Today has been how u say....
shitty.
Its been a shitty day.
It started out bad. I knew it was gonna be a shitty day even before the sun rose. Because today, I had to go to Changi Naval Base. For those who don't know.. I live in Clementi, which is in the west side of Singapore... Changi is in some godforsaken corner all the way in the east of this fine little island. Get my point then?
Yar.. Had to go there to play Ultimate Frisbee in some formation level game for RSN day. Navy Day la.. basically. Nonsense shit. So I had to take the bloody early train to Tanah Merah and take a shuttle bus to the base. I fell asleep on the bus. So I didn't see anything on the way in. Remember this. It make sense again later in my frickin story.
So I ended up showing up 30mins late, and totally not in the proper attire, I wanted to go there then change. But since I was late I decided to just go for the briefing in what ever I was wearing.. which probably wasn't very nice.
ANYWAY. There was this tiny little thing in the changing room that happened. See I was pretty much alone at the base, didn't really know anyone. So I wanted to dump my stuff in the lockers in the changing room.. thing is.. all the "public ones" were taken up. The only ones left were for "NAVAL STAFF" what the hell does that mean? NAVAL STAFF. I'm a BMT PC. Does that count? I dunno. So I ask the WO there, can use or not. He say cannot.. for Naval Staff. DUh!~ Ok.. so I don't use the ones labelled naval staff la.. can or not? he say cannot.. those on THIS side are for NAVAL STAFF. ALL of them. yea.. o..k... I went away.. came back.. and asked again.. can or not? cause there were some NOT labelled NAVAL STAFF. He was clearly irritated but finally relented and just waved at me. Use la use la.
yay!
So I change up.. and off for my good game of Ultimate Frisbee! My opponents! Our lovely neighbours over at NDU! Long story short, final score, 10 - 1. NOT to our advantage of course.
So I'm walking back to the lockers bare bodied, cause I dumped the sweaty jerseys with who ever was collecting them. I was.. the ONLY bare bodied guy there. Everyone else was in their smart looking no.3. Which is white shirt and black pants la.. in case you non army people dunno wat toking me.
So as I approach the toilet, I see the same WO who was denying me the lockers just now. Now he's denying me the use of the whole toilet! Apparently some big shot colonel was in there.. ok loh.. so I hid in the other side of the toilet. ( it was a big toilet with like.. 2 parts ) pacing up and down.. waiting.. waiting.. occasionally i would check to see if the WO was still there. Finally I saw that he wasn't! ok.. so i went on to try and get my stuff.. then I see 2 colonels inside. I was like.. eh.. haven't go yet ah.. ok loh.. so I turn around to leave. Then I see the WO staring at me. " Eh.. you cannot wait is it?" HOW I KNOW!? He left his post to go tok kok with his fren leh.. still blame me. BLEH
ok.. so after that shitty incident, which isn't much la.. I changed back to simpler clothes.. sat at some corner.. waiting for the whole shitty thing to end. The bus would come at 11.. it was abt.. 9.50.. then some guy tells me no more matches liao.. so i take that as "you can leave if you want" So I think.. k la.. take a public bus out.
NOW. remember how I said I was asleep as the bus came in? See if I was awake, I would have noticed how BLOODY ULU that place is. The nearest busstop from the camp is 6 frickin' kilometers away!! I ended up walking out till 1030.. only to realised I was no where near any form of public transport. So I turned around on this loooong straight treeless road, and walked back to camp. Just in time to join the line of 100 over guys waiting for the frickin' buses.
When I finally get back to Tanah Merah station, I noticed there was bus 14. That would take me straight home. Sure, it'll take a long time, but nmind la. can sleep. So i hop onto the next 14 that came by. shake leg shake leg. then next thing i know I'm in Bedok terminal station.. I TOOK THE BUS THE WRONG FRICKIN DIRECTION!!!!
So i grab the bus back.. took a frickin' 1hr 45 mins to get home.
still had to go camp after that.
wheeee
sucky day huh?