the thing that really irks me about Panther is that no matter how much u hate him (i.e. to the fucking apple core), u still have to appreciate his presence in Echo Company.zzzz. like just this week? Panther was off to Thailand on friday, to help out in the tsunami aid thingy. which meant that he wasn't lurking around at echo coy on friday. this was necessarily supposed to be a good thing. because: 1) we wouldnt have to wake up at 0500, and fall in by 0545 to listen to his daily banter in the morning (read: morning briefing). 2) he wouldn't be in the OB office which meant that OBs would be spared from getting screwed upside down. 3) he wouldn't be around in the evening, so the whole company wouldn't have to walk out together (seriously, which company other than Echo has this lame policy? where all squads must walk out at the same time? its coz of this lame rule that i've been booking out late for the past few weeks zzzz)

talk about peace in Echo ever since the fit squad came. so we were all damn eager about friday, coz it was supposed to be extremely slack, since Panther was not around. but what do we get? Fadzalie, Sam, Shahideen arriving in the morning. complaining about people smoking in the barracks (duh, whats new?lol.). and then, the interesting thing was, Fadzalie alleged that there was "a big fight in Echo coy, among Prep course trainees, i have witnesses". wtf? okay, so he was right partly. coz there indeed was a fight among squad 52 members, but we managed to break it up and it seriously wasn't a huge fight, and besides, it occured way back in jan, even before the fit squads arrived. so why the weird timing? why come to Echo coy months later, and threaten to confine the company?

NOT to mention, that wasn't the only confrontation. in the afternoon, when the muslims were having prayers (the only time on fridays when we non-muslims can really slack in our barracks), Echo was infiltrated by Adam, and that Tan guy (the FI who has an indian name, looks malay, and speaks fluent chinese). and what were they there for? they wanted to sweep the entire company for contraband items. zzz. luckily for my bunk the lighter was disposed earlier, and the ciggs were stashed away in someone's locker. what happened in the end was, after all the room inspections, the FIs confiscated all handphones that were switched on (wtf) "coz you're not supposed to use your phone during training hours".

seriously, i doubt that all this shit would have happened if panther was around. hell, these NS FIs dont even dare to step into the company when he's around.

hence, from reading the above, you can see why i dread booking in on sunday. having Panther around is both a boon and a bane. ARGHHHHH why the heck did i end up in Echo company??!?!?!?

p.s. am i infringing the Police Force Act or the OSA by posting this entry?

p.p.s. sigh. seriously. policemen have no lives at all. we are all mere puppets, slaves of the government.