Yes, I’ve been super duper busy the last couple of weeks.  Mainly due to examinations and term paper submissions.  

My last paper was last Friday, finally wrapping up a year’s work at NUS.  I look forward to moving on to my second year as I continue to develop an interest political science.  I finally realized that those theorists and philosophers are not just a bunch of air heads that haven’t got too much to do in their free time.  Their theories and ideas really contribute in understanding the world around us; the politics; the relationships.  I’m quite glad I got into this field.  Damn good time to study in view of the economic climate.

I was down at IMDEX 2009 yesterday as well.  Managed to board and tour 5  foreign an local warships; HMS Bulkwark (LPD), USS Kidd (DDG, Arleigh Burke), KD Pahang (Meko 100), RSLN Sayura and RSS Formidable.   Got quite a number beautiful of external shots of the various ships but unfortunately, we faced several photography restrictions once on board.  Our American host, Lt Zeller was very accommodating however, and gave us very clear signals of when we could take photos.  A major photo-op miss was the Kidd’s CIC however.  It has got to be one of the most advanced CIC’s I have ever seen, perhaps only matched by the Formidable.  Oh, by the way, we weren’t allowed to take any photos once below decks on the Formidable.  A little of a shame since that would be one of those places Singaporeans would really want to see.

Still, our RSN hosts were very hospitable and provided us a great opportunity to snap shots of some of the most advanced and powerful warships on the earth.

Thats all for now… gonna hit the sack.