Don't Look Down On Them Tampons!

Tampons in Iraq: A life Saved

Don't worry, it's a good story - and worth reading - it's even humorous in [some] parts.

It's from the mother of a Marine in Iraq.

She writes:"My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them wereand wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'llcall Marine X, got a girl care package and everyone was giving him ahard time. My son said, 'Marine X got some really nice smelling lotionand everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him.'

I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and ifhe wanted I would send Marine X another package. He told me not to worryabout Marine X because every time I send something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him too.

He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, 'What'd we get this time?' "

"My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He said he wasn't sure who we were sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20, and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties over his head and yelled, 'Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!' (This is so like a scene out of Jarhead - DPimp)

One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite a while. Then of course, they had the tampons.""When he brought this up my imagination just went running, but he continued: My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the Chapstick and lotion for the trip.

He grabbed a bunch of the itemsfrom his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it hegrabbed the tampons too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about,'not forgetting his feminine hygiene products.' "

"He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep.He said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleedingto slow down, and someone said, 'Hey use Marine X's tampons.'

My son said they put the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told me, 'Mom did you know that tampons expand?' ""Well, yeah!""They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention.

When they went to check on him later the surgeon told them,'You guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have bled to death.' My son said, 'Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine's mom by mistake saved a Marine's life.' "

"At this point I asked him, 'Well what did you do with the rest of the tampons?' He said, 'Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in ourflak jackets, and I kept two for our first aid kit.' ""I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines, and can't believe that something that started out as a mistake, then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone's life.

My sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes. She believes God had a plan all along. She believes that female care package was sent to Marine X to save our Marine."

"Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines, provided much needed items for our troops, AND saved the life of aMarine!

God bless every one of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, and everyone.

"GOD BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!"

A PROUD Marine Parent

ANOTHER DAY TO SERVE THE CORPS.
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis!

Tchoo Tchoo Tchoo Tchoo Tchoo!!!

Open liao!

Which side are you on?!

My allegiance is but obvious!

Masterforce!

One of the anime series that truly made an impact on me during my primary school days was not He-Man, Care Bears, Starcom, M.A.S.K or even the almighty Visionaries (although I still remembered them very well) but rather a little known Japanese Transformers series known as Masterforce.

Little wonder because it was only shown on RTM 2 if I recalled correctly (Mediacorp or SBC then has already started to suck, especially in its cartoon palatte). I would religiously wake up every Sunday morning to feast my eyes on the Japanese drawn Transformers and in my mind, I knew where my allegiances lie. The American version was badly dranw and most of the time badly animated but not so the Jap ones.

Masterforce featured one of my heroes, Optimus Prime, although in the series he was not really Prime himself (otherwise known as Convoy in Japan) but rather a character named Ginrai.

Why, you ask?

You gotta watch this bumper video to find out.

Anyway, I am such a fan of Optimus that currently I already own three of him in varying sizes including a very battered God Ginrai (okay, okay, it's also called Powermaster Optimus Prime in the States). The other 2 are a 150 buck 20th Anniversary Prime and a Takara mini Prime piece measuring no less than 20cm, transformable and setting me back by more than 100 bucks.

The 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime which I have to settle for the 150 dollar Hasbro version because its cheaper than the Takara one with steel steam pipes. Hasbro's version is plastic and Prime comes with ugly burnt marks. Yucks, but oh well.

The Takara THS-02 Optimus Prime! Comes with trailer, changeable hands, Energon axe, blasters, mini cab and jet pack etc etc in its less than 20cm frame! AND its fucking transformable loh! It's my fave piece especially when you consider that this is one of the last Transformer figurines to come out of Takara before its merger with Tomy.

The ultra-poseable Revoltech Optimus Prime costing about 32 dollars at Rapid Culture in Cineleisure. I love my Transformers super poseable because the G1 stuff were all huge chunks of immobile plastic (my poor Powermaster Optimus Prime was one of them). Toy making technology now sure blows me away these days. :)

And for nostalgia, my Powermaster Optimus Prime that I pestered my dad to buy (a huge gift considering how expensive Transformer toys were in our heady 80s days.) Think I got it as a birthday gift but too bad now I have lost the little Powermaster figurine and poor Prime himself is pretty battered coz of age. This one in the picture is pretty well-maintained. :)

LOL, the wife can surely attest to my geekery when it came to Prime himself. In fact, I am looking to buy this ultra-poseable Prime figure that will cost 32 dollars as well as the movie adaptation (over 90 bucks) if I am mad enough, haha!

Of course, if the Moonies wanna get it for me, I will be overjoyed! Really! *hint hint

Talking of the latest Transformer craze, I am a little miffed by how Prime and the other G1 Transformers look (OMG, what happened to Bumblebee!!!!) in the upcoming Michael Bay film as I feel that they are all over-designed, I will still watch it for the fandom and....for Peter Cullen!

Yes, Peter WAS the guy behind Prime's voice in the American cartoons and seeing his name leaked in the credits months before sets my very otaku blood on fire.


June 28th. I cannot wait!

Transform and Roll Out!!!!!