Near-Accident And Being The Convoy Commander at Sentosa
Well, another week has gone by. What happened over the week was that on Friday two weeks ago (2nd Sept), one of my platoonmates was operating a hangar door when the sliding door came crashing down, when I was standing 2-3m away from the door. WHOA. CO came down, then followed by our RSM and WOs, and S3, etc. The end result is that the entire complex hangar doors were taped up with white tape the following Monday, and notices pasted on the door and control boxes to not operate the door until further notice. Way to go, dude.
Friday was our SQN’s HEARTS programme, where we interacted with kids from Chen Su Lan Childrens’ Home. The location was at Sentosa. so early morning we had a bus ride from our camp to the island, where we went into Sentosa Cove, and into private property still under construction called One°15. It had berths for your boats to park there, and an unobstructed view to the CBD area (once completed). The whole place, even just by LOOKING at it, is only for the rich, by the rich. Anyway, the kids arrived there had two quick programmes before lunch, and then took a ride in our SQN personnel cars - decorated with balloons, streamers, ribbons, etc. - (CO, S1, S2, S3, RSM, my PS and probably one or two more personnel’s cars that I forgot) to Palawan Beach for games there. Our RSM had this idea that me (cameraman) & a 3SG colleague (SQN photographer) and 2 other photographers (Air Force News magazine) should sit in his car and take photos of the convoy while moving to Palawan Beach…and I’m the one to video the whole thing from the sunroof of his station wagon. Whoa. Visions of a 3 ton car jamming the brakes and my body being sliced into two comes into mind as I remember the rumoured accidents that happen to the people in tanks, APCs, etc. in the Armour units during training. Fortunately we were travelling at a slow and constant speed, so there wasn’t sudden deceleration which would cause me to fly out or get cut in half. Overall, it was a cool and fun experience to film standing on the front passenger seat, facing the rest of the convoy behind my RSM’s car.
Saturday was my birthday, but it was pretty much a normal Saturday like any other. I had driving lessons in the morning and after that, took a trip to Pasir Ris Park for a telematch organized by my friend’s church which lasted from about 4pm to 7pm. On the way back, I stopped by White Sands’ Comics Connection outlet, which stocked alot of stuff that the outlets near my place don’t. Also spotted Gundam Seed Destiny episodes 1 to 13 out on VCD. Got for myself as a birthday present, Battlefield 2. After the short stop, I went back home to have a takeaway Pizza Hut dinner with my family.
Well, I’m off to camp now. Won’t be contactable over the weekend because I’m outfield, so don’t be surprised when you guys try to reach me by phone.