Is there anything in the world that is as good as a plate of properly made soba? I'm not selling the dish just to let you know. im merely lamenting on how i forgot to have it before i left on my one month trip to the land of a thousand smiles..... and a million trannies. Well, thats just my little way of telling you that I'M BACK. Seems quite fast doesnt it? one month gone in the twinkling of an eye. Hoping the next 13 months will pass just as soon. heh. There again, the paradox of time strikes another blow. 9 months since i enlisted. Quite fast yeah? 9 months. a few more months and it;ll be a year since i enlisted. Never expected time to fly this fast. I can only hope it'll fly faster. heh.

Well, thailand was fun. In a sense. A Real Cynical sense. Ever experienced 42 degree weather? no? well, theres your chance. 5 minutes in that heat and its almost guarenteed to leave you with a sweat soaked shirt and a splitting headache. Ever lied on your bed sweating a mere 15 mins after BATHING? Well, Thailands your chance. That is if you travel with the SAF of course. In any case, that one month abroad was quite an experience if u ask me. I was able to live on my own for a month, away from most forms of creature comforts. Okay so maybe its only the air-conditioning and food i missed the most. The food in singapore, the variety also if i might add, is the strange addiciton that pulls you back and reminds you of home every time you leave it. the readily accessable food means so much only when you have 5 stores selling the same food in the canteen. But to give it credit, it wasnt half bad. It's always cha mee.. or cha peng.. 20 baht.. So you can understand when i say i dont exactly miss that place so much. Try eating that for a month and tell me if you wont go nuts. Work there was well, hectic at most times? when we were busy, we were really busy. But to give credit, when we slack, well, we'll make the sloth embarassed.

Okay so enough of complaining. What else was fun there? If any?! Well, how does going for a joyride on an UH-1H sound? Damn Cool of course! considering that they're phased out in singapore, Any of you people reading this probably wouldnt even get a chance to ride in it in the near future. Hearing the whup whup of the rotors as the chopper flares into the LZ, it brings me back to my childhood memories of wanting to ride in a chopper. or rather, THE chopper. UH-1H. Workhorse of the vietnam war. Just stepping into it is history in the making. Flight of the valkyries by Wagner kept playing in my head. It was like being an American GI in Apocalypse Now. Riding the treetops with the mountain ranges so close you can almost touch them. Climbing so high the sight reminds me of being airborne. Only suspended Much much longer in the air. Hearing the distinctive chopping of the wind by the rotor blades switched the radio in my head to jimi hendrix's voodoo child, Bringing me to the scenes of Army rangers flying in UH-60s in Black hawk down. 2 very popular and famous scenes in the movie industry played in front of my eyes. It was a good day.

And how to complete the thailand experience better than throwing yourself outta an aircraft? a RTA C-130 to be more specific. Strangly enough when the door open, a sense of nostalgia carried by the wind hit me. Its been long. Too long since i hurled myself outta an aircraft. In short, Long airtime, Pretty good deployment with the exception of a few twists, fantastic view of the mountain ranges, the beautiful plantations and fields, very soft landing, the softest if i remembered, and very close to the meeting point. could it get any better than that?

Nope. It couldnt.