| Francis Daniel Zhang Zhaoyi a.k.a Sh'i-Lah |

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Friday, June 23, 2006

Yet another freak accident styled injury has befallen the Hero (Me! Francis.)

220606 1220hrs was the date and time of the mysterious accident.

after being point section and successfully navigating the platoon to the FUP 5km away, my section became the "breaching section" where i was to lead my fearless 6men charging at the concentina wire and breaching it so that my platoon could do its job of over-throwing the dug in positions of the enemy of "red land"

Grp1 with me leading them got close enough to the wire obstacle before enemy fire hailed upon us. i quickly called for my bangalore torpedo to be set up and ignited. "ready to ignite!" shout my brave men. "ignite now!" i shouted. we retreated back to link up with the platoon before the big BANG. thats when it happened, i tripped on vines, fell a meter down a ditch, SAR21 rifle hit the ground vertically a split second before my throat contacted the scope of the weapon. i got up, ran back to the cover just in time. "BANG!!!" Grp1 got up and sprinted back to the breaching point.

i was "declared" dead by the RSM as he said there was an enemy trench firing str at me. though dead, i instructed my men to carry on the mission.

breaching was successful, the platoon got thru, they captured the objective. and the "dead" sergeant was rushed to the training shack only to wait 45 mins before he was rushed to sungei gedong medical centra, only to wait another 1hr before he was rushed to NUH. (typical SAF theory, Rush to Wait, Wait to Rush).

i entered A&E first, then went on to the ENT specialist clinic, back to A&E to awit for a ward to be free for me to bunk into. after 1.5hrs of waiting, i was given Ward53 Bed 17. discharged the next day and here i am, sitting at the front of the comp, typing my exciting adventure... sheesh...

Me with the huge bruise

Close up of the once swollen bruise

SicNarF
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6/23/2006 10:18:00 pm

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Sunday, June 18, 2006

hehe, i like this picture. its not everyday i get to wear a business suit anymore. miss those days where i strut around in long sleeve shirt feeling on top of the world. life has changed drastically in the past year and i no longer feel the self confidence i used to command. my confidence came with my ability to talk well back in poly, where smoking your way through every lesson could score me passable grades.

Army on the other hand, had totally nothing to do with talking. i can be the best talker, but if i can't convince myself on the product that i'm selling? then i've failed right from the start. You only become a good lier when u are able to lie to yourself. haha.

SicNarF
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6/18/2006 09:50:00 pm

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Boo! i've been coming back home often lately at nights. :D feels gd to be hacking at the keyboards back at home just chilling out listening and enjoying the music and songs. too many things i miss about being an ordinary citizen, but hey no... i made my choice a long time back to lead a restricted life of regimentation. haha.

once again i'm battling problems of properly controlling my finances. money comes in, money goes out. and i'm trying to figure out to where it goes?! i hardly spend time outside yet i spend such huge amts of money every mth it scares me to receive my financial statements. looking back, alot of it goes to really expensive toys which i hardly get to fully utilise! what the heck is wrong with my mentality? haha

With all the extras that i've been signing due to "mishaps" in my job, i've hardly had proper time to meet up with friends. balancing the little bit of time is further hindered by the fact the freedom times are hardly fixed. Last minute things always pop out to screw the day up, and i find it impossible to make pre-arrangements with ppl as most of the time i'd have to "fly-their-kite" The feeling is totaly undescribable in words for this bloggy. haha

oh well, going back in again now.
Take care you all who bother to know whats "bitching" in the life of Francis Daniel.

SicNarF
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6/15/2006 10:02:00 pm

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Saturday, June 03, 2006

Haven't been posting for some time now. nothings changed enough to warrant me spending time blogging. hehe, time is precious. cherish it. i've lost mine to the clock-keeper and now i miss those days where i just sit infront of my comp and zone out into space. it's been the best week of the mth, for once... i didn't have to go outfield. haha, any week without outfield is a good week.

Going to meet Kenneth in awhiles time to go look see look see at the IT fair in suntec. i've got absolutely no idea why i'm going there, as i don't intend to buy anything just yet. bit tight on the finances. probably just to oogle at the funky new toys that have sprouted out in this fast paced technologically advancing world.

finances are tight as above mentioned. basically what i'm meaning to say is that my assets are no longer as liquid as before. still yet to get the long-overdue insurance coverage which i've been meaning to get from the start of my job 1 whole yr ago... haha injuries are aplenty and i think being safe and covered is a good thing, but for such premiums that i've seen... no wonder insurance agents that perform avg drive big cars. HAHA

Time management has been seen to be in play more often these days. i really need to juggle it more properly. but how do u find more time when u don't have time to plan your time in the first place? haha, confused? oh come on, i'm sure your brain processing powers can keep up (unless u're wearing a helmet reading this). it's like a standing fact that any soldier, once dawned the protective headgear we call helmet, loses all capabilities of thought and rational thinking. HAHA

Need more sleep.... oops, late to meet my friend.
CIAO!

SicNarF
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6/03/2006 09:27:00 am

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