Senang Diri

A blog on Singapore defence and the SAF that goes Above & Beyond The Obvious -The views expressed on this blog are my personal views and/or opinions. Copyright © 2009-2024. David Boey. All rights reserved. Follow us on Facebook @senangdiriHQ; Instagram @davidboeypix; Twitter @SenangDiri

Friday, July 7, 2023

Flashback: Delivery of Republic of Singapore Navy submarines

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Word that the Singapore navy’s latest submarine, Impeccable , is due to arrive this weekend triggered memories of this article I wrote in Ja...
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Singapore navy Type 218SG submarine, Impeccable, expected to arrive this weekend

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Rolldock Storm, the transport ship carrying a Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) submarine, could arrive in Singapore waters as soon as this w...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Update on Pukul Habis at Books Kinokuniya

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  Great to see Pukul Habis top the fiction bestseller list yet again at Kinokuniya, Singapore's biggest bookstore, in the lead-up to Si...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Pukul Habis backstory: Challenges in writing about Malay royalty

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Chapter 17, titled “The Sultan”, was a challenging yet rewarding chapter to write for Pukul Habis . I learned so much about Johor royalty an...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The special relationship between Singapore's, Indonesia's armed forces

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Wrote this commentary on Indonesia-Singapore relations eight years ago for Today Online. My views on special Indonesia-Singapore ties are s...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Meet Singapore’s most powerful Buayas (crocodiles)

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 My first video aided by AI. Enjoy!  Please note: Books Kinokuniya in Singapore has stocked Pukul Habis (ISBN 9789811861499). Please visit i...
Sunday, June 18, 2023

Pukul Habis added to Singapore National Library's collection

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Delighted to see my first novel, Pukul Habis , added to Singapore's National Library Board collection. I see the book has 38 reservatio...
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David Boey
Former Defence Correspondent at The Straits Times, a Singaporean English language broadsheet newspaper. ACCORD member. Working on a writing project before moving to staff comms. KEMENTAH is short for Kementerian Pertahanan, the Malay term for Ministry of Defence. Senang Diri is a Malay footdrill command which means "stand at ease". This blog is about defence information management, especially defence media relations and strategic media relations. It examines Singapore defence and security matters and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), which I'm very passionate about. I developed a life-long interest in the SAF the moment I attended my first SAF Display at Changi as a kid in the 1970s. Thankfully, I've made more friends than enemies while researching the SAF. : ) Please visit my Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChineseJunk1. MA in Security Studies, University of Hull (1996) under Prof Colin Gray, Dr Tim Huxley and Dr Eric Grove. US State Dept National Security & Counter Terrorism Program (2004) Reported on: * Flying Eagle: Taiwan 9/21 quake relief * Blue Heron I: Timor Leste * Blue Orchid I: Persian Gulf * Flying Eagle: Meulaboh, Indonesia
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