Tuesday, March 4, 2008

HA! I just completed the pokemon:yellow jL lent to me. Hahaha, i'm going to borrow another cartridge from her to kill time man. School doesnt start in another month's time and i'm lazy to go get a job. So basically, my routine for now is to sleep at 12am, wake up at 12pm and do mindless stuff for the 12 hours i am awake. This is life yo. And there's actually training today. It's not like i can swim but i really do want to go down soooooo bad):

Anyway, all of you should have already heard (and this is out to those who do not read the papers and just get glued to the bed whole day long) about the escape of the JI leader. Yes, seriously dangerous. You might just get shot (touch wood) in the head by him along the streets one fine day and you will still be clueless when you reach heaven eventually. Because of this, an island (or rather regional) wide search for this walking time bomb is carried out. And this event really got me thinking. Here goes:
(Sorry for any errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation. Just lazy to do my grammar/spelling/punctuation check.)
It was only last Saturday, 1st March, when my Mom got a call from her boss that she was activated for the assignment of logistics stuff to the army. No, she aint no army woman. (Well, she used to be) She's a manager for the distribution of logistics items for major events such as this as far as i know. Her boss called her to tell her that the Ministry of Home Affairs Minister (i think) required 1000 bottles of sunblock lotion for the army boys to carry out this important mission. WTF?! 1000 bottles of sunblock and mind you, it was already 8 pm. Where to find so many bottles? The main concern here is: If they have already gone through such rigorous training in the army, why the need for sunblock in the first place?! The army is supposed to be a place for you to build up stamina and endurance in times of emergency like this, isnt it?

I totally agree with my sister that it wasnt the army's decision to actually use the sunblock but rather the Ministry's. This might be for the welfare of the army boys, no? But what i'm trying to get across here is that even secondary school kids can get through 4 years of intense military band trainings under the blazing hot sun, marching their lungs out and playing through their smelly mouthpiece without the use of sunblock, (yes, not even one 5cent coin of lotion) why cant the people who decided to get sunblocks for the army put some faith in their boys and trust that they wont moan and groan about getting into the hot sun?

You might have already started calling me "hyped-up" and bitchy over stupid sunblocks but this matter killed my night severely. Every 2 minutes, someone would call my mom to update her about the items, spoiling much of my awaited mahjong game at granny's place. Our whole family had to leave the mahjong table at 10pm or so (we usually play till 12 plus) because my mom had to go back to office. Final outcome? They decided not to distribute the sunblocks anymore when we got home. Tsktsk. What's there not to be upset about??

Anyway, kudos to the team of committed people who are in search for the JI leader now. (i cant spell him name for nuts) And to all out there, please keep a look out because it has been reported that there might be a slight possibility that he is still in Singapore.

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