Pardon the long absence...

as I have been busy with the preparation for the upcoming audit. Luckily I still managed to squeeze in a couple of hours for myself.

Last Friday was a half-day as we had S4 Branch cohesion after that. And so we had quite a good time at the Minds Cafe with everyone including LTA Ricky and CPT Lim. Looks can be deceiving they say, and all was revealed during the playing of games during that Friday. Both officers showed that they had no regard for their status or image whatsoever and indulged in the games wholeheartedly. LTA Ricky also bought some very-expensive-$120 cupcakes for us and mentioned that 'we were worth that much'. He meant that we were worth him buying $120 cupcakes but everyone had a good laugh intepreting it as the 30+ of us were only worth $120 in value. Lol. Hope that we'll have a good 1.5 years with them in the brigade.

Saturday was spent OT-ing touching up the vehicles and whatever remaining tasks that are to be done. Then I went to meet Zhen Ling, Casper and the rest of the SAC gang for dinner. Guess what - dinner's at Minds! Most of us weren't really in the mood for games and soon decided to chiong for the free entrance at Double O. Place was full of NSFs, some bapohs and a couple of the mature crowd around. The rest is pretty much the normal routine - drink, talk cock, dance followed by more drinks. What's to expect? The drinks were REALLY cheap. The day ended at around 5+ am when I reached home in a cab.

Until now the effects of alcohol and exhaustion are still hanging upon me. I should probably cut down on such long days cause I feel so easily tired these days.

Friends and all please pity TC abit and try to engage in more easy-going activities. Haha.

Judgement day for US

Today is judgment day for our Uncle Sam. Of course we are all very excited about the US. Outcomes of the election will no doubt influence stock market fluctuations, international ties, the ongoing war efforts and most importantly the US economy itself.

I wouldn't say I have been following up very closely on the whole campaigning efforts of both parties but the recent news has been bombarding us with the status of the campaigns extensively. I certainly do not know both candidates very well, however, I have a slight inclination towards Obama.

Obama has been the cool, motivational and charismatic candidate of the election more than McCain has. While many has been harping on his heritage and also inexperience, with his motivation and vision, Obama might be the energy that US needs.

McCain, on the other hand, while so-called more 'experienced' and known to deliver sound judgment, has failed on several fronts. His leadership skills have shown through the organising and running of his campaigns. Often disorganised and haphazard, his campaigns have failed to shone through. Few would disagree that he does not understand the state of the economy well, given the collapse of the financial world, coming soon after he commented that 'US economy has good fundamentals'. What is most obvious to all his is judgment, having chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. I believe there is no need to elaborate on the 'genius' that Palin has shown herself to be. McCain needs nothing short of a miracle to turn the elections around.

There has been skepticism about Obama's victory and talk of a comeback for McCain. While I highly doubt that, Obama might just need to put in a little more effort to convince any undecided last minute voters to ensure his victory. All shall be revealed tomorrow. God Bless.