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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Friday, May 8, 2009


CELEBRATION
You know what day it is today?
That's right!
It's VE DAY!!!
Victory In Europe, for those who are clueless. On the 7th-8th May 1945 the surrender documents were signed and Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Forces and thus ended the war in Europe. (Sadly the war in Asia was still going on. The good news is that it ended (officially) on the 2nd of September 1945, so it isn't too great a difference.)
Coincidentally it was also the day for our History test on none other than (guess what?) World War Two.
Unfortunately they didn't say anything about the war in Europe and they tested the map that I only studied last minute. And my English has let me down.
The first question was a map work one. They showed a picture of the Johor Straits and put, "The ________________ separates the island of Singapore from Malaysia".
At first I put Johor Straits. Which is correct. Then I don't know why but I saw separates and thought that "wait a minute, Johor Straits is plural!" and canceled the 's'. So now I've lost one mark just because of that. Which sucks.
And I realise that my blog could be used for history lessons, because every single post is peppered with bits and pieces of useless historical information.
For example: the skipper of the Repulse which sunk on the 10th of December 1941 was only saved because his officers pushed him off the bridge.

~Today in History~
1945: VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY! War ends in Europe ONCE AND FOR ALL.

~Quote of the Day~
This is your victory!
-Winston Churchill to the cheering crowd. To which they replied, "No, it's yours!" Which is kinda strange when you think about how they kicked Churchill out of parliament two months later.


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Random Profile.

The Lone Ranger

02 12 1995
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

Random dreams.

-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

Random Quotes.

-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.

Random Map.

Random Top Tens.



Top ten movies:
-Band of Brothers
-Saving Private Ryan
-A Bridge Too Far
-The Longest Day
-Saints and Soldiers
-The Great Escape
-Flags of our Fathers
-Kelly's Heroes
-Patton
-The Battle of the Bulge
Top ten Books:
-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

Random people.

Eugene Lim
Deepak
Arunima
Tharun
Emelia
Kai Yin
Rosalinda
Jing Yi(rather dead)
Grace
Genevieve
Pheodora
Pearl
Shavonne
Joy
Melody Seet
Bryna
Rachel cough-pervert-cough Tan
Amelia (Sec 1D 09)
One Charity 08
Two Faith 09
Solo Magazine
My Stories
The Infocomm blog
Skatezone
The truth about lies (story)
Smile (story)

Random Archives.

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Random Credits.

BetaBlogger
Yiann



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