would be running during fast marches.
6. 5BX now comes with REAL 1.5 - 2 km runs.
I found out that I was the weakest there. I was the only one from my company to be a recce trooper and I feel like shit. I can't even do a single pull up! I can't even complete SOC! When I could run 11.25 for 2.4km during BMT I was ELATED. Then when I came here everyone can run like 9 or 10 min and I just felt like I can just give up. What I know is that this period we are going through now is only the advanced infantry course and it is quite slack compared to the recce course. After this I will be going through my bike course and I am looking forward to it. I was thinking maybe I should break a leg during the course so I would not have to go for the recce course. I really don't want to continue anymore. Why was I given this vocation? Why can't I be with the rest of my friends as a driver? Why do people like Yong Xiang, Hong Wei and I have to go through such shit for our next 2 years? Why do slackers get such good vocations?
I feel like shit now. I don't want to worry CJ about it so I try not to show my emotions in front of her. I am actually in pain inside. It really hurts.
On a lighter note (anything can be lighter if you were wondering), I saw the pictures of the new energon shockwave and it looks really cool. So is the Star Saber look alike. Guess I will have to buy them both and the cocked up Prime as well if I want to combine them. That's going to tap on my money reserves. This sucks. I will never get around to saving money. Ah I may never get to spend the money I am saving anyway. Maybe I get killed trying too hard to downgrade. Maybe. Guess not. Nothing ever goes the way we want them to anyway.
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious
Sunday, April 04, 2004
4/04/2004 10:26:00 PM
"Infection"
It chokes me whenever I awake.
Was diagnosed with having phelgm in my lungs... Lung infection I suppose... Must have started that day when I got heat exhaustion... Then it got worse due to insufficient rest... The tightness in my chest forces me to gasp for air every now and then... And I still got to report to my new unit tomorrow.
At least this coming friday is good friday...
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious
Saturday, April 03, 2004
4/03/2004 10:47:00 AM
"Disorder"
I didn't know I had that many.
Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low
URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv
URL for more info: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious
Friday, April 02, 2004
4/02/2004 12:12:00 PM
"Reconnaissance"
One word that I will never forget anymore.
This sucks. My whole platoon is getting vocations like technicians and drivers while I had to get something like this:
1. You are posted to HQ 10 SIB.
2. Your vocation is INF RECCE TROOPER (BDE).
3. Your are to report to: 05/04/2004 at 0800 hrs.
to Pasir Ris Camp, S1 BRANCH.
to Chief Clerk - 65898017/051/041 in smart no.4 uniform (Except those assigned to Police Force/SCDF).
4. Special Instruction: Pick-up at PASIR RIS MRT STN - main road TAXI STAND, 0700 hrs, 5-TONER will be moving off at 0715 hrs. You are required to bring along your duffle bag / field pack complete with the SAF issued items given during BMT. You are expected to stay in.
How fun. At least the jungle cap is a honour.
~fin~
transient dreamer.~`unconscious