Unsucessful Fishing trip and 60 miles firework

No Fish, Got stones and the missing lures.

My fishing trip to Marshal Creek yesterday was a total depression. I caught stones, lost 2 spinner bait, 1 rattling lures, and another special rig and caught no fish. Thanks to the stony river bottom and a novice fisherman skill, most of my hook got caught inbetween the stones. The same goes for Encik Pao and You Cai who saw no luck at Marshal Creek yesterday. You Cai got close to catching a Gar fish but it manage to break free from the hook. 0 points to the RSAF PP Det fishing Team, 1 point for the Elusive fishes at Marshal Creek.

Encik Pao getting "Sibei" hot for not catching anything.

Our next stop was a wonderful lake at a apartment complex name La Villa. Marshal Creek was rural, bootcamp style river fishing while La Villa's Lake was Urban, cooling, comfy park bench style of fishing. 1SG Siew drop by and join us for the evening fishing session and within moments he caught a arm length size Bass fish! What a lucky guy... 3 man, 4 hrs of fishing action yield no results at all compare to a 1 man show of 5min and a 1 foot Bass. That was either luck or the devils work. The fishing trip ended with a tied score of 1-1 courtesy of 1SG Siew Siew miraculous catch.

La Villa's Lake

Thou shall be name "Siew Fish"

60 Miles to the Firework factory

Come 4th of July, be dazzled by the Firework show presented by ordinary Singaporeans who were deprived by decades of bans in their home town. Preparation for the firework show started today with a 96km (60 miles) trip south from our home to the Firework factory. Its the longest drive of my life and if not for the talk cock sesion with Captain Betrand and the erractic driving pattern of our leading vehicle drove by 1SG Goh Leng Chuan, I could have fallen a sleep on the wheel.

Huge warehouse and load of fireworks in there! No wonder we got to travel that far of a distance to get here. Just for the safety of mankind in populated areas, the warehouse was located at a remote area. This way, if there is an explosion, we will be blown to bits while the rest of Dallas can watch from the safety of FOX4 Dallas news.



Our firework team ended our trip with US$400 worth of firework, enough to be considered excessive firepower in Singapore context. I was pretty worried about the drive back home cause the bulk of the firepower was store in the trunk of my vehicle and with the summer sun, there was a concern of premature ignition. Hmmm..... that might give this old grandfather car a boost in acceleration of the Highway! Sadly Nothing was launch out of my car trunk just like the Space Shuttle did not launch as scheduled for today at 2.30pm.

The fireworks make me all excited about the coming Independence Day holiday! At less its not all about Sales and Shopping this time round. Its time to rock and roll and prepare for SHOCK and AWE of 4th of July!

Holiday is coming!!!

If all things goes well and if the boss have no objection, everyone in PP Det should be standing down on next Monday, 3rd of July to prepare for Independence Day of 4th of July! No Alien space craft should be flying in our orbit and no Alien's beam bringing their devestating lasers upon our skyscrapers, and there obviously won't be Jeff Goldberg and Will Smith launching nuclear missiles into the mothership. Instead we got the Great Independence Day sales coming up on through weekend to tuesday!

I am not American so I won't be able to appreciate the significants of Independence Day, achieved through many bloody civil war battles, creating their National day. Its simply another Holiday and an excuse to wake up late every morning. Hmm so whats in my shopping list? With a S$2291 allowance coming into the bank account, this list should not be modest.

- Linksys Wireless Router WRT64G to replace the bloody f***up Netgear one I have
- DC Adaptor for my car seat massager. Just got it from Edwin, hmm... good for those long trips.
- Playseats Video Game driving seats... www.playseats.com giving authetic feel to racing games
- A Web cam. So you guys can see me and I can see you online! As good as face to face chat.
- Some fishing lures. Lures are pretty cheap and in wide variety right here! This should help me catch a BASS.

- (Optional) Change my car tires. Your car brakes effectiveness is limited by the amount of traction in your tires. Right now my tires is probably 50% worn and that approx reduce braking traction by 50% which equal to longer braking distance. So my new brakes might be generating for example 100% of braking horse power but the tire could only utilize 50% of it without skidding the tires. 4 tire change should set me back at USD$120. Woah...pretty expensive but for safety, its essential if you considering that I have been smelling burn rubber a couple of time I applied hard braking and the tire skidded a bit (Sorry, no ABS here).

So much for the shopping list. Will be heading out for a fishing trip with fellow colleagues later on. This time heading to Grapevine Lake more than 10 mile West from where I stay. Stand by for the Fishing AAR (After Action Report) later tonight.

The night is short...so are those shorts!

The night came late and its really short during summer. This picture was taken at 9.10pm in the evening. Imagine that... Give a new meaning to the word "The night is still young". Take some time to get use the timing....

...But it doesn't take long to get to know all the hot chicks in tight shorts. This ladies are real professional at work. Welcome to the original Hooters.

Blunt, insulting, personnal attack but humourous

I really like watching Comedy Central right here and watch those stand-up comedian, talk show host and programs make fun of stars, the president, the mexican, the Yankees. Pretty insulting and blunt sometime but it absolutely tickle your funny bone. I find myself laughing out loud at the agony of my colleagues everytime we watch Comedy Central during guard duties.

Good thing they got freedom of speech right here so people like me can say "Bush got a farty pants" or "The Clinton Clitoris Administration" not only online but also on the street without risking a defamation suit... or I can annouce "Ashley Simpsons new boobs job and how those titties are fake!". Three cheers for freedom of speech!

BUT BUT BUT...In Singapore, you got to watch your tongue. I can't just announce a certain Temasek Holdings member as having saggy breast good enough to hang on bamboo pole? Or how she much have really good "social" skills to solicited so much deal for Singapore? Baseless thoughts you might say but make for a good joke in the right tone. However the kind of "lam pa" or "nuts" the have develop over time under the authoritive system of governance have pretty much silence much of our inner slap-stick and dead pan creativity.

We can only applaud Jack Neo for his wonderful manuver on government policy and personality without offending anyone. But we will never have a Stephen Colbert or Carlos Mencia (go google them!) for they are just too much of a mouthful to to left alone without the silencing power of a defamation suit.

Survival Skills

One of the survival skills often taught in the Army is "How to fish". Today I learn a lesson about nature and the fish.

First thing, "its not dry even if it look dry, so wear boots!". My first fishing trip at Northlake almost ended in disaster. There was no road going near the shore of Northlake and the only one available was locked up. I decided to park my vehicle opposite the road and cross over with my fishing gear to the what seems to be dry, baked sand. With both feet firmly on the ground, I notice I was sinking! Shit, its all wet and gooey beneath it. Half my New Balance shoes was in the mud and so is the ending of the jeans. I retreated back to my car viciously cursing the disguise of mother nature.

Secondly "Fishing are not stupid". Contrary to popular believe that fish do not have brain, I observe that they at less knew whats a hook, whats a bait and what is real food. There I was, at my second destination, a long river and wide cutting through a town, under the sun hopping to get my first catch. Now I know why fishing needs lots of patient cause urban fishes are not naive. 3 hours and I caught nothing. I tried, plastic bait, insects, and hot dogs from my takeaway lunch with no results. Fed up, I decided to leave and come back another day. I threw away the left over hot dogs into the river and VIOLA!!!! A small school of fish came over and nibble away...probably laughing their way through dinner... Now I felt stupid... the fish think better than me...

To be frank, I have never attended the "Learn to fish to survive" survival course, I think I might consider enrolling in case I got stranded in some deserted place next time. In the mean time, I prefer to buy fish from the market and make fried fish fillet out of them...

We got nice Ice Cream right here in the U.S.A

"You know how sometimes it seems like the hurrier you go, the behinder you get? So much to do you can't get unstuck from your to-do-list? Obsessing about time all the time can get you pretty nutsy. So we gigured if we could make this flavor's crunch-factor irresitably distracting, you might make time to face your frustration and eat them. Enjoy!"

Maj Moron LIVE from TEXAS