The Eclectic

The Mode: No seriously, it should be ‘The’, not ‘Countless’ and an apostrophe ‘s’

zhick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:02:01 +0000

To Twit, Tumbl or Press my Words?

I’m such a twat at decisions.

Goodbye WordPress. For Now.

Zhick.tumblr

Raya Posse: Back from Hols

zhick — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:04:20 +0000

To the Singapore massive:

Forgive me if I’ve done wrong, been an irritant, been unholy or uncouth.

and continue to have fun for the rest of this happy month!

and this is a bit late but:

Selamat HARI RAYA!

Aster Avenue: La Roux & Yeah Yeah Yeahs

zhick — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:30:52 +0000

MC! so i’m up to the usual.

La Roux:

Gosh I love her hair.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs:

YEAH YEAH YEAHS with a slightly different sound.. but i still like ‘em.

Will be moving to tumblr soon…

Blissfully Starving: I Want That!

zhick — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:46:01 +0000

If he doesn’t want that truck, I want it!

This guy has the baddest temper everrr… HAHA. And there’s a whole series.

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Let’s pray for the best…

A Quiet Innocent Damsel At Hazard: Everything is not what it seems

zhick — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:46:27 +0000

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Of Cargo Nets: Forever

zhick — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:54:26 +0000

Maharishi: Confessions of a C9L3 lan-lan-suck-thumb-er

zhick — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:21:06 +0000

Whenever we’re asked: Do you believe in defending Singapore? We all say yes.

Whenever we’re asked: Are you wasting your time in NS? We all agree.

Like it or not, even the most ‘xiao on’ (zealous) soldier thinks that he is wasting his time and thinks there must be another way to defend this country – one that does not involve him running around in the humid jungle with his rifle (One NSF even suggested, though insensitively comical, to hire foreign workers to defend our land). We question the relevance of certain trainings and some even dare say we will never go to war, let alone survive one.

So what are we doing then?

No scholarship-hungry officer cadet nor committed regular can answer this question and calm the hearts of hundreds and thousands of men – because he is a soldier.

Gentlemen, we, the rest of us, from the ‘storeman’ to the Company Quartermaster Sergeant, from the transport operator to the vehicle commander, the signaller, the medics, the riflemen, we are free men.

Free men who are not in this because we want to be soldiers.

Free men who are not in this because we want to fight.

Gentlemen, we are free men who book in every Sunday night (and for some lucky ones, every weekday morning), free men who surrender themselves to the inevitability of ‘signing extra’, free men who commit to sign within an impossibly small box, free men who always agree, nod and exclaim ‘YES SIR’ because…

Free men have lives to live…

and for 2 years we ‘suck thumb and die’ so that the remaining years of our lives, if ever a foreign dumb ass dares to create a filthy mess on our land, we force our pressurised thumbs far up his behind… because if not us, then who? If not now, then when? if not this, than what?

To all free men who are responsible for the efficiency of the army but are never and will never be appreciated for their contribution to the defence of our nation, keep sucking those thumbs!

Happy Birthday Singapore.

Aster Avenue: Flash, Thunder and Jolts of Electricity.

zhick — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:10:50 +0000

And so, with bursts of lights and sounds, it begins.

On Hiatus: Exercise Molar, Navex.

zhick — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:06:06 +0000

The gentle wind shall whisper news from home

I’ll stare into the many ripples in the water and put my ears on the bark of trees
and hope to see or hear the familiar faces or calming voices…

and maybe the moon shall convey my regards to you

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD STORE-MANDO

Maharishi: Through the Tanglin Gates.

zhick — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:26:09 +0000

I swear the moon was just too beautiful
and the wind just too cold

I like our ending better