Some photos from operation driving charge

Nat sent me some photos today and I thought I'll post em on me blog since I dun feel like doing any real work at the moment. =P

hen and me
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nat, me and raaha
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the beach was fantastic....but the sun's too hot. T_T
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yongkai loves chips ahoy!
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taken from some random bridge at Mersing
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the gang!
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raaha, me and nat
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me and nat
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the kangkong gals
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Posing with Kangkongs
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Another view of Mersing. this time from behind the huge mersing sign we went up to. oh gosh...how tiny those houses look. T_T
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my friend took this one while we were standing on the bridge listening to Farrell giving a lecture. the view was fantastic...but the sun was HOT!
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This was taken at Mersing. we had to climb damn high up. getting up was alright....it's the getting down part that freaked me out. T_T
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Mission Accomplished!! Force 4207 is BACK!

I’m back! After a week in the “wilderness” of Malaya, I’m finally back! It has been a really fantastic trip! The trip was great and the company was even better. The whole group was fantastic but Raaha (the guniang), Hendri (handy hen), Yongkai (stiffy) and Natasha (AJ) were the perfect traveling kakis! I’m supposed to be the “midget”... but I resent that. =P We had so much fun just laughing bout nothing in the bus. Haha...

The trip was fun but tiring. The long treks down the rubber and oil palm plantations... the high and scary climbs up the high ridges... the pouring rain and the scalding sun... I thought I’d turn into a baked potato walking down the long railway road in the sun!! I think the worst of the lot would have to be the mosquitoes. The sheer amount of bug spray and sun block I put on was unbelievable! But the bugs just kept on coming! =_=
So! Two things I absolutely cannot stand on this trip would be the mosquitoes and the smell of the insect repellent! God…even now, I feel like puking when I think of that smell. I honestly don’t know which was worse…. the bugs, or the bugs’ spray. =_=

Learning bout the “driving charge” of the Japanese as we did on this trip, we really ought to admire the Japanese for their initiative and daring... their tank division was awe-inspiring! Esp Watanabe! As prof Farrell said, it’s “Tempo! Tempo! Tempo!” the Brits and the Allied soldiers couldn’t keep up and things just started falling apart. It’s amazing how a few bad decisions of the commanders on the British side made matters so much worse than it could have been. =_=

I really have the utmost respect for the Aussies! The ambush they set up at Trolak was fantastic to say the least. They were really great fighters! Esp Colonel Anderson. Charging through at least 7 roadblocks by the Japanese with heavy artillery, equipments, and wounded. Though he failed in the end to escape to friendly territory with all of his wounded and equipments, he was still an extraordinary leader/fighter. *Salute*

Frustrated

I should have been happy. I’ve just finished my term paper due today. But for some reason or the other, I can’t seem to feel happy bout it. Other than the fact that my paper is CRAP, it’s got something to do with the fact that I’ve realized the intellectual gap that exists between me and the other people in the honours year. I kinda know I’m in trouble when I don’t fucking understand what the question is asking me to write about and Hendri can easily explain the gist of it to me in a few sentences. =_=

Hendri, thanx for explaining the question to me!

early morning adventures

Warm air along the expressway at 4plus am can really put one to sleep. But I think it’s darn dangerous when one is on a bike. =_= I nearly fell asleep twice on dot’s bike last night!! So dangerous!! If I’m asleep, I may very well fall off the bike! I think I prefer the teeth-chattering cold winds than the comfy warm air currents coz at the very least I’ll be alive to feel the cold. But I’ll be smarter next time. Bring a jacket along if I’m going to be biking with dot.

Supper with J and dot was hardly exciting. But excitement is highly over-rated. Sometimes, just being with people you like is enough. Just a quiet get-together, makan some food, watch some anime, read a book... The simple pleasures in life are sometimes just so simple.

I think life shouldn't be so complicated.

Eye-opener

I’m not a person who’s big on details. But it had been an eventful and emotional trip to say the least. I experienced much and can honestly say is the better for it. I guess the saying that what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger is really true. Going through the trip and experiencing all the happy as well as unhappy incidents only increases my desire to improve. Team B really tried their best but their best just wasn’t good enough this time round. But all this is going to change by the next tourney! We might not be in the same team in future but I’m sure each and everyone of us will be better than what we are now.

We're all going to hell....

Haha...I kinda realised that I'm not a very nice person. Was talking with J bout how one of my friends said something really cruel to another friend but was so fucking hilarious that we can't stop laughing bout it. Then we proceeded to spend the night bitching bout this or that person. I think we'll all going to hell... If it exists or whatever alternatives there are lah. Haha... but it sure was fun! And being nice is boring anyways. =P

Public Transport... =_=

I was standing in the mrt, watching the people around me; this woman standing next to me was reading a book. Out of curiosity, I took a tiny peek at her book and it turned out to be a book about Christ. I was like, “Ah.” And returned to staring at people around me and forgot all bout the woman with the Christ book. It was bugis I think when some seats were opened up and the woman immediately snatched one of the seats with lightning speed. Nah... I got no problems with her snatching up the seat. I only had a few more stops to go anyways, so it’s not a problem to me. BUT, at that very stop, a very very very old lady came onto the mrt and stood near the bible woman. And the bible woman saw the old lady. I’m positive that the bible woman saw the old lady since I’m like right in front of the bible woman. But did she stand up and offer her seat? Haha… instead of doing that, she looked up; saw the old lady (probably thought she saw the devil or something), so panicked was the look in her eyes! And then bent down even lower to bury her head deeper into the book. I was absolutely DISGUSTED. I mean, I have no way of proving that that bible woman was actually a Christian or not. But I’m guessing that she’s one.

As a rule, I hate people who preach to me. As in, I hate it with a passion. So, if you are my friend (and a follower of ANY organize religion), please do not preach to me. I especially detest those with the “holier than thou” attitude. I've been approached by people trying to preach to me far too many times for my comfort! I’ve seen this phrase around. “I have no problems with God, it’s his fan club I’ve a problem with”. I guess I do have a problem with some of God’s fan club. They’re getting on my nerves... =_=