Finally!

WOW. Finally, my 2-week confinement period is over O THANK U GOD. It's getting a little bit mendak/sian /monotonous to be inside Tekong 24/7.I'm so grateful to be back in the comforts of home. But still, I remind myself, "1 year 2 months to go Hikam..." ^^

Alot of things has happened this week, I don't even knw where to begin.
So this is what happened in a nutshell.

1st up, I finally received my permanent camp pass with my picture on it. But the picture of me in it was so pale, I look pasty white! O_O I'm sorry I can't post the pic, it's restricted =)
For the record, I was NEVER pasty and in fact, I'm tanned now k.

2nd up, I had an uneasy experience this week as I sent one of my recruits out to New Changi General Hospital for a referral by Pulau Tekong's Medical Officer (MO). My recruit had been checked by the doctor at the hospital, and we were just sitting around the waiting area while passing the time waiting for the next ferry timing to bring us back to camp, when suddenly, there was a loud commotion a few feet away from me, and I saw a middle-aged Chinese man stand up and in an aggressive posture and tone, spout vulgarities. His object of displeasure were three 'mats' or the equivalent of Malay Ah Bengs seated behind him. The mats also seemed to be in a confrontational mood. I was feeling nervous, and thinking "Oh Sheet. A fight is about to break out, there's no one else to maintain law and order...and I'm in army uniform! The public surely must be expecting me to do something! Oh sheet..." sez I. Thankfully, it turns out that there WAS a Police booth, and a police officer came along to defuse the tension. And the cause of the disagreement? As the story goes, them three mats were making a nuisance of themselves, sitting with their leg up against the chair in front in the typical mat way, and rocking the chair, which the middle-aged gentleman happened to be sitting in. Apparently, he asked them to stop behaving in such a manner, but the 3 mats, being mats, replied aggressively 'What?What?Not happy ah?". Attitude seh. Hence the anger. I don't blame the Chinese gentleman though. Sometimes the behaviour of Malay youths embarrasses me. And what's more, it's the middle of the Holy fasting month of Ramadhan! Astarghfirullahalazim.

3rd up,I did my good deed for the week. After a lecture at the main auditorium, I told my recruits to clear the litter in the surrounding area. After some time, a recruit sounded off to me, "Sergeant! Look what I've found!" and goodness golly gee. Guess what? It was a brand new Samsung digital camera! 6.0 megapixels, with the factory plastic still attached to the viewfinder.

WOW. What a black beauty. As I switched it on and browsed through the pictures, hoping to get a clue as to whom it belonged to, my eyes saw what looked like an African family starring in most of the pics. Slowly, it dawned on me... this African family must have been part of the new Singaporean citizens that I took on a tour of BMTC last week, and must have left the camera behind somehow...

As I pondered as to how I was going to return it, (obviously I'm not keeping it for myself...heh)
I browsed thru the pics again. And Voila! Therein lies the answer.A picture of a air-freight parcel that had an address on it. And so I tried my luck, as me and my brother drove off to East Meadows condominium at Tanah Merah and approached the guardhouse. The owner of the camera was pleased as punch ("Oooo camera!") that I had returned his missing valuable, and THAT lit up my day =)

And finally, I've at last handed over the birthday gift that I had been keeping with me to the intended recipient. Granted, it's been well over a week now since the birthday and it's well belated, but still, I was under confinement and this was the earliest opportunity I had to hand it over. And to think I skipped a trip to Johor with my family just so I can make time to meet up with the person, even if the person only could/wanted to meet for only 5mins, and even though we haven't met for months. I'd like to think that the person appreciated this little sacrifice, even though I didn't make it known to the said person. I hope YOU'RE happy with this little gift. I had specially put alot of thought into it, and I hope u realized the concept. *hint colour themed* Sorry no pics up for posting, as I don't really want anyone to know to whom the gift was meant for...

Birmingham vs Man Utd tonight! =)
The first Man Utd game I'm able to watch in a fortnight.