Damn. "Searching Saphira" makes such a nice name for a love novel or summer romantic-comedy flick. I contemplated either "Searching For Saphira" or "In Search of Saphira", but the first sounded visionary and the latter sounded too much like a quest. Ultimately Searching Saphira sounds the nicest. Fortunately or unfortunately, i guess only my dear Effours will have a slight inkling of what i'm refering to.Last night i was thinking about it, and my senses tells me that the term Searching Saphira would jolly well fall in as a definitive symbolic expression for a post-Akhmar era. Or maybe to be more politically correct, an 'A' Levels aftermath context. Critics would however point out that Operation Gramophone Cathay only came in August, which is definitely more than halfway through the year 2007. Well we will leave that to the Wayne historians to ponder.
Operation Gramophone Cathay
Option A:
-Men approach target.
-Men uses distraction to pursue objective.
-Target may/may not fall for trick.
-Men can use distraction as fallback action to cover intention should fail objective.
-Target maintains distraction as reason for Operation.
Option B:
-Men approach target.
-Men reveals objective to target.
-Target stunned (no other option), objective would not be met.
-Men has no fallback options to cover mistake.
-Target still stunned.
Option C:
-Men engages help from nearby to get to target.
-Men reveals objective to help.
-Help goes to target.
-Target may/may not cooperate, though stunned.
-At this stage Operation can go many ways.
Given still in the National Day fervour, the soldier cannot help but to capture some scenic display of our national colours prior to the official start of the Operation.
The one on the left I took at the Istana Park across the road of the Istana gates. I can't help but thinking it truly reminds me of the one on the right, vertical red and all. I'm sorry i'm really not making a political statement.
Here a nice big one at the Orchard Coffee Club. Another way to attract customers i guess. No la its an overt display of true patriotism!
Not forgetting in the shops. this one at Plaza Singapura, the papers shop thingy.
Here upon reaching The Cathay another red banner caught my eye. Not a National Flag though, but a church banner to counter the increasing threats of Pottermania to Christendom. (Mahahahaz!) It says, "GOD IS THE POTTER, NOT HARRY", with a pot wearing spectacles cracking! (hehehe). I think if Rowling is there she would say, "HARRY IS HARRY POTTER, THE CHURCH IS THE CHURCH". For me i'll just say, "Hazwan is Keong, but Keong is not Hazwan". Any other takes?Operation Gramophone Cathay ended without clear victory nor defeat, though what's clear is that the tangible objective is not met. An ironic chapter for the soldier with a long list of prior conquests. Though this time it is an untested terrain, never has he ventured into something which was a totally foreign to him. Previous professional Operations has had established and sound reconnisance beforehand, making it easy enough to conquer. Though as discussed with fellow Effour advisers, given the Option A would not have allowed any other conclusion. On hindside perhaps C would have been better. Lesson learnt!
At the end of the day the soldier something which caught his eyes. Not national flag but definitely national colours! Somebody threw empty shoe boxes for Puma and Crocs. Red and White coincidentally.
http://www.angelfire.com/pop2/flp7/Burn.html Do you wanna be a poet and write
Do you wanna be an actor up in lights
Do you wanna be a soldier and fight for love
Do you wanna travel the world
Do you wanna be a diver for pearls
Or climb a mountain and touch the clouds above
- Burn, sung by Tina Arena
One of my most favouritest song. Click on the link for full lyrics and to hear song.
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