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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Sunday, May 3, 2009


Three more weeks
Lately I've realised that my titles seem to be getting more and more boring. Or perhaps that's just because nowadays there's nothing to talk about.
Three more weeks to the END OF SCHOOL. It's impossible to wait for it. And you know that VE (Victory in Europe, for all those people I have not been in contact with before, because if you've talked to me you should know what VE means) Day is on Friday, don't you? Anyway, Friday is Common Test Day and you know what test we have?
HISTORY!
More specifically, the entire chapter on World War Two.
Now, I'd like to clarify something. I know a lot of people are going to expect me to get really high marks for this and top the class, but I can assure you that that isn't going to happen. For one, I specialise in the ETO, not the PTO. I do SHAEF, not CinCPac. Number two: I don't know ANYTHING about Singapore history, so it can be assumed that I don't know anything about Singapore's involvement in World War Two either. Sure, I know all that about Percival and Yamashita and Fort Canning and the Ford Motor Factory, but I don't know the events that led up to it. Who cares about battles at Ipoh and Johor when you can have things like Cherbourg and Arnhem?
So, basically, I'm going to die for history just like I will die for Wen Shi (which is tomorrow and I don't even know what we're supposed to learn).
On a happier note, I went on a shopping spree today. Harris was having a clearance sale and we bought $221 worth of books. Now you know where all that money I save goes to. I got roughly seven or eight new WWII books, plus one on Land Warfare and one on Sea Warfare (though those are more for my brother). I wanted to get one on Vietnam (Yes, branching out at last) but that one cost $40.
But maybe I've been rambling for too long. I did want to say something about AC Milan, though. Jason got this AC Milan thing stuck on a piece of cardboard, and I asked what it was. He said he didn't know. "That's AC Milan, isn't it?" I asked. He said (very surely) that it was. I pointed out that he didn't know a moment ago. He said, "Oh, a friend of mine told me."
By the way, I've got a new haircut. The hairdresser unfortunately cut it too short so now I look like a boy. So no laughing tomorrow.

~Today in History~
1942: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.

~Quote of the Day~
Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!
-George Patton. Sort of like a suicide march, then. Pity the soldiers in the Third Army. And wait...what happens after your feet are gone?


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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.

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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

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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)

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