A sad farewell...

I was looking forward to knowing you. As my wife said you are one of the closer and more friendly relatives.

Rest in Peace, Han Ming.


Full military funeral for 3rd soldier who died in Taiwan air crash

SINGAPORE : Lance Corporal Chow Han Min Calvin, the third Singaporean soldier who died following the Taiwanese military jet crash on May 11, was laid to rest on Wednesday.

He was given a full military funeral, like his two fellow NSmen who were killed on the spot on the day of the accident.

It was a tragic end for the 19-year-old National Serviceman.

He had been fighting for his life for more than two weeks since being flown back home for treatment.

But with burns over half his body and respiratory injuries, he lost that fight early Monday morning.

His 17-year-old brother headed a group of friends and family members at the Mandai Crematorium in the walk from the main gate to the funeral hall.

More than 400 servicemen from the Combat Service Support Command gave a final salute in tribute to their fallen comrade.

In the end, three shots were fired by the Guard of Honour as a mark of respect, with a lone bugler bidding a final farewell.

The New Palm Foleo!

Woo hoo!



Palm just announced the new mobile companion Palm Foleo!

I've been a supporter of Palm for years using the Palm Vx followed by the LifeDrive. I've been patiently waiting a new release of some mobile platform that does not run Windows or Symbian. :)

Too bad it's not released sooner, else coulda made it to local shores and the IT Show starting tomorrow. And beat the damn GST increase too. :(

http://www.dereth.org

Oh yah, I have a domain name which links to this place.

It's at http://www.dereth.org

My cousin-in-law just passed away

He is my wife's cousin. One of the NS men who came back with serious injuries from Taiwan earlier this month.

Apparently, he is due for an operation today. I was just informed about this. I don't know him well but I do pray and wish that his family is taking it alright.

Following article taken from Channel News Asia:

One more NS man dies following Taiwan jet crash

SINGAPORE: Full-time national serviceman, 19-year-old Lance Corporal Chow Han Min Calvin, who was air-lifted back to Singapore from Taiwan earlier this month, has died at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).

MINDEF said he died at 6.37 am after his condition took a turn for the worse early Monday morning.

Lance Corporal Chow had suffered severe burn injuries after a Taiwanese F-5F aircraft crashed into a storehouse where he was located on 11 May.

MINDEF added that the other injured serviceman, 3rd Sergeant Ramakrishnan Karthigayan, is in a critical but stable condition at the Intensive Care Unit of SGH.

Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the late LCP Chow.

MINDEF and the SAF will continue to assist the family in their time of loss.

On the day of the incident, two SAF soldiers were killed in Taiwan.

They were both accorded full military funerals.

finding someone to land on

Why in the world am I blogging today and at this time?

Oh yah, cos I'm on MC. Down with flu, sore throat and stuffs. The mucus is making it hard to breathe therefore making me dizzy.

I dun wanna faint and fall down a flight of stairs or something like that.

I could land on someone and hurt him/her real bad.

That would make me feel awful.

Or not.

>-D


Wish I'll get well soon. Lotsa work to be done. Havoc to be caused. Anarchy to come.