Clik here to view.
Exploiting the critical implementation weakness of kill boxes
Kill boxes can be established the moment hostilities are declared.But kill boxes have one critical implementation weakness: It takes time to populate these patches of land and sky, demarcated in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book preview: Honoring military women who defend Malaysia
If you're expecting the fictional war story in Pukul Habis to be fought mainly by a cast of Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) Malay male regulars, you're in for a disappointment.The book showcases MAF women...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book preview: Astros II rocket artillery
Eksesais Jengking Selatan means Exercise Southern Scorpion in the Malay language.It is the name of an actual deployment exercise by the Malaysian Army's Briged Artileri Roket, which is a formation I...
View ArticlePukul Habis (Total Wipeout) book trailer
Am pleased to share the trailer for Pukul Habis, a fictional story of war in Malaysia and Singapore. Pukul Habis will be out on Amazon on 22 November 2022 via this link.Writing a book is difficult...
View ArticlePukul Habis back story: Why did you choose a Malay title for the book?
If you are one of the early birds in Singapore or Malaysia who bought Pukul Habis, you should receive your copy of the war story in the first week of December - dates flagged by Amazon show deliveries...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pukul Habis books shipped out; reaches North American readers first
Thanks to Amazon's global supply chain, Pukul Habis has started reaching readers in North America! Here's a photo of the book in New York City Tuesday morning (22 Nov 2022).And the one below shows the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why isn't Pukul Habis sold in bookstores?
Short answer: I wanted the book to have a global reach.Here's the long answer:Pukul Habis was ready in early 2020 - pre-COVID. Before the pandemic shut down air travel, I had planned to fly to Bangkok...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Early bird price: Pukul Habis book
What an incredible reception to Pukul Habis: Total Wipeout, a fictional story of war in Malaysia and Singapore.Thanks to strong support from many early birds, Pukul Habis has been ranked as Amazon...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nice view of Malaysian IED jammer
Nice view of a special vehicle fitted with jamming equipment that was in the vanguard of the convoy for Malaysia's new Prime Minister.The forest of pokey bits on the roof are intended to disrupt and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pukul Habis back story: Introducing the Mersing Line
Note: No spoilers in this Pukul Habis back storyAlthough 22 years separate these two books, the two publications share common ground in one aspect: Defending the Lion City (published in 2000) and Pukul...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pukul Habis war story restocked; available on Amazon
Pukul Habis: Restocked with a new Amazon listing and ISBN, but exactly the same story of all-out war in Malaysia and Singapore.I hear that many readers in Malaysia and Singapore received the books...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pukul Habis gets its first review - on Amazon Japan!
A reader has given the Pukul Habis war story its first review - on Amazon Japan! I hear that a number of you have also finished the story. Hope you enjoyed it too and help spread the word. Please...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Special delivery: Pukul Habis book
Hi everyone,I am overseas this week. Will personally deliver a copy of my first novel to a special reader outside Singapore. Stay tuned. A friend from Kuala Lumpur emailed that he stayed up overnight...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Author's Note: Pukul Habis Total Wipeout book
Photo courtesy of Roy ChooAuthor's NoteThis book is a fictional story of war in Malaysia and Singapore, told mainly from the Malaysian perspective. The fighting involves weapons found in the armed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pukul Habis - Total Wipeout: Prologue
Because of the extensive front matter in Pukul Habis, the Look Inside function on Amazon shows you only part of the Prologue. Here's the full Prologue for those of you wondering what the rest of it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hi Mr David, In Pukul Habis, why didn't you write the story from Singapore's...
An early rendering of Pukul Habis' cover, showing a Royal Malaysia Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum flying away from the reader. Gino, the Brazilian artist who worked on the cover art, and I decided to have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 things to note about the RSN Invincible-class submarines, Impeccable and...
On Tuesday (13 December 2022), Singapore Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong officiated at the launch ceremony for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s second and third Type 218SG Invincible-class...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We're on Facebook: SenangdiriHQ
I have a new Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/SenangdiriHQ/, which all of you are welcome to visit. I will use Facebook to update you with spoiler-free, behind-the-scenes stories that tell more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunami
The Republic of Singapore Navy tank landing ship (LST), RSS Endurance, seen from the mass grave in Meulaboh, Sumatra. I joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Operations Flying Eagle team and the TNI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ponder the imponderable? It’s much harder than you think...
I'm sure someone out there is convinced that our guys (American military forces) will never lose, or a carrier can't be sunk, but is that good storytelling? A hero only shines when they're up against a...
View Article