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Well, bad enough i had to stumble on days where there are water rationing to be carried out.

Not so much of rationing but rather pipe works carrying out on my block that caused the temporary stoppage in water.

It was just like another day when i finished my night shift and zonked out on the bed upon reaching home. When i woke up to bathe, it was only then i realised. I was thinking, sometimes we really take it for granted. Turning on the tap and expecting water to be flowing out of it.

Talking about that, my Internet modem gave up on me the other day, giving myself a perfect excuse to get a new toy.

I was literally stoning at home the days without internet. It seems like having a computer is nothing without internet connection. Just like not connected to the rest of the world but on an island of your own. So sad.

Why are we so attached to this world. So much that we can’t actually be independent with the things around us, or is it just me.

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Your view on yourself:

Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They’ll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don’t judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren’t necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people’s eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:

Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Your views on education

Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:

You’re a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you’ll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It’s time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

It’s almost 6 months that i have been under the Enlistment Act serving my “term”. Well, now i have truly tasted what it feels like, when other people say that serving NS is just another 2years that you waste your time, doing things that are not your cup of tea.

Hearing this obviously is not good news. Well, i’ve got posting which apparently ain’t to my liking. I got posted to the charge office in alpha division though. Which i will be expecting to meet loads of criminals everyday, doing escort duties and such.

Hopefully i will get to experience more and learn more stuffs until i ORD which is like not very soon.

Currently attending the PIC course, which will end on Monday. Well, to a certain extent i like attending course is that it’s super slack and all we have to do is sit and listen, though it can be boring at times.

For the past one month, I have been opscon-ed. Shan’t elaborate so much, but my job is pretty much to prevent MSk from fleeing, since he’s so much on the run now.

What i can say after a month would be that division life and training command life is vastly different. What we learnt in theory might not come in handy when dealing in real life situations. More practical skills and tactics should then be applied to prevent the situation/issue to aggravate. Many of such things we do not actually learn during lessons, it’s more of realizing and learning on the way when we actually deal with it.

Man on ground is indeed the one that does the most work, sad to say though.

I realised i haven’t posted any of me in Police Uniform though being in the force for almost half a year.

Here are some, and the others taken at my point where i was stationed for 1 month.

I must special mention this dog. His name is Johnny. We believed that he was abandoned by his owner, as it is able to interact very well with human beings, esp POs. Hence it will follow us during our rovings, making us look like K9 unit somehow. It helps “guard” our post by sitting and sleeping in front of it though. Pretty lazy i must say, but its really obedient.

Some sunset view..

Well, if based on these pictures you can decipher where my post is.. Good for you then.

The next phase of police life is going to start, gear up and get ready to give it all..!

Wearing the blue uniform makes me have a different look and view of how teenage nowadays behave and act.

It’s rather shocking that such things are actually are happening and this really reflects on their parental upbringing and school’s teaching. On the bigger picture, the evolution of the whole society; where they’ve grown to become much more daring and oblivious to the people and things around them.

Well, i’m not trying to say that during my time i was a good boy the follow strict rules and such. But never have i tried to punk around with the hands of the law.

Just a few days ago, me and my partner came across these group of kids in school uniform sitting at the parapet near the beach. We decided to move in and conduct some checks on them.

Due to the landscape of the place, it is very easy to spot POs patrolling, especially in our distinct blue uniform and equipments.

So, when they saw us approaching. One guy stood up and walked further up the parapet to sit down.  So we started asking them what are they doing here, in school uniform and sorts. They seem to be a little defensive about their actions.

When my partner asked ” got smoke anot?” One of them replied almost immediately.

“we got no cigarette.” 

Such answers only lead one to more suspicion to whether to search their possession.

After taking down particulars, we got them to leave the place. We comb the surrounding a little and realised that there is a pack of Menthol Lights in the bushes. I went down and retrieve and there were still like 5-6 sticks left inside.

It’s quite obvious that they threw it there, in fear that we search their bags to finding contraband items.

It appears that earlier on the guy that walked further up threw the pack of cigarette there.

Those teenagers were only 14years old.

What is the world coming to..?

It was only one week ago when i booked in to HTA, thinking of all the POP rehearsals training that i would have to face.

But all these happened like it was all planned.

The past week of wearing the blue uniform meeting the public have made me understand better, what do the people really expects of us.

In this real world, we in this uniform are expected to uphold the law, be the law enforcer…. But do people come across their mind that we police are also human.

All the stories and encounters my partners and all have to say when they are attending to their message, sounds interesting and weird at times.

Tomorrow morning is morning shift, sleep is precious for now.

12hours is a long long time.

so long…

Some anonymous people are asking me to continue blogging, despite knowing that most of the entries will be filled in with pretty much the same content as before.

Well, i have no idea who “chuks ugoji” is, though the comments look like spams, but somehow they make a little sense.

At this point of time, i have cleared all the possible tests and exams that SPF put in place for me. All i’m waiting now would be the long-awaited Passing Out Parade (POP).

That’s on the happier note, on the sad note, there’s still 3 weeks left. Which means that we will be having full 3weeks of POP rehearsals which is utmost boring because all you do is march and march. What’s worst is the standing still part, where moving an inch will cause one into great trouble.

With a mere 3 weeks left, it means that the squad will probably have another 3 weeks or so left too before being despatch to our new divisions and units. So, will the friendship last..

It’s interesting to see the varying kinds of people with different characters in NS. It’s one of the few chances wear people of different character.

One of the few that i can’t stand most are those who say and act differently. These are the people who are the most despicable, secretly doing things in the sly and make people think they are angels.

But sorry, in Daryl’s eyes, you are worse than crap.

Anyone wants to attend the Police POP parade. Details as follow.

7th May Home Team Academy

Time is TBC

Till then..

It’s great that the concert ended with a big bang, standing ovation. Marvelous.

Yesterday was probably one of the greatest day ever, in this year so far.

Thanks to all that made the effort to come down and support, though to some of you it might not be the best way you would like to spend the valuable Saturday away, but nonetheless you guys came.

Couple of minutes till i depart back “home”.

Till then..

The performance is just tomorrow. All the best to all fellow musicians.