Just The Wei I Am

Going to another country always makes me appreciate mine that much more. When we're here day in day out, we take some many things for granted, and it's only when we go away elsewhere that we realised how blessed we are on our little sunny island.

I'm thankful for potable water right out of the tap. Not just plain drinkable water too! Our tap water is infused with all manner of health benefits, including flouride for strong teeth.

I'm thankful for a world class traffic infrastructure. We have well-laid, roads and well-planned networks, with plenty of traffic lights and other pedestrian crossings. Most importantly, we have excellent motorist education and culture. We seldom have drivers ignoring red lights (and pedestrians).

I'm thankful for high hygiene standards. I'm glad that in most places, I can confidently put bought food into my mouth.

The No. 4 (SAF camoflage uniform) is amazing. It imparts to its wearer amazing abilities. In civilian life, we would take care to avoid dirtiness, like check seats before sitting. However, when we don that amazing green suit, we are transformed into hardy creatures with heightened tolerance for dust, dirt, mud, etc, etc. Wearing the No. 4, we wouldn't even think twice stepping into the muddiest mud, lying down on the dustiest training shed floor, and wiping our mouths with our sleeves. Long live No. 4.

My old PCs are tucked away collecting dust. They were not dead when I retired them, so they were just there to grow old.

I took one out just now - it's a Pentium III. I'm hoping to be able to install Ubuntu on it and maybe use it as a server. So I plug everything in, and .... nothing. Oh oh, I think it died quietly one day. Shucks. Scratch head.

I shall ask my father - think he might be able to come up with something. I just hope it's nothing major like a dead motherboard, cos if need to spend money then no point liao. Hopefully just a loose connector, or no battery, or something like that.