Once again, we’ve taken on a new role for the next two weeks – sun tanning at the Padang. Well, seriously as my CO (commanding officer) puts it (as he spoke to us today), we are construction workers. Yeah, we are the ones to do all the manual labour as …

Yep, the subject probably summed up the atmoshphere at the Padang and the surrounding areas, the National Day Parade not only got the audience in delirium, but definitely the onlookers all around from Marina Square to the Esplanade. To say there was pandemonium at the Esplanade would be a massive …

This was something interesting I forgot to post about during my last Padang guard duty. I was doing duty with this malay guy and as we were heading back to City Hall at night, a lady approached him and started talking to him as if she knew him. Since the …

Burnt my saturday and sunday and half of my monday, and rewarded with just about 1.5 days off, how nice once again, and at the same time meaning I missed my auntie’s birthday celebrations. Really, I’m now an extremely disgruntled soldier, for all the effort and work we put in …

As the reserve for the Padang guards, I never expected to be called back into action ever again after my officer allowed them to stay out and not return to camp till after NDP – effectively meaning you work 1 day and get 2 days off. So it was to …

The day started on a hilarious note, once again with my platoon-mate (yes the one who volunteered for a strip search at range, and slightly smarter than Private Khor (read Adventures of Private Khor & The Finale). Hmm, maybe I should give him a name – alright Private Lee it …

My tenure as a guard @ the padang came to an end today, hopefully, provided no one reports sick or somehow or rather can’t make it (though its likely someone could conveniently fall sick over the weekend). Why would I not be surprised if the guy who is about to …