Into the valley of death marched the 300

1800-pacs on display. (300 * 6-pacs)

In case you haven't guessed by now, i went to watch '300' last night with Alex and Gerald at Lot 1. This could very well have been a movie about Singapore and our SAF. Hopelessly outnumbered (300 to 100,000++), 300 of SAF's finest regulars go to war and make their last stand against the invading army. Back in parliament after their inevitable defeat, a voice sounds out, "Send out the NSmen!" and all of a sudden there is a huge reserve of soldiers ready to continue fighting the war. Ok, just replace all the terms above with the ancient Greek equivalent and you will get what the movie is all about.

I went into the movie expecting that the 300 Spartans would win (it is a movie after all) but alas it was not to be. After the show Alex informed me that it is actually (loosely) based on a true event in history called "The Battle of Thermopylae". Anyway the fight sequences in the movie was fantastic (comparable to Troy) but the nude and sex scenes were pretty needless and could have been omitted without affecting the story at all. I hope they make a 'clean' version of the movie (without the sex) so that i can buy it to watch at home.

The wiki about the movie (here) is pretty informative and interesting and the most incredible fact to me was that the movie was shot in 60 days. Anyway if you're above 18 (and i'm sure everyone i know is) and are a sucker for cool sword fights and violence then don't miss this movie.

Took some pics of people i know who particiated in the Singapore Biathlon yesterday morning. Nothing particularly interesting because i was stuck at my Satellite Post. It's pretty hard to focus on photography when i'm busy acting like a cover medic. Anyway thank goodness our post was quiet. All we had to deal with was heat-spraying some cramps. You can check out the full Biathlon gallery here.

Teo and Phar in front of Ogre Castle.

Sierra 2. AKA the forgotten post.

EW: "If i act cool maybe she will turn around and notice me."

"(Yes!)"

Thanks to some incredible download speeds over the past few days i pretty much emptied my download list. So i went to DramaWiki to add some new series today. Added Stand Up, H2, Orange Days, Kurosagi, Tokyo Friends, Hero, Hotman 1 and 2, Cheap Love and My Boss My Hero. Some of the series i already own on VCD but i prefer to watch them with English subtitles.