On July 5, The Post published a letter from Martha Gillis of Springfield, whose nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, was killed in Afghanistan on June 25, the day that Michael Jackson died. The letter criticized the extensive media coverage of Jackson's death compared with the brief coverage of Lt. Bradshaw's death. Among the responses was the following letter, written July 9 by an Air National Guard pilot and a fellow member of the crew that flew Lt. Bradshaw's body from a forward base in Afghanistan to Bagram Air Base. Capt. James Adair, one of the plane's pilots, asked the editorial page staff to forward the letter to the Bradshaw family. He and Brian Bradshaw's parents then agreed to publication of these excerpts.

 

Dear Bradshaw Family,

We were crew members on the C-130 that flew in to pick up Lt. Brian Bradshaw after he was killed. We are Georgia Air National Guardsmen deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. We support the front-line troops by flying them food, water, fuel, ammunition and just about anything they need to fight. On occasion we have the privilege to begin the final journey home for our fallen troops. Below are the details to the best of our memory about what happened after Brian's death.

We landed using night-vision goggles. Because of the blackout conditions, it seemed as if it was the darkest part of the night. As we turned off the runway to position our plane, we saw what appeared to be hundreds of soldiers from Brian's company standing in formation in the darkness. Once we were parked, members of his unit asked us to shut down our engines. This is not normal operating procedure for that location. We are to keep the aircraft's power on in case of maintenance or concerns about the hostile environment. The plane has an extremely loud self-contained power unit. Again, we were asked whether there was any way to turn that off for the ceremony that was going to take place. We readily complied after one of our crew members was able to find a power cart nearby. Another aircraft that landed after us was asked to do the same. We were able to shut down and keep lighting in the back of the aircraft, which was the only light in the surrounding area. We configured the back of the plane to receive Brian and hurried off to stand in the formation as he was carried aboard.

i know why lawyers have chicken shit handwriting. cos of our weird tutors who limit what we can bring in for exams. thanks to them we have mastered the ability to write like shit in order to stuff words into limited papers. i actually can write microscopic words on my papers and still know wtf i am writing abt. FML man

aye, how now? Mr Jerome ( the french guy ) emailed to ask if i want to do 2 essays for the UN Climate Change Conference. If my papers are selected i get to go Denmark as an official delegate. wtf HOW NOW SHOULD I WRITE NOT? wahlau

see here's the time when i need your counsel but you aren't here.

Tonight - FM Static
I remember the times we spent together
on those drives
We had a million questions
all about our lives
and when we got to New York
everything felt right
I wish you were here with me
tonight

I remember the days we spent together
were not enough
and it used to feel like dreamin'
except we always woke up
Never thought not having you
here now would hurt so much

Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
And every night I miss you
I can just look up
and know the stars are
holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight

I remember the time you told me about when you were eight
And all those things you said that night that just couldn't wait
I remember the car you were last seen in
and the games we would play
All the times we spilled our coffees
and stayed out way too late
I remember the time you SAT AND told me about your Jesus
and how not to look back even if no one believes us
When it hurt so bad sometimes
not having you here...

I sing,
"Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
And every night I miss you
I can just look up
and know the stars are
holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight"

I sing,
"Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
And every night I miss you
I can just look up
and know the stars are
holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight"

wahlau, i swear i hate you guys sia. u all sucks balls man. lol.

so my buddies asked me out to watch Ice Age 3. Midnight show. then they all aeroplane me. leaving me out there to watch the god damn show alone. u all ah horrible fuckers u know not. 8 of you ah. _|_ sucks ur balls la sia

One step forward and two steps back
the reason why we will never end up anywhere but the ditches.

i wonder why i bother putting in the effort for you. wonder why i ever fucking bother encouraging you and to try motivating you.
only to slam in the face with the words not really la and then followed up idk just dont need la.

i wonder why i bothered doing anything for anyone. see that's the problem isn't it? if i cant throw you far enough, i obviously can't trust you.

why the hell do you have to go and make things so complicated. sometimes a simple yes would suffice.

will you come for me from across the sea
will you care for me till my last breath
if I was far from you didn't know what happened to me
will i find a place in your heart
so take, take me as I am
you don't understand what can i do to make you

so how now brown cow. u tell me what to do.

 

anyway, something MORE upbeat. :D

the marines have launched Operation Khanjar in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan. Its time to break the Taliban & the warlords back. Simple objectives : Clear Helmand, Hold Helmand, Rebuilt Helmand. Seizing Helmand means one can more or less control the roads to the entire south afghanistan which means reducing the inflood of Paks coming in from the South. Furthermore holding Helmand means holding the Poppy fields. Holding Poppy fields = to breaking the Taliban financial back. No money = no guns & bombs. Simple enough eh? like real. moving around in that country is like swimming against the bloody tide. corrupted officials etc. u hand them 100 bucks to buy some food, bastards take the 100bucks and buy poppy fueling the narcotics trade which in turn funds the taliban. these people dont see the danger they are posing to themselves.

In the event that the central govt fall, the entire country will become a bloody ancient china all over again, whereby warlords fought with each other for land. The fall of Afghanistan will trigger a fall in Pakistan. NOW WE DONT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THOSE GUYS HAVE NUKES! we do not need nukes floating around in the hands of a bunch of zealords who will be more then happy to fire one at neighbouring countries for fun.

Af-Pak = the world biggest fucking nightmare. Imagine a bunch of zealords seizing a bunch of nukes. that would be a major pain in the heart.

Now would be a good time for me to learn how to hurl a thunderbolt at those two countries..............................

Because that's what people do. they leap and hope to God they can fly! Because otherwise, we will just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down "why in the hell did I jump?" But here I am falling. And there's only one person that makes me feel like I can fly... That's you.


Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away

It's never enough to say I'm sorry
It's never enough to say I care
But I'm caught between what you
Wanted from me, and knowing
If I give that to ya
I might just disappear.

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

Oh, it's like

One step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind,

Oh, it's like

Trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

It's never enough to say I love you
No, it's never enough to say I try
It's hard to believe that's there's
No way out for you and me
And it seems to be,
The story of our life

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind, oh

It's like trying to turn around on a
One way street. I can't give
You what you want and it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
That maybe we're not meant to be

There's still time to turn this around
Should we be building this up
Instead of tearing it down
But I keep thinking
Maybe it's too late.

Theory Of A Deadman
Not Meant To Be

It's like one step forward
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad
And I, can't change your mind, oh

It's like tryin to turn around
On a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I,
I finally see,
Baby we're not meant to be

It's like one step forward,
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad,
And I, Baby I'm sorry to see,
Maybe we're not meant to be

Will you be with someone who loves you the most, or somebody whom you love the most?

Will you be with someone who treats you like you are the most precious thing in the world, or someone who loves you but treats you like just another person?


 

I don’t know what to do.

I just hate being taken for granted, further or in the alternative I hate feeling like I’m being taken for granted.

 

Its such a bloody painful misery.

“ People hurt you, and lie to you, and take you for granted, and treat you badly, but eventually you learn to forgive. You learn to forgive because you have your own shortcomings and imperfections. You learn to forgive because life is too short to be bitter and angry. You learn to forgive because it is the only way you can move forward." Marla Miniano’s Every Girl’s Guide to Boys

 

 

“ I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. Augusten Burroughs

“Whosoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure, since we do not wish to die in that man’s company. For whosoever lives past this day and comes home safely will rouse himself every year on this day, show his neighbors his scars, and tell embellished stories of all the great feats of battle. These stories he will teach to his sons and from this day until the end of the world, we shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For whosoever shall shed his blood with me today shall be my brother, and those men afraid to go will think themselves as lesser men to hear how we fought and died together.”

Awesome movie despite the cheesy plot. maybe it's because of the awesome person beside me. :)

 

 

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others,
or strikes out against injustice,
he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."

- Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968, American Attorney General, Senator)

"I wholly disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

-S.G. Talentyre

Reading this quote brings back certain strong feelings about people. People who spout crap and no brainer stuffs. We might never agree with their views and words, but we will be ready to lay down our lives to protect their very right to spout nonsense. This is what many people in the various forces are doing. Doing the dirty work to protect our rights to BS all our way through life. Succient and yet so simple. This is a higher cause of duty no one can easily commit to. Hopefully oneday, i can be like them.


"Each time a man stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others,
or strikes out against injustice,
he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."

- Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968, American Attorney General, Senator)

One of my idols, someone who i hope to be half of. To have half of his brains, his ability to unify people like his brother. A tragedy he died young like his brother. Both of whom would have changed the course of America history

Okay, i shall update. HA! Its National day. so happy 43rd birthday Singapore. My country, my home. x) no matter what certain people say about the system, the country. you will always be my country, my home.

By her royal highness jane's command. i am hereby requested to do this. so yah of course i am doing the quiz now.

"My Gender and 7 Things I Want in A Partner"

Gender: M

1)Able to understand the things i do, my views and thoughts
2)Be there for me when i need someone to cheer me up even though i may not say i need support
3)Be willing to stick with me through good and bad times
4)to give me a sense of happiness, love
5)love dogs. XD
6)love kids
7)understand that i am a very very politically outspoken person and craves to be the best lawyer in town thus certain decisions i made may not be easily accepted
7 People i Tag to do this:
1. BABY!
2. Ferhan
3. Nas
4. Aidah
5. Jaish
6. Marlon
7. whoever who feels like doing(open to the world at large)

I appreciated the times we had spent together and hopefully more will come daily

Yes, i have been wanting to update the journal for a long period of time. but due to unforeseen circumstances i haven't had the chance to do so. Since i'm up doing Fam law, i might as well take a short break to pen in some major thoughts and views of stuffs. Over the past few months, I have began to see things in a different form of perspective. I like to think i see things that others can't, call it critical thinking, but i like to be able to see both sides of the coin. Both macro and micro pictures. I mean it does help when you read a case and think of both possible sides of the outcome and the reasoning behind it. I guess that's why i don't really trust people work. I do admit i have an extremely high standard set for myself and i readily push myself to hit those heights and raise the bar higher and higher. It's call challenging myself to be better and better. Why rest on your laurels when you can excel.

Recently, 3 major events occurred which allowed me to do a deep analysis of the events. And no. it's not my love life.

1)The Dark Knight

People will just think that i am queer. for overreading into a blockbuster movie. But i will politely and respecfully disargee(In short please take ur cheap 2 cents worth of kiddy opinion and shove it up ur butt) I believe that the Director Christopher Nolan did a excellent job in directing the movie. An A-List cast supported by an even better supporting cast and storyline. 1st up, i would like to explore the storyline of the movie. It bears eerily resemblance to the current international issues of Terrorism, International law, Politics. In the movie, the Joker was an agent of chaos, to disrupt plans that people had. Batman was the hero, who tried to beat the Joker at his own game. Putting it in realistic context, what joker represent would be terrorism, batman would be countries who are committed to stop terrorism at all cost even if it means breaching laws and civil liberties to do that, Very familiar huh? yes, perfect example, America. Ever since 9-11 occurred, America has underwent several metamorphosis and has changed so much that other countries don't really know them anymore. Political leaders are pushing hard for tough terrorism laws to be enacted, overhauling security departments to ensure 9-11 doesn't ever happen again. The country under 8 years of President Bush has adopted a controversial stance in which it reserves the right to seek and destroy terrorist organisations whereever they are with or without the host country consent and even at times without congressional approval. The War Powers Act that are vested in the President Of The United States Of America comes into fore. Using the powers given to him, he can launch unilateral strkes to negate the grave threats presented to America. I do not argee with most on curbing these powers as i feel that as a leader of the country, your main job is to ensure that your country national security is protected at all cost. I believe that the Constitution is nothing without the Country People.The population ARE THE REAL CONSTITUTION, not a bunch of codified laws. Coming from a law student who wishes to practise constitution law, this maybe a left hook out of the blue, but yes i do believe that Constitution is nothing without the most fundemental block of a country, its people. These people wake up daily, not aware of the grave threats that are posed to the country daily, which means they do not have the full picture. I honestly believe no one will be able to get a complete Intel of situations of hot spots zone as these events are volatitle and can change at any moment of time. What the President should do is to send in covert teams to render these problems gone. Yes it violates every single internation Convention in the world, Violates the Geneva Convention. But first and foremost, take a step back and think. We are no longer dealing with a major full scale conflict. We are dealing with a small scale but high intensity conflict which requires immediate action to be take by ground commanders and not for them to be hamstrung by a bunch of pussies in the legislature or even worse, foreign laws that hinder the resolution of these situations. In the Dark Knight, Morgan Freeman admonish Christian Bale for having set up and sonar homing device which violated civil rights of many civillians just to ensure that he can triangulate the location of the Joker. I honestly believe that whatever Bale did was right and not wrong as the whole purpose of the Sonar was to enable him to home in and take the joker out before any furthur damage could be caused. It might not be what people would want to wake up to find, but at least it's effective and it gets the job done. At the end of the day, The end justifies the means doesn't it? It maybe unethical but so what? What differtiates these men from the real autocrats and dictators are the fact that they actually listen to the opinions of those who are with them, and they never lose sight of their goals and purpose. These men scarifice themselves by being whatever the society needs them to be, but they never get any due recognition of what they truly deserve. They only receive brickbats when things goes wrong but never credit for their successes. In the line of protecting your country, the failures gets publicised but never your successes. Perphaps we ourselves have placed too much hope and burden on them, never bothering to care for these veterans. At the end of the day, we all tread a very fine line when it comes to safeguarding our country security. Push too hard, we will turn out to be like those of whom we are hunting, be too soft and you could be the very reason why your country has fallen.



PART 2 TO BE CONTINUED. SLEEP IS REQUIRED.

Yes, i went to mug with my JC friends. x) DAMN!

I SWEAR I MISS JC LIFE OKAY! it so rock balls. 24/7 without having to put with all sort of idiot shits peopl in poly can come up with. alright alright, maybe i ended up in the wrong path afterall. X_X so Dear Mr JC, i am so sorry for not being able to plant my ass in one of ur benelovent schools. yeah, no VJ, no SA, no MJ la okay. i get the point. not smart enough right? -_- zzz

Oh, maybe it's because i haven't been a good christian right? never go services and etc la. yah lah. point noted la. Jesus doesnt love me man! ZZZ. so have to take something away from me to make me realise la. right? X_X

And when i finall got Distinction, what the dick happens is this. OH YOU DIDNT TOP THE MODULE WHAT. HA. in my face man. bastard. u all can go suck ur sod thumbs and shove it up ur back.

Thank god, i aint in the swearing mood. if not guess how much expletives would be flying out of this post? MORE THEN NAS CAN SAY WITHIN THE SPAN OF 1 MIN.

Yes, i am feeling bitter. VERY BITTER. let's see i so hate tripping over things, falling in life. and YES FAILING .

Let's see failing equates loser in my terms. as much as i love winning, i detest losers even more so. frankly, losers can go bang the wall. and out of my life. I want to have an inch perfect life. WHICH MEANS I HATE LOSING OUT TO THING I WANT. it makes me bitter.

Losing is for losers, the more you lose, the more you will realise it will become a habit. i rather develop the winning habit and nvr lose. i want to forget how to lose.

I hate losing out, losing people. stuffs like that.

YES I HAVE FUFILLED MY OBLIGATION OF UPDATING, OH TO MY DEAR CONTRACT GROUP MATES WHO HAVE SO UNSURE OF THE PRESENTATION FOR TUES, DONT WORRY MAN! YOU GOT ME TO FIX UR SHIT WORK.

YEAH MAN! ME KENNETH THE TWO SANE PEOPLE TO FIX ALL UR BULLSHIT WORK. to hell with you all.

SO SUCK UR BALLS

AQUARIUS MAN

Hot-hearted man who likes to do thing his way. He can suddenly decide to do
something without thinking of it's outcome. He is the type of guy with an
inside energizer, so if you fall in love with this type of guy be "patient",
even if you have to follow him a bit. His creative mind could create
fantastic idea any time. If you do not understand or can not follow him, you
won't be with him for long.

A man in this Zodiac will less likely to have a pale skin, and if he has a
scar, it would be on his face or on his head. He moves very fast and very
energetic, and he has a very self confident in himself. He is not the type
to sit down and feel sorry or regret anything for long, especially with
"Love". He loves justice. He dares to show his opinion or even argue about
certain subject even he knows it might bring him problems. A straight
forward type of guy.

He hardly lies except if he think it is necessary and he is not a good liar
anyway. He will not lie to you about serious matter, but if he lie he will
lie only a small little thing. He is gifted with the ability to be a very
social person. He could talk even about subject that he has no knowledge of.
He interests only at the present time and look at the world positively. Many
times he feels hurt because of reality, but he will not run away and he will
overcome that difficulty.

Even he is a high and self confident type and center his own thought as a
main focus, but at the same time he is a kind, cute and polite guy. He
certainly is not a mean person. He likes to help people who are in troubles
even he is not asked to. He is the type who feels sorry if you remember bad
things he said to you that he had already forgotten,but you did not. Belief
him that he is very sorry and give him another chance.

Once he decides to do something, he will put all his mind and energy in it
either in his "Work", or "Love". He is the type who gamble anything in the
casino, so do not even take him there. He does not like pessimistic, low
energy, and depress person, especially no brain. Strangely he like to
overpowered this type of people to assure that he is more superior.

He like to be the first person to do something. You can see sparkling in his
eyes, once he meet a new target or new lover. Once he is in love, he will
act as if he never has love like this before. This minute he could be real
sugar sweet, and later he could also be an icy cold, but do not blame him
for that will only chase him away. He could fall in love again with another
girl and act again like he never has this kind of love before.He could
really love someone, but not a heart broken type for he thinks love is
"excitement" and "Love goes on".

If you date this kind of guy, do not or avoid showing your face to him with
face pack, face mask, always be presentable, nice and cute. If he is quiet
not because he is shy, but he is only quietly thinking. If you have a chance
to ask his X-girlfriend, she will tell you that he is not a shy or quiet
type. If he is really and truly in love with you, he will never lie to you
at all. How do you know if he loves you, bet on your faith! Love him and
treat him steadily and do not try to find anything to argue with him, he
will be with you for sure.

If you are his lover or girlfriend and need to tell him something, go and
say it out loud and straight forward because he hate long boring story. He
hate to play games, chasing for love or being chased, so let him call you
first. He likes a confident woman who also a good follower. If he gets mad
at you, let him be for only a short time he will be normal again. You have
to like and be able to get along with his friends, but he does not have to
do so with all your friends.

Don't ever think you could make him jealous by flirting with other man, he
will just leave instead of making a scene because he is a confident man and
has to be the first in everything.




WAHAHAH! I think it's damn true! =x i think all of it is true! i swear aidah and everyone will argee with me! HAHAHA. oh god damn.

WAH LAU. What the blah lah. How in god's name can i freaking draft a bloody legal opinion of a certain standard BUT NOT BEING ABLE to communicate with a girl. Damn it!

Either I TOTALLY CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH FEMALES or i just have no idea how to chat them up. X_X

The 1st scenario is quite weird! since i can talk my female friends. ROARS.

Guess i got no idea how to chat a stranger up without someone we know being present.

This is damn screwed.

Rah!