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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Tuesday, December 30, 2008


Not the dead, actually, maybe the half dead.
It was extremely cold in Beijing. The day we got back from Pingyao (More on that later) it was a friggin -11 degrees celcius. Not a very nice temperature.
But I liked it. Cold is good. Not too cold. But it's nice. When we got back at the airport, we thought they had turned off the air con. It was that hot to us.
Let me start from the beginning.
On the first day we reached Beijing at around eleven. It was cold, pretty cold, and we practically ran into the house when we reached it.
The second day we went...somewhere, I can't remember. But basically we went skiing (first time), laser tag in the forest (prone position, leopard crawling, everything. I was on the winning team all the time except one and I was a first timer), foot reflexology (my feet were killing me, first time), the great wall of China, the Bird Nest, go karting (third place!), went to the ancient city of Pingyao on an overnight sleeper train which stank of smoke 'cause the Chinese really don't care where they do it, flew back on our first domestic flight, experienced sub zero temperatures, created name stamps and bought a wii, a sword, a gun, and the best thing of all -
Bejing was absolutely crawling with military stuff. All along the roads you'd see people selling army shirts, German helmets, American helmets, guns, and assorted stuff. It was a WWII buff's heaven. I tried on a German helmet and an American one, but I didn't buy it.
What I did buy...
A WWII era (though probably not authentic) U.S. 101st Airborne shirt, complete with the U.S. Army sign on the front, the Screaming Eagle patch and the American flag.
Beautiful! An even better purchase than the wii.
We bought a Marines cap for Jason and the 101st Airborne's black cap, worn by the training Sergeants known as Black Hats because of the headgear.
Also two Army themed wallets, a miniature .50 Cal and a toy MP40.
This has been the best holiday (until we go to America, anyway) ever.

~Today in History~
1944: Germans launch Operation Nordwind in an attempt to destroy the allied troops in Alsace.

~Quote of the Day~
When I said that British fighter-bombers had shot up my tanks with 40mm shells, the Reichsmarschall who felt himself touched by this, said: 'That's completely impossible. The Americans only know how to make razor blades.' I replied: 'We could do with some of those razor blades, Herr Reichsmarshall.'
-Erwin Rommel, showing the rare funny side of him. I may have used this quote before, but what the hell.


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Right. Let's see. I like WWII, Band of Brothers, and anything to do with either of them. And Writing.

Random presents.

-Any WWII Book (that I don't already have)
-The movie Paper Moon
-The Band of Brothers soundtrack
-One hundred dollars

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-Top Singapore for O Levels/A Levels
-Get into VJC
-Get a story published
-GO TO EUROPE/AMERICA
-Visit all the places I want to visit before I die
-Make a million dollars in five years
-Amass a huge quantity of WWII relics
-Get as many books as possible
-Watch all WWII movies

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-No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
-Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are gonna die. Now lets get the hell outta here.
-Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
-We are not retreating -- we are advancing in another direction.
-You can't say civilization isn't advancing; in every war they kill you in a new way.
-War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
-Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who'll fight.
-Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
-If you are going through hell...keep going.
-Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
-In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
-Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.

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-Patton
-The Battle of the Bulge
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-Band of Brothers
-D-Day
-Citizen Soldiers
-Beyond Band of Brothers
-Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends
-A Bridge Too Far
-The Longest Day
-The Longest Winter
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Letters from Iwo Jima

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Melody Seet
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