Back to Base

Had to get back to Base this morning, and was having mixed feelings about it. After all, it has been 1 1/2 years since I've left that hellish place.. so guess lotsa stuffs have changed, or it seems so. I'll break the travelling down...


External bus


On the way to the Base, I've noticed something interesting... in Singapore there's this place called Xilin Ave... and interestingly enough, we made use of the software Xilinx for our calculator/traffic light... geez...

The coast road's still in very bad shape, guess is that people have made use of the road so much that the authorities didn't really bother repairing, cos' there's no point in doing so... I guess...

And the land redevelopment by PUB... well, no more gaping chasms anymore. The place is now levelled with building on it...


Pass Office


That's one place that I would really scruntinise, cos' after all, I was from there... and not much has changed. Except that it's kinda more like those TOTO/4D shops. Book-in/out slips are left for visitors/contractors to help themselves with. Though the unit logo looks much cooler. And the S.S on duty. Put it this way. If they were my understudy then, they would surely get hell from me. WHAT THE *TOOT* THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE IS IT??!! Entry passes are no longer being placed carefully. Instead, they are slid along the plastic shield and they are like seriously showing *toot* attitude when changing passes! WTF. And I do think that one of them had hearing problems. Cos' I told them that they should be informed about ME COMING. And one of the jokers heard as INCOMING!!!

And the stupid bird. It's still so slack as ever. People still can enter the base with their freaking camera phones! I think they must be served 30 days RP and then they will know the seriousness of it...

And last of all... the total *toot*ing up of PO. I was issued a pass of which the serial number printed on the front and rear side is totally different, and what screwed up BIG TIME was that the pass was a green one. BUT. What was printed on the reverse was a red one. Hah. Well done PO. You managed to disgrace yourself in front of an ex-personnel.


fast forward



HQ


I nearly fainted when I saw the building. The building's still the same, no doubt, but what made the difference is the wordings on it.


HOME OF THE S.S.


My God! I was like... whoa, they're proud, ain't it... and the walls... painted with stuff by the S.S trainees... kinda like morale boosting stuff.. but for my 2 cents, I really think that it's lame...

Lucky that the clerks are still the same, though one of them quit and the other was posted to another base. I guess they're surprised to see me... haha.. Caught up with Sim, and yeah... glad that people still remembered me. And I finally got to see him. Haah. No comments, no badmouthing.


Canteen/Mart


Really glad that the auntie remembered who the hell I was, cos' I gave her kinda hell of a time in the past in her contractors entering.. haha.

MY GODMOTHER!!! I swear she was downright surprised to see me.. cos' I was very close to her during my stint... helping her with her contractors. Haha.. so chatted for quite some time, about her work, my studies and as always... whether I'm attached... lol...
She enlightened me a lot in that aspect.. though I wasn't really expecting much in that aspect.. simply taking things easy...

And last of all... apparently I'll be seeing them soon again... cos' I be charged for AWOL for IPPT... but I won't be penalised cos' I had MC... but the thought of being charged... it's just so darn lame...


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