Category: Army / National Service
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Mindef Reserve
with LTC (NS) Ong Kien Soo, CO, 433 SAR “Should I set alarm clock for tomorrow?” asked Dave to no-one in particular before answering, “forgot, we got human alarm clock in the bunk”. The human alarm clock was Jonah “Marsh” Lim, who earned his nickname because during every in-camp training, he’s the first to wake…
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Last parade
This morning, I will attend the last In-Camp Training with the 433rd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment. The unit will be transferred to Mindef Operational Reserve after this year. In English, this means its training cycle (1998-2008) is over. There are so many emotions involved but which can hardly come to mind right now because it…
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Completely useless Christmas gifts: the camouflage-patterned wallet
Buy this for a friend doing his national service stint / reservist in-camp. Worried that he might lose it while on field training because his wallet looks just like foliage? Buy another one for him. Technorati Tags: christmas, useless gifts
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Deepavali: Awareness of the Inner Light
Northern Lights over Oslo – photo by flickRarity When I was in kindergarten, I learned about the different ethnic groups (known in Singapore as “races”) in Singapore and the festivals they celebrated. Ours, the Chinese “race”, was coolest because we had our New Year for two days in a row, and we received cash money…
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Third-best seller is not the same as third bestseller
If not for Alan Greenspan and some fella named “Moe“, I’d be the #1 bestselling author at the PageOne bookstore in VivoCity: Looking at the list, and knowing how little I know about money and the economy, I think I’m going to write something about baked goods. Technorati Tags: NS40