Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 97th Edition
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okie you guys ... go bump this weekend's thread then .... we need to finalize the plans soon ....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
the gurkhas are not meant for a military role, despite everything nincompoops in SC would have you belive ....
but I guess the irony, is that Singaporeans are very proud of their country .... even, or perhaps especially those who've left it ....
you know ... I think they'd sound like those PRCs and Indians here .... they all want to get out, and when they got out, all they can talk about is how great their countries are now ...
I like to creep people out by telling them that gurkhas are here because they can be counted on to open fire on singaporeans -
Originally posted by Fatum:
the gurkhas are not meant for a military role, despite everything nincompoops in SC would have you belive ....
but I guess the irony, is that Singaporeans are very proud of their country .... even, or perhaps especially those who've left it ....
you know ... I think they'd sound like those PRCs and Indians here .... they all want to get out, and when they got out, all they can talk about is how great their countries are now ...
Ohh.. i tot they were cause i see them guarding some embassies and i tot they were guarding in capacity of soldiers like the US Marines guarding the US Embassy.. Guess i am wrong =P
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Originally posted by hisoka:
I some how never got all the hoohaa about some piece of cloth. I mean I'm all for defending the land and pple + your buddies but to get punished for dropping some lousy piece of cloth when you are doing your duty for your country..............
anyway the way I see it, the peeps that are having the slack vocations like clerks are getting the short end of the stick in ns. Yes they are having a slacker time, but you'll realise they get the least out of the 2/2.5 years spent. They don't even get fitter.... They don't even do something really useful most of the time, not to say defend the country
I don't mean that piece of cloth literally lah ..... -_-
it's about higher notions of patriotism, love of the country, service to society, etc etc .....
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Originally posted by av98m:
I like to creep people out by telling them that gurkhas are here because they can be counted on to open fire on singaporeanserm isn't that the reason they are there? I mean why else would they be more trusted than singaporeans?
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Originally posted by hisoka:
I some how never got all the hoohaa about some piece of cloth. I mean I'm all for defending the land and pple + your buddies but to get punished for dropping some lousy piece of cloth when you are doing your duty for your country..............
anyway the way I see it, the peeps that are having the slack vocations like clerks are getting the short end of the stick in ns. Yes they are having a slacker time, but you'll realise they get the least out of the 2/2.5 years spent. They don't even get fitter.... They don't even do something really useful most of the time, not to say defend the country
the really smart ones took night classes and finished NS with a degree!! and its not true you don't learn anything as a clerk. it depends on where you get posted. I was in the thick of the action in HQ! -
Originally posted by hisoka:
erm isn't that the reason they are there? I mean why else would they be more trusted than singaporeans?
yah, they're there to defend ministers from a possible uprising
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I used to know as much about reservist as the ppl from NS-portal haha but now all change so not so sure liao
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Originally posted by Fatum:
the gurkhas are not meant for a military role, despite everything nincompoops in SC would have you belive ....
but I guess the irony, is that Singaporeans are very proud of their country .... even, or perhaps especially those who've left it ....
you know ... I think they'd sound like those PRCs and Indians here .... they all want to get out, and when they got out, all they can talk about is how great their countries are now ...
at the F1, when our Anthem was sung, i didn't know.. zora noticed and asked if we should stand up.. i did.. so did quite a few... a lot of people followed and the whole place stood up...
i was proud!
now.. at the podium when they played the French national anthem for the constuctors, the Frenchman sitting beside me sang every note and every word.. nay.. he shouted every word!
thing is, we don't talk about it.. we just walk it... in our own quiet way..
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I wanna sleep
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Originally posted by deathwish:
Ohh.. i tot they were cause i see them guarding some embassies and i tot they were guarding in capacity of soldiers like the US Marines guarding the US Embassy.. Guess i am wrong =P
they are not even a paramilitary force .....
but I think they are still very useful .... imagine a race riot .... and a chinese police officer would have to take down a malay chap, or vice versa ..... but if you use a company of gurkhas to quell the riot on the other hand .......
but some nincompoops in SC imagined the goverment using gurkhas to mow down anti-goverment protesters ....
and they are used to guard sensitive places like embassies also because of their perceived neutrality ....
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Originally posted by av98m:
yah, they're there to defend ministers from a possible uprisingi still think if there is an uprising, there is an escape tunnel under the parliament to the Supreme Court where they all board that flying saucer and fly away
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Originally posted by av98m:
the really smart ones took night classes and finished NS with a degree!! and its not true you don't learn anything as a clerk. it depends on where you get posted. I was in the thick of the action in HQ!as I said waste of time because they could have learnt and done more if they were not stuck with NS.
+ you could do the night classes if you were lucky and got to stay out. I've known pple who got rejected from staying out or booking out to go for night classes...........
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hey fatum, did you ever read starship troopers?
some interesting philosophical discussions on the concept of citizenship in there.
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Originally posted by cassie:
and i'm gonna have the exact opposite experience! at least for this week since it's Eid/Raya but more importantly, i got the deal sealed. ok, maybe gotta harass some peeps to sign on the dotted line (i think i'm getting quite good at this!).
Cool.... make sure you enjoy the "break" as much as you can....
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Originally posted by hisoka:
as I said waste of time because they could have learnt and done more if they were not stuck with NS.
+ you could do the night classes if you were lucky and got to stay out. I've known pple who got rejected from staying out or booking out to go for night classes...........
well, NS is not going away, so unless one manages to escape enlistment altogether, it'd be better to make the best of it instead of whining for 2 years right.
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and looking through SDP's paper....gawd they really are still a bunch of pacifists.
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Originally posted by av98m:
hey fatum, did you ever read starship troopers?
some interesting philosophical discussions on the concept of citizenship in there.
I only watched the movie .....
denise richards was hot .....
but dina meyer ........
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Originally posted by Fatum:
they are not even a paramilitary force .....
but I think they are still very useful .... imagine a race riot .... and a chinese police officer would have to take down a malay chap, or vice versa ..... but if you use a company of gurkhas to quell the riot on the other hand .......
but some nincompoops in SC imagined the goverment using gurkhas to mow down anti-goverment protesters ....
and they are used to guard sensitive places like embassies also because of their perceived neutrality ....
Personally I doubt it would make a difference whichever race took out the rioters. (what race are the gurkhas?)
why would they be perceived as neutral at the embassies? they still hail from whatever country they were from?
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I only watched the movie .....
denise richards was hot .....
but dina meyer ........
KNSgo read the novel. you'll love it. the movie was a terrible adaptation.
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Pinky bear, wasn't Lavender MRT very busy for e past few days cos of e bus shuttle service to Marina?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Pinky bear, wasn't Lavender MRT very busy for e past few days cos of e bus shuttle service to Marina?
Ya it wasThey even attempted to beautify it by placing lots of orchids
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Originally posted by av98m:
well, NS is not going away, so unless one manages to escape enlistment altogether, it'd be better to make the best of it instead of whining for 2 years right.*shrugs* you ahve to make the best of whatever shit you are thrown into.
as I've said it's a waste of time for them. it's not about whining but realising the problem. and to counter all the nonsense about ns being good for the males............
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Originally posted by av98m:
and looking through SDP's paper....gawd they really are still a bunch of pacifists.
they are not pacifists.. they're just idiots..
pacifists are those who will not retaliate..
idiots are those who go build a guillotine, teach someone violent how to use it then spit in that guy's face and put their heads on the block.. while complaining that they gave everyone everything but no one bothers..