What a day!

Yesterday's duty was one of the slackest I have so far.. but quite shiong in the beginning, becos I performed duty non-stop from 0900-1900!! Then its rest/sleep for me from 1900-0500! So you can say I have at least 8 hrs sleep =), and this is so so rare lah!.. All thanx to the sgt who planned the detailing, whom I think is 3SG Yifu! =).. Thanx ah if you are reading this blog of mine =)

Anyway, my first duty started with me and my other shift mate guarding a gate and there is nothing to look forward to, except tat the daily free lunch tat the uncle provides complimentry from his company! =).. and guess wat! I was actually waiting earnestly lah, but it didnt happen! No one gave us lunch.. so were thinking its either the uncle forgot all abt it, or the uncle didnt come yesterday to work.. so ya.. But thank goodness we were off duty at 1300, therefore, I went back to guardroom to eat my lunch lah! So ya..

Then its consecutive duty for 6 hrs until 1900. Then its staff parade and off I slept for the nite.. As I was abt to sleep, I had a slight "blanket party" frm my shift mates, becos they told me tat I was one of the lucky 3 fellows who most probably do not need to do SAF Day Parade Rehearsal!! But I was in a half sleepy mode, so I was like didnt care abt them and juz sleep loh! =)

Then this morning came, and its me waking up at 0440 (to get ready for my 0500 duty!), and I was actually perspiring, becos my friend had actually face the fan somewhere else.. haix.. but I woke up liaox.. wat to do?

Went over to do my dismounting table from 0500-0900. Felt very tired.. think becos I like sleep too much until shiok liaox.. I almost wanted to give in to the ZZZ monster but I didnt la! Eevrytime I wanted to sleep, I juz kept doing things, until abt an hour later, I started to feel awake lah!

The morning was usual lah.. do all those clearing up stuff as well as also make sure everything is in order and stuff.. and then I did some admin things for my shift (practically I have to make sure almost every single detail tat deals with my duty at table is done properly lah.. for example, make sure the books are closed at 2359, the boards are updated and clean, etc..)

So the day pass by until one difficult female 2WO came to change pass.. here is the scenerio!..

This 2WO was suppose to go into my base and she has alias with some of the ppl in my base of her presence today.. She was suppose to go collect some stores (dun koe for wat lah!..).. then this is how I started the conversation..

The 2WO passes me her 11B and her book in slip.

Me: "Hi."
2WO: *no reaction.*

Me: "May I know where u are going mad'm?"
2WO: "I'm going to Place A."

Me: *thinks where is Place A (this is becos different places in my base wld need a different pass!)*
2WO: *stares at me*

Me: *further clarify the place by giving her more options*
2WO: *gives me alternative names for Place A, until she settled for one alternative name (let's juz say this Place A.1).*
"you mean you don't know where is Place A.1?"

Me: *thinks for a while, and trying at the same time to mouth some other names for the place tat I know.*
"Izzit Place B?"
2WO: "Yaya.. Place B."

Me: "Mad'm, you got any escort or any clearance as in email to prove ur presence? Becos our base policy is tat if you do not have the above 2 things, I'm afraid we can't let you into the base."
2WO: *showing signs on her face of being fed up*
"I'm in army leh. If I'm a civilian, you can have the right to question me and stuff. But I'm in army leh. Why you can't let me in?"

Me: *dun koe wat to say, and therefore, I pyed to my PC and ask him his decision on the situation and at some point, I ask back the qns tat my officer called me to ask her!*
2WO: *she repeats herself*
"Hello! (in a very pissed off manner) You know or not? I'm in army leh. If I'm a civilian, you can have the right to question me and stuff. But I'm in army leh. Why you can't let me in?"

Me: *my PC pyed back his decision, and I told him all the answers tat the 2WO had told me. No clearance, no escort. And he then ask me to call Place B to check of her presence, but I rejected tat order from my PC to call Place B, becos at tat time, it was 0730 and Place B doesnt open till 0800. I then cannot take anymore of this 2WO nonsense becos if I do so, I wld juz explode lah! So I immediately ask him to come to talk to the 2WO instead*
"Sorry mdm, my officer wld speak to you instead.."
2WO: *gives me tat kind of pissed off look again!*

Then I actually held quite a long queue becos of this matter, becos I was all alone at table and tat time is quite peak hour liaox, so quite a lot of ppl.. Though I try my best to hasten the speed, however, I wld try to do everything in order and not haphazardly!

Anyway, I then ask the person whether he is going to restricted places of the base, which again requires a different pass. And juz as I finish my sentence, the person told me, "I Sembawang ppl".. I was then thinking to myself.. "of course I koe lah! I can see ok..".. and he not saying the 3 words, "I sembawang ppl!" in a nice and polite way loh! He speaks as if he was pissed off! I was then thinking to myseld, "Well, I can do nothing! I'm the only one in there and you juz happen to be so unfortunate to be behind tat problematic 2WO! and you are blaming me for being too particular and stuff or holding uo your time? I dun care lah! You have to wait!"

But of course, I didnt keep him waiting.. I was juz thinking abt tat myself lah at tat pt of time! =)
Then as if its not over, the 2nd person after him also told me he is sembawang ppl.. and I tell you.. I juz somewhat brush him off after he finish saying his 3 words, "I sembawang ppl", and then I replied, "i koe i koe".. fwah! tat 3 words juz irritates me lah! arghh!!

After talking abt 5 minutes to the 2WO, my officer came in and he actually called the pt of contact tat the 2WO provided him, and he told me to issue the 2WO her pass.. And after giving her the pass, she did not thank me.. she thank my PC instead! I was like "ok.. what a difficult 2WO to please! and she didnt even showed her gratitude to me! arghh!".. I wondered what am I going to do to her if she comes for her nxt trip to my base.. she better hope I forget who she is due to her STM or else.. *evil grin*.. I dun koe lah! Who koes.. I may not remember her at all.. whahaha..

Thru tis 2WO thing, I then start to realise how difficult the world is, esp. in the working world! I'm sure if I meet customers, ppl are gonna get more nasty than this lah! So haix.. juz take it as a lesson lah!

Dismounted duty and got news frm my bunk mates and stuff tat the news of me not going to SAF Day Rehearsals was true lah!! My friend then ask me whether I want to go.. and I paused for a moment to choose my answer..

I then asked boon sen, "all of our bunk mates going?"
Boon sen then replied, "ya.. all going"..
I then replied, "ok loh! Go for SAF Day loh!"..

They thought I was joking initially, but after much probing, they confirm tat I going lah! Even the 18 yr old guy, called Randy, actually ask me whether i was shack? I then replied "no lah.. why?".. he then said, "you sure u want to give up ur exemption frm SAF Day? you shack until you dun koe what u toking rite?".. I then gave a firm "no!" lah!

You all muz be thinking, wah! Abriel so garang.. want to wayang.. but actually no loh! This is becos I dun really koe how to explain, but the gist of my stand to go to SAF Day Rehearsal is simple.. its simply like I feel its not very nice for me to like juz sit down and see my friends suffer in the sun whilst on parade, whilst I'm either slacking away or sleep in bunk.. its juz not rite lah I feel! My motto is simple.. one for all and all for one! Moreover, my bunk ppl are my good and closest friends becos we all came from paya lebar fdc course and also been thru thick and thin together.. so naturally, I wld feel tat strong friendship bond with them lah! Moreover, been thru with them GOH last yr too and in the same bunk for abt a yr liaox, so ya.. naturally, we all bond together lah =).. so ya.. so to put it simply, its juz a word to make me give up the exemption of going for SAF Day, "FRIENDSHIP".

Then bathe and came home by cab (share with boon sen of course) to have lunch.. then its me proceeding to UOB @ Toa Payoh to check my Visa Debit Mini linkage of account status, becos apparently I had a 10 min duration call with the UOB Customer Officer yesterday and what she told me was quite redundant! She actually said my card was not linked yet, though its already 1.5 wks liaox since I sent the acknowledgement slip (and on the paper, they said tat it needs up to 7 days!).. blah blah blah.. then finally, she told me tat the have an immediate linkage, I shld proceed down to the bank instead.. and then I ask her the final qn.. "if I dun go down to UOB and wait for my card to be activated via the acknowledgement slip, wld you all like send me a letter to notify me tat my card is linked?"
She then replied, "no sir."
I was like "ok.. then how do I koe whether it is successfully linked or by when do I know?"
She then said, "you can juz do transactions with ur card and see whether it goes thru loh, or you can go down to the bank to check but before proceeding down, you can call us to check the linkage status!"..
I was like "duh.." then said thank you and I put down my phone..

So thinking of its juz yesterday my card has not been linked yet, therefore, I made a trip down to UOB @ Toa Payoh loh! And when I went to the teller, she checked my card and after tat, she said its linked liaox! I was like "WTH! Made a wasted trip liaox.."

But it didnt appear so.. manage to buy toa payoh rojak for lunch to share with my mum lah =).. yummy..

Came back home and on this blog liaox loh!

sorry for being so longwinded in this blog.. tats juz me lah! Like to be ever so detailed =)..

k lah.. I dun think I will come online or blog tml, becos I dun think I have the time to come home lah!.. SAF Day rehearsals are whole day, so therefore, by the time I'm back frm SAFTI to my base and then home, dun koe wat time liaox, and by time, I still have to be in camp by 2300, becos the nxt day (thurs) have NDP rehearsals. so ya.. this wk is gonna be a busy wk becos its rehearsals, rehearsals and more rehearsals.. haix..

Oh.. I'm gonna watch Spore Idol tml (now becoming a fan of it liaox loh!).. becos the 2 contestants of Singapore Idol I know them lah.. here are their profiles on Singapore Idol webbie.. *Click on their names to access*

(a) Randy Chua - who is my secondary sch mate and we were in the same CCA in sec 1. I then found him on friendster thru my friend's profile, and added him.. and said hi and stuff! In fact, I even saw him dancing with SAF MDC (Singapore Armed Forces Music & Drama Company)last yr at my airbase's anniversary celebrations, and he claimed tat he saw me too! Man! What a small world!

(b) Terence Tay - who is my godbrother's (derek) friend lah! Juz saw him on Randy's friendster, and then juz surf and explore and then I saw him lah! And I was so surprised to see him being associated with derek! Best loh! man.. so no harm of geting more friends in friendster, I added him into friendster, and surprisingly, he added me too =)..

Oh.. so can't wait for terence's performance tml (wed - 31/5) and randy's performance (wed - 14/6) both on Singapore Idol! =)

So here's doing a free advertisement for Terence (if you find him familiar, he actually acts in the sitcom, "Living With Lydia" on Channel 5 like 1-2 yrs back!).. anyway, here are his performance details:

Show: Singapore Idol Season 2 (The Piano Show)
Date: 31st May 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 8pm-9pm
Location: Channel 5

and whether he gets into or not, here are the details..

Show: Singapore Idol Season 2 (The Results Show LIVE!)
Date: 1st June 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 8.30pm-9pm
Location: Channel 5

Ok lah.. done enuf ranting and providing too much details.. later gonna go out and watch my long awaited movie, "X Men 3: The Last Stand" with Mingjun, then we have dinner and we'll go back camp together becos both of us are involved in SAF Day Rehearsals lah! =).. have very high expectations for X Men 3.. the movie had not better disappoint me! =)

Ok gtg liaox..

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 141 DAYS to ORD!!

Cya around ppl,
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