Friday was a good day. Was quite slack as the lectures ended quite early and just waited to get home from camp. Went straight to NPAC to check out their newly aquired telescopes: 1 megrez, takahashi refractors and a dobsonian. Finally got to see a dobsonian and get to play with it. It's HUGE about 10 inch in diameter so it basically look like a mini artillery. Looking at the stars and Jupiter though it was a whole new experience as the contrast was amazing! I could see the Great Red Spot quite clearly! Although it was quite heavy to carry it around. It needs about 2 person to carry and man the scope. But I'm sure it will amaze the participants with its size and power!
Some interesting definitions from Chao Zhi's website:
ARROW
Army use: In army administrative practice, a tiny arrow i stamped next to the name of the person in charge of the official documents.
Civilian use: To delegate an unpleasant job to somebody. If you are the person being given suck task, the correct response is "I kena arrow"
Most people will disagree cos the civilian use actually applies in Army too.. sad to say
BLANKET PARTY
Army use: Wrapping someone who is unanimously disliked in blankets and then rainning blows on him. It's a group thing.
Civilian use: Sabotaging someone whom everyone can't stand.
EYE POWER
Army use: USed by instructors to a soldier who is watching idly while his platoon mates do the real work.
Civilian use: Used by sarcastic wives to couch potato husbands who never help with the housework.
**very common in army.
FIRE IN THE HOLE
Army use: The warning shouted when throwing a grenade.
Civilian use: To excrete an unusual large lump of faecal matter.
HENTAK KAKI
Army use: A Malay drill command (literally "stomp feet"), meaning to march on the spot.
Civilian use: USed commonly to refer someone whose career has stagnated either by choice or ineptitute.
KE BELANKANG PUSING
Army use: A parade square command in Malay (literally "go to the back and turn around"), meaning ti turn back and march in the opposite direction.
Civilian use: Running away of escaping from a situation.
KENGSTERS
Army use: People who feign illness to evade tasks, keng being in Hokkien for skiving. they are also prime targets for a blanket party.
Civilian use: People who avoid doing their jobs by giving lame excuses.
** The MOST commonly used term, almost everyday you hears it.
MERLION
Army use: People who spew vomit after drinking copious amount of alcohol to celebrate the end of their national service.
Civilian use: People who spew vomit.
OWN TIME, OWN TARGET
Army use: To perfom a task at one's one leisure or by using one's discretion.
Civilian use: Ditto
ORD-OHHHH
Army use: The end to national service is known as ORD (short for Operationally Ready Date). ORD-ohhhh is what soldiers shout out upon passing out from NS.
Civilian use: Commonly howled when a guy graduates from university or switches jobs.
SIAM ONE CORNER
Army use: To skive instead if undergoing the Standard Obstacle Course (also know as S.O.C).
Civilian use: To skive
SITUATION NORMAL ALL FOULED UP
Army use: A state of confusion during a military operation.
Civilian use: Chaos in an organisation.
RUSH TO WAIT, WAIT TO RUSH
Army use: To be on standby all the time
Cicvilian use: Ditto
YOU SLOWLY WALK, HOR. TAKE YOUR TIME
Army use: Said by sarcastic instructors when they want you to run as fast as you can to the next location.
Civilian use: Irritated girlfriends to their reluctant boyfriends dragging their feet during shopping trips
YOU THINK, I THOUGHT, WHO CONFIRM
Army use: Sarcastic retort by instructors to someone who prefixes everything he says with "I think it's....."
Civilian use: Useful rejoinder for teachers fed up with having teaching dim-witted students.
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