Most of the time when you visited someone's Home Page and they talk about them selves but you find very little to speak of. They will touch on areas they feel safe to talk about which I guess is only normal in most people. Well I have never been one of the so called, “normal people”. I was the kid who always asked “why does it have to done that way?” If you couldn’t give me a good reason then in my book it didn’t matter too much and you needed to ask some questions yourself. My mom called me "The Little Rebel" because I was always going in the opposite direction of everyone else but I stood my ground and defended my thoughts with reason and logic. One of my friends told me once “never get into an argument with an idiot because no one looking on could know which was which”. I find this to be true so once I realize who I am dealing with I just walk away. I don’t think of my self as a highly intelligent person but more of a worldly person. I can talk on most subjects with the common person and not feel out of place. I don’t argue my points, I just want to be heard so I only say something when I have something to say. You see, I don’t talk just to hear my own voice, make your point and move on or listen up. I can be very direct when I have to be but I am always willing to listen to some one that needs some one to talk to when things are going badly for them. So yes, I do have compassion for my fellow man too.
Having this web site gives me the chance to speak my mind and share information on my new home. While some may disagree with what I have to say or reported on that is their right. Just like I don't agree with others I know others will disagree with me. Having this site I have put myself up for a ton of criticisms but you know what, that is ok, at least it makes people think and ask questions and even complain.
For most of my life I have in many ways been a loner, doing a lot of things on my own doesn’t bother me and some time I would rather have it that way. About 75% of my clubbing times have been and still are spent on my own, like that song “I drink alone”. Living here in Singapore there are so many places to check out and see what they are all about. Plus some times it is more fun to go out a lone since you don’t have anyone else bugging you because they think it club sucks, so I go it alone. I do enjoy the company of friends but sad to say I have few but those I do have I enjoy their company very much. Another reason I like doing things alone is the fact I can do what I want with out some one bitching at me about doing it or not. Going and checking out new clubs it great fun with friends since I like drinking. Since getting out of the Navy, my drinking has gone way down to where I may have a drink once a week and sometimes even less often.
I had my days of running wild that will live with me always and I look back at some of the things I have done and I wonder how I am still alive today. I didn’t do crazy stuff like shy dive or budgie jump but just the stupid every day stuff some guys do. I know what saved me most if not all of the time is my own accountability for my actions. Yeah I got so drunk one night I blacked out 3 times but you know what, I never got that drunk again. There were nights when I found my self in the worst parts of Los Angeles at 3 or 4 in the morning just driving around, what the hell was I thinking? I have been robbed at gun point 3 times while working, been in 3 serious car crashes and a few bar fights too. I have wondered around foreign cities alone and never had any trouble, maybe I was just lucky! But its all about common sense anyway, you just have to keep your wits about you and always remember where you are. Being an American doesn’t mean jack shit when you are alone and confronted by someone who wants your stuff.
I’m told I am too trusting, maybe so but I give everyone a fair chance so if that is a bad thing, well ok, I can live with that fault. I just ask the same of those that meet me too. Old friends never leave my mind and are always with me as I wonder where they are now and if they remember me as I do them. Maybe that is one reason I posted my Home Page in the hope that maybe someone will say “hey I remember him”, and then drop me a line, ok I’m sentimental too, what can I say? But I have known some really cool people in my life and wouldn’t mind seeing them again. I met my 2 best friends in the world while in the Navy, Tony Dittmore and Larry Eckman both of these guys are totally different from each other yet each one and I share some common interest and we just hit it off better than I had with other.
I served 24 years in the U.S. Navy Seabees doing construction work as an Equipment Operator which for me was the best thing I could have done with my life. Before joining I had my shit together so that aspect of military life was no big deal to me. For the most part it was pretty easy; just do what you were told, and be where you were told to be and when you were told to there and that was it! Not hard for me at all. I have to honestly say I had a great time in the Navy. I got to see the world and do things I would have never thought of in my wildest dreams. I can’t explain why I was the way I was but I don’t greet it at all. I was your typical old fashion sailor, drank too much, listen to my stereo too loud, had a girl in every port if not more, and had my days of acting a fool while on liberty. Since I wasn't on ship I would be stationed in one location between 9 to 7 months. \this gave me the chance to learn about the people and the place, not to mention finding all the best clubs and girls. Places like the Philippines and Guam (during the early 80's) had to be some of the best time while my all time favorite has to be Midway Island with out any question. The year I spent there had was the best time of my Navy life. I’ll tell you this I have memories and friends unlike any other in the world and wouldn’t trade them for the world.
I made the rank of Chief Petty Office which was the best day of my life. For someone who is not in the U. S. Navy you have no clue what the rank of CPO holds in the way of pure power. The responsibilities that a CPO has are equal to the Junior Officers and in some cases higher. With my old fashion ways of Navy thinking I had to conform to the new Navy’s standards, which was not hard but at times we did clash but I learned a long time ago, “you can win a battle, but you will never win the war against the Navy”. I did a tour of duty in Somalia in 1993 where I saw death all around me, heard the gun shots and saw the blood in the street of Mogadishu which was my worst deployment. And that all I’ll say about that and me!
"Construimus Batuimus" --- "We Build, We Fight"
See the USS Bon Homme Richard section at the top for the ship visit I went on or click here
A new section has been added on thing I have learned over the years, as time goes by I'll add more section that may be of interest to you.
Warren's Singapore 2008 
