Long March!

Disclaimer: The name, rank and what branch my friend is working for has been changed for his privacy. He allowed me to post his pictures so for the people who knows him when you see his picture, do not mention out his name in the comments.

I was YM-ing my friend, Badam the other day. He was an Airforce officer, with rank of Lieutenant. We decided to go for a long, long march the other day. If you people want to know how it is, click the map below.


That is not even the full journey! I started out from Matang, then I went to Jalan Kulas and went all the way to KMTC Bus Station. From there I walked to Satok Road which wasn't very far (checkpoint 2 on the map) and that's where I met him. He's an ex-airforce officer honourably discharged for matters that I shouldn't disclose. In this article I shall only address him as Tuan Badam. When he met me at the bus stop at Satok Road he suddenly said, "Front-Support Position Down!" jokingly, which was a command for pumping.

Despite the long journey both of us had a great time talking about military, music, security and many more. We kept on talking about this SF guy we knew. He taught me bits of "Kawad Tempur Seksyen" while waking and we joked around about our memories. He's going to be stationed to Bintulu soon so this time was a great time to spend with a friend.

Us in our dripping wet t-shirts quenching our thirst while finding our way across town.

When it rained both of us decided to stay for a while at a cineplex and since the rain got heavier we decided to watch a movie with our sweaty t-shirts dripping wet (lol).

Before and after views from the cineplex. The rain was real heavy so we watched a movie to wait for the rain to settle.

Selamat Petang Tuan Badam, kami dari skuad Bravo berkekuatan seramai 50 orang, dalam baris 45, seorang berada di medik, 2 mengambil ujian medikal, 2 menjalani kursus, siap sedia, untuk menerima arahan yang selanjutnya, Tuan!

For people who have been reading my blog for quite a while, you guys must have wondered, did I go for the Coast Guards interview. For your information, I did not go because it's not worth it becoming an enlisted man if I'm still studying.

TNI-AD and Malaysian Army at the range.

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Predicting The Future

One day a young man goes to the fortune teller. She said to him that he will be responsible for the death of couple million people.

He was so scared that he wants to commit a suicide. He decide that he will jump from a bridge.

He was standing on the fence when he saw a little child in the river. The child was drowning. He said: I will save him! My soul will be a little cleaner! If i will be responsible for the death of many people, at least I can saved that child's life!

He starts running to the river, he took the child and gave him back to his mother. He was very happy, just like the child's mother. Then mother said: Come on ADOLF, say thanks to sir!

Edit: I realized there was a LOT OF grammatical mistakes.

To go or not to go?

Dilemma, dilemma bla3, choices, choices,


So my friend who was in the same company as me (Delta, Awie was in the same barracks as me) came and visited me in the afternoon. It was a long time since I met him. The last time I met him was probably before I went to UiTM. I wasn't even a Kesatria Commander at that time. Currently he's a Sergeant in the Police Cadets. So if I follow my old Police Cadet hierachy, he was my superior. Anyway, back to the story. He suggested that one day we should visit our old National Service Camp, Kem Putra Sentosa. I said okay and he told me to bring another company-mate of mine, Corporaal Saiful (The rank is from Police Cadets Corps too, not NS). He suggested that we should go there on the 30th and meet our old instructors.

I kind of miss the camp, there was a lot memories from there. I missed Sergeant Major Kamson's (RAMD) jokes. He's really funny. I could never forget how our Discipline Officer would punish us (1st Warrant Officer Isa). Man I sort of miss the days but I really hate the uniform. My Company Instructor (Ex-Ranger), En. Wahid was a great guy. Then again, there are some memories that I would not like to remember from there. I mean, the bad stuff did not actually happen in camp but it happened during the period I was in camp. A schoolmate of mine passed awat in that period, I quarreled with some people I loved and some people in camp did not like me because I had a rank there. So what? If you're jealous then it's up to you, I got it and you didn't face it.

M-16 rifles from camp

Another thing that is bugging me is that recently I received a letter from the Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malaysian version of Coast Guards) for an interview on the 26th. The interview though is not for an officer intake but it's for enlisted men (recruits). I was thinking of going just to see wheter I can make through the physical test but my Dad said I will be wasting my time there. I was thinking of joining as a recruit and take a semester leave from my studies. I finish basic training then I finish my studies. From there I could go for the rank of Maritime Lieutenant or I finish my diploma first and join basic training for the same rank. I'm not so sure if it was possible to do something like that. I know an Army guy doing something similar but at the same time he's a PALAPES instructor. He's Captain though if anyone is wondering what's his rank.

So should I do for the interview or don't. I'm scared I might regret joining service too early. I'm not so sure can I even continue my Kesatria activities if I follow this. Would I be stripped off from my rank and be barred to join Kesatria? Then again if I'm allowed to join I don't think so I will have the time as might have to go for trainings on weekends if what I predict about MMEA was right.

My squad, Batch 17

Soldiers from the sky

Before, this I have covered about Malaysian elite forces from the Marine Police, Coast Guards and navy which are all marinal or water based units. They are tasked to do works in riverine or oceanic areas but this time I'm going to cover about Malaysian elite units that deals with the sky.

First of, is the Malaysian Paratroopers (The 10th Para Brigade). Elite soldiers from the army that are task to assault zones in which could not be accessed by sea or ground. They are trained in both HALO and HAHO styled parachutings. Last year they were covered by the world reknowned combat magazine, Combat and Survival. 

Article in Combat and Survival Magazine - http://www.combatandsurvival.com/search_results.php?search_string=Malay%20Regiment&category=0&year=0&i=238&x=460#460

Despite by the name Para, they are also tasked to do Marine-esque works. They are also trained to do coastal invasions if needed by the Navy. The paratroopers wear maroon coloured berets, which the soldiers call Pegasus. It is called pegasus because pegasus is a creature from Greek mythology which is a horse that has wings. This symbolises the the work of this elite force. They are land based troops which are tasked to enter zones using aerial methods.

Since they were given tasks that a marine should do too the unit is then named Rapid Deployment Force.

 

The next Elite Force I'm going to tell about is PASKAU, our air force special forces. They are tasked to do CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) for pilots behind enemy lines, sabotage of enemy planes and air bases, ground laser designation of targets, and many other special needsfor the air force. They are however most known for their task for rescuing pilots behind enemy lines. When needed, they also do HRT and counter terrorism works.

The video above shows them doing a demonstration of Ground Laser Target Designation. 

Protectors of the Malaysian Waters

In our sea waters, we currently have 3 different special forces doing anti terrorism works and enforcing Malaysian waters. Those 3 forces are the Combat Diving Unit (UGERIN) from the Marine Police, the Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) from the Coast Guards and PASKAL aka KD Panglima Hitam, Navy Special Forces.

From what I know UGERIN has power up to 12 nautical miles off the Coast. They were formed to handle jobs what the VAT 69 can't do in the sea as they are not deployed in Coastal or Sea areas. UGERIN are trained by American Navy Seals and they are tasked to deal with HRT works on beaches and up to 12 miles of beaches. Besides that, they do riverine patrols and do river HRT works.

The pictures above are old pictures before they changed their name from UST to UGERIN

 Coast Guard's Special Forces on the other hand do HRT works in deeper waters and they also do hard arrest onto pirates on boats. They are also tasked onto destroying pirates bases at beaches on piers, either from elimination of key targets or bombings.Besides that, they are trained to do amphibious assaults onto pirates and do hard arrest or chase into riverine areas. They are trained by all branches of Malaysian Armed Forces's special forces. During it's begining they were formed by the Malaysian government through absorbing members from PASKAU (Airforce Special Forces) and PASKAL (Navy Special Forces). It was even suggested that half of PASKAL should be absorbed into STAR, Coast Guard's Special Forces but it was too expensive as the Navy needs to train and recruit more into PASKAL if they actually did this. So they sent some but not half and no official figure was given so far. During times of war or emergency, they can be deployed by the Navy anywhere and cooperate with PASKAL or other Navy/Coast Guard units.

The pictures above are demostration by STAR units for the media. The picture above also shows them cooperating with the Navy's Special Forces, PASKAL.

The third unit is PASKAL (Pasukan Khas Laut) which is under the command of the Navy. Their main task is to enforce Malaysia's EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone). They were trained by American Navy Seals and Royal Marine Commandos. Their beret are maroon in colour to honour their close relationships with Indonesia's Kopaska (Navy Special Forces). During their early days, they were infact trained by Kopaska. Paskal were formed the government in the first place to combat naval terrorism and to combat piracy which was huge threat to Malaysia's economy. Recently, they were given the title KD Panglima Hitam (Translates loosely as Black Knights or Warriors). Such titles were given to people who have contributed a lot the country and has high martial art skills and PASKAL were famous for their martial art skills.

The pictures above shows PASKAL troopers and officers demostrating some of their weaponry. The third picture shows all different timelines PASKAL and showing their old uniforms and weapons alongside new ones.

Notice all these water/marinal infantry use American BDUs. They use these uniform to show respect to the special forces that have trained them and worked with them before, mainly from America.

Japanese Spiderman

lol. No kidding ladies and gentleman. Apparently duirng the 70s, the Japanese also tried to cash in with the spidermania. The weird this with their version of spiderman is that changes are fucking drastic. Seriously. I have never seen a Marvel character in this light before. It feels like Masked Rider with Spiderman's powers. He even has his own robot and has giant fighting scenes like you see in Ultraman. That whole thing just made me wtf?

What the hell were the Japanese thinking? This isn't Spiderman! They should create their own character and call it Spider Kamen. lol. That will sound weirder. Haha. Okay join the adventures of Takuya Yashimaro (Yeah, where's Peter Parker) as he defeats the Iron Cross Army (Where's Kingpin? Where's the Green/Hob Goblin? Where's The Punisher? Where's Dr Doom?)

Anyway it's kind of cheesy and fun to watch. Stream the whole series below. (Unless you want are butt hurt like other Spidey fans about this.) WARNING: This is not the same webhead that were used to. But it works.

One of the Episodes. Watch the rest @ http://www.marvel.com/videos Worth watching. lol

Random!!

Tonight, I'm going to listen to random albums and shuffle it. Here are some albums I have put on the playlist but the list goes on. Yesm it's THAT RANDOM!

Captain Fantastic, yeah right....

GLASTONBURY, England, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A British 19-year-old has officially changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."

The Glastonbury, England, teenager -- originally named George Garratt -- said his new name, which is thought to be the world's longest, has so outraged his grandmother that she is no longer speaking to him, The Telegraph reported Monday.

The teen said he used an online service to officially change his name for a $20 fee.

"I wanted to be unique," Captain Fantastic said of his name choice. "I decided upon a theme of superheroes."

Yay! I found someone dumber than me! I can't believe this guy actually changed his name to that. If I were him I would change my name to Wade Wilson or Lou Ferrigno (for all of you who don't know who he is, he's the guy who acted as Hulk in the TV series. Fuck Eric Bana). First of all, the name isn't all out unique. It was taken from a Family Guy joke. Seriously, that is lamer than calling your son South Park or Silent Bob. Wait, Silent Bob's awesome. Should I name my son Silent Bob? Jesus!

My family is a cross between a blog rant and Deadpool's pop culture references

My family is a cross between a blog rant and Deadpool's pop culture references

Seriously. Today my sister(s) (I have a theory that my sisters are actually clone of another but somebody messed around with the braincells which led to something equivalent to WW3, wait more like Family Wars, no Sopranos, no Rant War 3) got into a fight. Something about taking the food from the car and she started ranting. For more info (though some stuff are in Sarawakian) please refer here

No kidding, were that dramatic. I love how my sister comes up with the dialogues with her friends in the beggining. Makes me feel as if I'm reading something from Chris Ryan's dramatic parts of the Bravo 2 Fail novel. (What am I talking about?)

To add up what my sister (Experiment B-1992 Codenamed Esther) wrote in her database (pun no really intended), all hell broke lose. I decided to become the guy in the background cleaning the mess like you see in random ass movies where the hero/anti-hero are quarelling and a guy cleans up the background. The difference here is, there are no anti-hero/hero here (unless you count me in when I defeated a monkey in chess and that would be hero for goodness sake).

To clarify some stuff what Esther wrote (please don't be butt-hurt, I still want you as my sister okay, eventhough the family's all torn apart) here are some stuff I want to say about your blog:


1) Here are some stuff I would like to say. (Very repititve am I? Looks like I can't be a script writer) First I would like to clarify what you said in my crappy screen shot pic above from your blog.


a) Nothing to do with clarifying but, I love the way you use the word damsyik. lol Good command of Malay which isn't our mother tongue anyway.

b)I ate the cupcakes because I thought those were for breakfast. There was nothing else on the fucking table for goodness sake. Plus they look delicious and taste delicious. Thank you for making those cupcakes. You should take that as a compliment and you should feel honored that I ate that cupcake. At least you know it looks apetizing now. Now you can go into the cake business like Mummy only ommiting the Quantity Surveying part lol.

c) I did go for a diet a couple of times. Remember the X-Pax thing I did when I was your age? lol I bet you can't remember that. Or the tomato soup diet? lol Good times. I actually like tomato soup okay. Doesn't mean I finished the chilli sauce (maybe I shouldn't say that) I hate tomatoes. Who you think I am Jim Belushi? Cheryl's hot for a mother of 3 though. Okay, that's way out of context.

d)I never said that my weight problem was a genetic thing. Who you think you are? Proffessor Xavier, Ian McKellen? Ben Kingsley? (Reminds me of Ian though and not IAN WRIGHT!) Okay, I'm hadling the weight issue just fine and I still can do a lot of activities with this belly of steel (more like jelly) okay. So I'm fatter than you, so what? At least I can still march, do obstacle runs and still not big as fat that boomer thing for the game Left For Dead.

2)Another speech of yours.

a)I did not tell you to take care of my download thing. I let you use my computer. I does not need taking care of. It is not a baby okay! But I have to say thank you for leaving my laptop on.

b)Sleep/Hibernating mode. I wasn't even angry. I was just complaining to myself but still letting the whole world hear aka I was being a whiny bitch because I just sat for a paper and not sure wheter I could even pass that fucking shit. When somebody says measuring stuff for a building and calculating it's cost is easy, they're just bullshiting you. I know, cause I've been through the valley of measurements of death of Valhalla of Asgard of Hell. It's a cross between fitghting Vikings with a calculator while Cerebrus is chasing your ass. It's that hard so I had to complain about something. Come on, I was just complaining about some tiny stuff and you're hurt. Come on, I'll take back those words but I won't cook a cheesecake for you. Mum's cheesecake is better than mine okay.

c) I ate you cheesy wedges because I was starving and mum told me the food is on the table. So I ate it. How am I supposed to know those are yours. Come, on the Colonel didn't even talk to me, unlike the Lt. Colonel in my camp back in the days who kept on telling me to loose weight or I'll die in the battlefield (I felt like Gobber Pile from Full Metal Jacket just that I'm crazy in a different kind of way. Nerd-ish crazy). PS/You don't want to meet that Lt.
Conclusion: Just go back home and forget all the shitty things we've been through. Come on, what you went through is as shitty as my early teenage years. You never went through cops, shoplifting, extortion cases bla3 and almost got kicked out of school but transfered to another school thingy. I went through that and look at me, I still don't hate Mum and Dad I still stay at home (not to say that's a good thing) But the point is, we are a family and don't you dare break that. Our family is practically torn apart already (refer to the number of divorces in our family and the number of people having diseases) and please don't tear 'em apart again. Stop complaining that your life is falling into a spiral cause it's not! It's still okay and let's maintain family while were at it. For goodness sake you don't even have a crime record like I do.


Now I've succeeded in writing a useless rant about my family. I need to go back to my comic stock and imagine I'm in mutant land saving ladies 10 times hotter than Red Sonja or that cute girl from My Boss My Hero. Tata. See you in the next rant.