Sidetracks; THE DRAIN PEOPLE!!! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!!

Well, most of you that weren't there to see it for yourself must be wondering what the hell are those people doing in a drain, well all will be explained shortly. It all started with a planned outing between me and sharmin, (vanessa could have come, but she had her difficulties :S) well, we wanted to play basketball, so I took us to the nearest I knew, but that court was occupied with irritating pros and durians (ah lians). I knew of another court, but it was rather far, but sharmin seemed fine with it, so we went ahead to the other court. To get to the court, we had to go through the park, so this is how the story of the drain came along. We were walking, when we came to this drain, and we noticed that people were in there, I said it was nothing new, as I have cycled past there and have seen people down there before, but I could only assume that they were looking for fish or doing fishing, because I never really stopped to take a good look. Well, this time I did, and what a sight it was. The people there, WEREN'T fishing! They were actually collecting drain water for who knows what. Furthermore, if it were to be for drinking, is it even edible?! Didn't the water come from, let's see, THE TOILET?! Anyway, we even saw some bikers sitting in the drain with the water pouring down on them, whilst they chatted and laughed, my eyes could only grow as large as golfballs, as I was incredulous at the sight I was witnessing. Anyway, that's about it for the drain people, could someone please find out what really happened to get those people there? I have ideas:
1. They are poor people, and have to resort to save water by using the drain's water.
2. The bikers are there because they saw the poor people there using the drain water and thus thought it might be safe to have the same water pouring over their heads and entering their mouths. (The clinic's going to be rather busy...)
3. The water's clean, and the "drain" had become a local pit stop.
Well, I really want to find out. Anyway, the basketball court that we were headed to was empty, except for some guys playing soccer...in a...basket..ball court... ANYWAY, sharmin and I got to play our b-ball, and she somehow managed to get the ball stuck onto the hoop, it was hilarious, but lucky for us there was another guy around for us to use his ball to get mine down, if not I might have had to use my slippers which is rather "tak glam", since we were surrounded by other people after all. Well, after the game, we both walked to the nearest train station, then there was this great field, and sharmin suggested we cross it to get to the station, but it was a good thing we didn't considering that there was a PATH that led to the station cutting through the field, but it was rather hidden so we didn't really see it till much later. The thought of us crossing the great field, with bugs, and animal waste, whilst others took the safe path was quite hilarious too. Well, in the end, we took our train, and got home. It was all in all a fun trip, but dammit, it would have been more fun if 'someone' came along. *looks at that 'someone' really dangerously...* xD Alright, so that's it for this post, and hey, don't forget to give me your opinions on why the hell were the drain people there.

Sidetracks; AWAKENED!

I know I have not posted for the past few days, so allow me to fill you in on the happenings in my life (BORIIIIIIIIIING!). Alright, well, basically, the exams have started, and English's the first paper. The section on compositions was quite alright, considering that the topics they gave us were rather easy to write about. The topics consisted of writing about a conflict between ourselves and a friend, or just love. Well, the problem I am worried about, is that I actually wrote more than I should, and I heard that they will just mark till the cut off point and that's it, and ALL my important points are at the back (DAMMIT!). Anyway, other than that, the rest of the first part turned out fine. Then came section two. Comprehension, and it was something about giants and a korean playboy. Well, I am glad that's over, but this is just the beginning, and what better way to remind myself, than to have my A maths and Mother Tongue teacher both give us tests on the same day right after our English paper? Well, I suppose that's how school life is. Work piles up, and yet this is still nothing compared to what's to come in the future when we enter the work life. Life's becoming rather monotonous, let's see what happens to turn things around. Till then, let's all just try to survive.

Sidetracks; The Late Fifteen!

This was really hilarious! Yeah, I was celebrating my birthday a day late, but I was really happy when my sister's friend and her brother surprised me with this, haha! They know I like fruits, so they replaced the cake, with? A PEAR! Really got me laughing, it was really nice of them to have thought of this too. I was rather moody when I didn't get to celebrate my birthday with anyone else except my sister, and a few of my friends. But this has certainly cheered me up! This is the most hilarious cake I have ever seen, haha! I am really happy now, I can't stop repeating myself! They got me a present too, I was really touched. The present was a really cool shirt, and a extremely funny yet awesome cap. AMERICAN NEW FOX AND RUSTY PECKER! I AM ANIMALIZED!

Sidetrack; Playing The Piano? Dude, you ARE random!

Yes, I know, I switch topics really quickly, one minute's about NPCC, the next, I am playing the piano and taking pictures while doing it (come on, capture the moment!). Anyway, it was rather fun when van, sharmin and the pig, I mean, devi, came over. It was fun, yeah, I kept saying "it's quite mad" and "don't nonsense", so much that sharmin, I believe got quite fed up with that, but hey I was nervous about you all coming over! But it was fun that they came over, but not till they realized that my house is a boring place, (but you guys should have checked out downstairs), and my room, even more so. All they could do was play the computer, read my dumb comics, or listen to me play my keyboard, like what the hell's going on right? So sorry that my place was such a bore, could have made it more fun if I had been given ample notice though! I do have board (bored) games for us to play when the situation gets out of hand (more boring), y'know. Well, that's about it for this post.
P.S. The suit's for a dinner, but I had not changed out of my house shorts yet when I took this picture, so, WHAT THE HECK.

Sidetracks; SO THIS IS THE LAST PARADE! *We'll carrrrrry oooonnnnn...*

It's over, the last parade, before my school undergoes PRIME, which involves the rebuilding of the school. We were all extremely overjoyed that the parade was over, yet at the same time, there's the feeling of loss. We all knew that we had to give our best in this final parade, and so we did. And in my opinion, it was a success. Everyone went out and strutted their stuff, and really gave the best parade they could give. Since we were part of the parade, apparently, people couldn't save us seats up in the hall where the concert was going on, so we had to make do, by just staying downstairs and taking pictures. It was rather fun though, going around taking pictures in our number ones. So, basically, it all turned out well. I had wanted to get a sword to take the picture with, but too bad, there were people everywhere, so I had to make do with the flag. (Damn.) On a lighter note, my friend and I once again, even though it was the real deal, we still made ourselves laugh by adding another nonsensical idea to the list. Here it is.
The List:
9. Imagine, if instead of the Guest Of Honour, some guy from elsewhere drives into the school, during the part where the Guest Of Honour's supposed to arrive, drove to the dais, got off, and holding onto his map, goes up the stage, and before anything, everyone, thinking he's the Guest Of Honour begins their salute, and after the salute, the guy just goes, "Eh, this doesn't seem to be my house..." (Alright, I thought of the idea of someone else instead of the GOH coming in, I didn't go as far as my friend as to think of the nonsense such as the map and house thing.)

MUAHAHAHAHA! I TOOK THE DRUM WITHOUT PERMISSION. HELL YEAH! \m/

Sidetracks; Speech Day NONSENSE! (The journey through the imaginary minds of my friends and myself.)

You guys must be looking at the picture going, "Riiiight...Another Speech Day photo moment..." Well, it's to add to the topic that I am on today. Which is, CRAP that my friend and I think of during serious parades! We will be standing there, supposedly serious, but what goes through our minds isn't how straight we should stand, or the commands we should be hearing out for. No, we imagine. Apparently, that purple dinosaur had influenced us alot. Anyway, here's a list of nonsense we thought about, for those who knows how parades are conducted, perhaps you might understand better.
The List:
1. Imagine, if the Guest Of Honour came in on a motorbike.
2. Imagine, if he wore bermudas.
3. Imagine if the Guards Of Honour began using their rifles, "Terminator Style" with their mouths opened wide, and tongues out, like a scene from "Alien", when the Commander's infront with a serious face.
4. Imagine, if someone tripped. (The commander sounds great.)
5. Imagine, if bird droppings fell onto someone's rank. (Not bad, promotes him to staff sergeant, if you know what I mean.)
6. Imagine, if the car the Guest Of Honour was coming in, broke down while driving through the gates, and he has to walk down the rest of the journey.
7. Imagine, if flags flew away.
8. Imagine all of this being put together, now, give a name to the parade, please leave the name in the tagboard. Heh.

Sidetracks; SUDDENLY...ITS QUESTION TIME!

Guys, don't mind the picture, it's random. Anyway, I have been asking myself alot of questions lately, and most of the questions have something to do with what people normally do. Alright, first question, I was having my lunch with my friends when I began to ask this question. Alright, why. Why is it, that when people eat their food, they always have to ask, "how's your food?" "And to whom may it concern?" "Erm, well...I am just asking because apparently, I can't see you enjoying your meal with my own eyes?" See what I mean? Sure, it's courtesy, but hey, just use your eyes to see that a person enjoys the meal, what satisfaction do you gain from knowing my food's nice? Checking to see if you made the right choice of food? You bastard? Just kidding. Anyway, here's another question, WHEN WAS KFC HALAL?! I mean like, being blur and all, I probably didn't know that it was Halal, so all these years I thought KFC was like a forbidden zone to my good friends, the Malays. Well, now I know. (Someone's going to laugh at me for not knowing...I can feel it...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)

Sidetracks; Speech Day Rehearsals, with a twist...NUMBER ONE UNIFORM!

Woot! I am in number one uniform with a dummy rifle! The feeling's exhilarating, and I am truly honoured to be wearing such a prestigious uniform! It's not everyday that you get to wear a uniform that is meant for major parades, thus the name. The feeling's awesome, and I love everything about it! Comparing that to the normal uniform that we wear for NPCC, this is a thousand notches higher! The uniform just makes us want to do our best, and during the parade, I can assure you, we certainly will. Number one uniform! Viva! \m/

Wow check out my eyes! I look so stern and serious! I am not usually like that! Must be the sun...

Sidetracks; AH! PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME! WAIT TILL I HAVE BOUGHT MY INSURANCE...!

Hey, guys! Pay attention to the front! What the hell's so
interesting there?!







WOAH! FIVE POLICEMEN READY TO FIRE! AND I AM ONE OF THEM! xD Just realized policemen are perverts themselves for winking at the person they are shooting at. *chuckles.*








Woah! I look serious here! I must have been really angry at somebody in the lecture room!








Guy to the left: Stop touching me, you perv, I have a gun, don't make me shoot you!

Just look at those two monkeys behind me! Now if I could just reach for the gun...

What a touching picture, shows the amount of warmth and love we have in NP...Hey?! THOSE DUDES AT THE BOTTOM LEFT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!

Sidetracks; Hey, Mr. Policeman? There's a gun in my hands, but I can explain...

That's right folks, I have a gun and I am not afraid to use it! Just kidding, the bullets are blank, but hey, the gun's real. Anyway, you must be wondering why the hell do I have a gun in my hands, well, the answer's simple, see, being in NPCC gives you the priviledge to use weapons such as this, and for the one good reason of achieving a badge for Marksmanship in the coming years. Anyway, this is just a dry shoot, so there's no real bullets involved, but when the actual day comes for the test, then haha, I could put a hole through your head! xD Well, these are just some pictures that my Inspector took of the guns when we were at the station. Uploading more images from this shoot later, so you can have a better view on the nonsense we do at "serious" trainings such as this.

Sidetracks; From below, as you can most probably see.

Hey, that's right, it's our innovative structure when it's done, and most of you must be thinking, "Hey Vashon, what the hell is that? A cross between a badly made stretcher and a dustbin?" Well. It IS a badly made stretcher, but guys, we tested it, and the dude with the 'call-me' sign could lie on it with no problem, anyway, that heap of mess beside the stretcher is NOT a dustbin, it's just a small spacious compartment for first-aiders to put their stuff there when not in use, especially since you need both hands to carry a stretcher right? Anyway, we won the competition, and what was the prize? A candy bar! To reward us for working under a frickin' hot sun, on a humid day, with shirts made out of coconut skin (yeah, i am exaggerating, it was much thicker than coconut skin), and, well, that's about it. The other groups did pretty well too, but some structures are just hilarious, I might update this post with the other structures when I have the time, haha, in the meantime, FEAST YOUR EYES ON OURS! MUAHAHAHA! (Thick-skinned, yeah, I know, but hey! I was wearing coconuts!)

Sidetracks; I AM BLOGGING AGAIN! *APPLAUSE*

Alright! I am blogging again, since Vanessa and Sharmin has been pestering me to do so, both on the tagboard and on messenger. Anyway, I recently found a website that my Inspector (of my CCA, which is NPCC, short for National Police Cadet Corp), actually owned! He had been taking pictures of us with his wonderful camera that has been with him since who knows when, but now that I have his website, I am going to use the pictures and post them into my own blog (but most of the pictures are about NPCC so what the heck). Anyway, I think pictures are a good way to start off a post, and it's exactly how I intend to start off this one. Well, that's me, haha, the one who seems rather happy to be tying two poles together, (not the dude with his back hunched so much he looks like he's suffering from osteoporosis, he's just in the picture because I let him, just kidding) the idea of this exercise is to make a transport out of poles and ropes, basically to test our skills in Campcraft. For those of you who know, I am tying a round lashing on the two poles, to secure them, haha, we are having a competition, and we were rather fast, (faster than the other teams, that is), so that explains the smile on my face. >xD