Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
'Ravi Everest' conquers highest peak for third time
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Malaysiakini : Veteran mountaineer T Ravichandran has successfully set a new record
as the first Malaysian to conquer Mount Everest three times but was
rushed to the hospital for frostbite in his subsequent attempt to take
on Mount Lhotse.
Ravichandran (above) was part of the
Himalaya Sport Everest-Lhotse Expedition 2023 and was aiming to conquer
both mountains exceeding the height of 8,000m within 24 hours.
His
wife Leela Ramamurthy said Ravichandran was airlifted to the hospital
due to frostbite on his fingers when he was just 200m away from the
summit of Mount Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world at 8,516m.
“However,
he successfully managed to fly the Jalur Gemilang and the sponsor’s
flag of Himalaya Sports on the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest
at 8,848m on May 17, 12pm (Nepal time),” she was quoted as saying by Utusan today.
