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          | August 26, 2008 "always faithful"
 Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 11:56 PM
 we kinda messed around the orchestra a lot today
 we played that huge drums thing and of course the snare as well
 the violin smells bad anyway
 but the orchestra and conductor definitely smells very good
 
 so we were messing around and my cousin taught me a few things about that gigantic drums she played
 gavin asked me how i practiced
 actually, the orchestra's culture is kinda good
 we should have more people there
 
 of course prior to all this i was at the lights console
 i saw nicholas do lights and of course jordan messy around marcus just sitting around
 we tried summoning fainting spells on melvin but we failed terribly
 we were talking about how teng & apparently she will be down on thursday for lights
 well so, all her peers are saying she's good at lights
 
 i'm intrigued by how much my friends eat on staff
 it's crazy and it's quite scary
 i knew they were food lovers but not to the extent before today's pay per view
 now i'm totally convinced they really can eat
 
 today was the earliest of my time on staff going home
 it felt weird but it was good
 the train was packed because it was 6pm approaching 630pm
 i'd wonder what was going on in church as much as 5 minutes after i left
 
 there are a million things i want to do now & i'll be very stingy with this
 i'll make sure i hit 999,999 things soon
 
 oh and yes tomorrow there is soccer with lionel and company
 it'll be fun, i'll hang out a little longer for supper or something
 and i saw a couple of those guys i played soccer with in church over the weekend
 i never knew they were coming to our church man
 it'll be even more fun tomorrow with that fact
 
 i've been thinking about my JC 1 compatriot's promos
 on top of that A levels for some others
 army for another group
 O levels for another precious group
 there are countless things man and i think i'm becoming a grandfather worrying too much for people
 i want the end of the year to come quick because time will give us victory
 
 like i've mentioned, i watched this powerful film
 it was about the marines
 i have a new respect for soldiers & a new perspective about life
 marines, they say, put the mission before themselves
 it is very simple as winning missions and taking care of one another
 
 they talk about trust and having to trust the man on your left and right in battle
 it's also more than just trash talking
 they really do live up to it
 
 i saw injured marines too and they all live together in rehab
 that is a family together
 very powerful & i definitely will tell you when i watch that, i was very humbled
 not even close to a ordinary marine for goodness sake
 
 i won't talk so much about it already
 but my point is that we have that all with something more
 a spiritual purpose & a God
 
 if marines can do what they do, demand perfection, fight, win, come back on their feet
 i think we have to be the same
 i don't think it's about the physique. it does matter but the marines speaks about the warrior ethos
 
 the warrior characteristic spirit of a culture manifested in aspirations and attitudes
 i so think i need to have that
 and everyone in my zone need to have that too (:
 
 Dominic spoke about getting dirty
 we need to don't mind getting dirty
 
 "they can quit..."
 once they quit they will never be allowed to recourse to be a Marine ever again
 Marines believe so that quitting is a spiral
 "if you quit once, you will always quit again"
 powerful huh...
 
 so just a few things at the end of the day
 the marines want to be the worse enemies anyone could go to war with - i want that too
 the marines have only 2 objectives: win the mission & take care of the people around you - i want that zero-ed in simplicity
 the marines don't believe in quitting - i want that tenacity & ethos
 the marines are a family - i want to fight alongside people similar to myself
 the marines have goal before self - i want to have this humility
 my zone better be like that too :p this is a big hint
 
 the marine corps are the smallest in numbers but the best. the lean mean fighting machines
 i remembered 2 years ago in a small office in ftms Pastor Lia called Dom, Jm and i the lean mean fighting machines
 zone f was new then, i was very tired but very passionate. there was a fire in my eyes and reserves burning too in my loins
 now it's 3 years after zone f has launched. what remains only i can determine (:
 the same too applies for b zone
 
 i have that same love for what i do 3 years ago and now
 i've too many close relationships with people, those who left and those who have promise & it crafted my heart out
 i'm only 20 and i ain't seen nothing yet
 if what i see scares me now, then i'm as good as finished
 
 "semper fidelis" has a new meaning to me
 i want every battle & opportunity for the battle and opportunity
 losing stops now
 nothing worries me now
 my day of getting anything i set my eyes on comes back now
 patience will be my friend
 
 all i want to do is...
 
 WIN
 
 let's leave it as that for now... (:
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