Life in K-9 (53)

now i know why those who been to CSB called this place a heaven.. no doubt about it.. no stress.. no eyes watching what you doing even when you are in locker.. now i donno whether i should go back to HQ or stay at CSB.. both places want me.. not that im trying to be proud, but my humble reply is, "i have no power to say where i want to go or stay.. is the management.. even i try to stay in HQ also no use.. if they give me a choice, i will like to stay now, not because i starting to like this place, but is because of one person that i dont want to see, and that is my former TL..if after 3 months, they want me back to HQ, i also cant argue back.."

the people seem to trust me alot.. even understudy for selarang park just need one shift, after that you are on your own.. the foot patrol at there is legendary.. i finish it in about 15 mins.. is like tracking with your dog on a path to find criminals..fast pace..

Confused decisions

woohoo.. some one is angry that his ideal partner is been snatched by other guys.. this guy in the first place, shouldnt be angry with those guys who are trying to woo her.. he should be angry is his gf.. if her heart is faithful, she will stay with her bf no matter how hard the trial is or how long the trial is.. no prizes for guessing who this girl is, she is none other than my ex-friend..

even when i meet her for the first time and the last time at her birthday celebration.. she say that she will patch up with this current bf.. i was like, "huh.. just because some guys like her, she have to break up with her bf.. and after the situation settled in her own way, she patch back.."

so can anyone feel my anger back then.. thank you.. the anger no longer exists, the wound is slowing healing.. all thanks to God.. for taking away this bad feeling by giving me love, care and concern by my friends, colleague and family..

Life in K-9 (52)

first tour in selarang park DRC was in a workshop where those inmates are pouring cement to make into a brick.. and i have to be there due to a fighting case earlier in the day.. luckily there is a shelter for us or else i will faint to the hot and humid weather.. i was dehydrated.. even one water bottle also not enough.. after that, went to the dog hut and rest there.. because of dehydration, i feel sick and endure till the end.. the best thing was that i have yet to went for the prowling that last 1 hr due to raining.. so you could imagine the distance and the area of selarang park..

last sat i saw jamie teo while playing pool with my friends.. and also saw my squad mate when my duty at selarang park finishes.. he was downgrade to VC due to AWOL.. he have to serve extra in NS, the day he went AWOL till the day he finish his course in VC.. we going to ORD soon, he still serving ns in vc uniform..

Life in K-9 (51)

life begins in changi now.. ulu.. and have to wait for a bus is like waiting for money to drop from the sky..

some very weird rules in changi sub base..
- one week must work at least 44 hrs.. more than that considered EHO.. if this rule is implemented in HQ, i donno got how many hours to claim..

-go to prison must wear beret and salute the duty officers.. i dont see myself doing this in portsdown or qrp.. only applied to selarang park..

the price of taking transport from my home to changi sub base is more than what the price i took to yew tee..

HQ: take bus and a direct train to yew tee..
CSB: take bus to kallang and board the train to tanah merah before taking bus to sub base..

is this justified to go back to HQ now.. wahaha..

oh, about how k-9 work ah.. lol.. well, when you see k-9 HQ exterior (buildings, field, kennel, training room, briefing room), it can consider the best.. manpower wise, let just say that those senior ranking officers only think for themselves, but never really give a consideration about the way we work, lack of manpower, and just because some dog teams began with the word EDD or GPGD doesnt mean that they can neglect secondary duties like base guard.. they only think of attending emergency cases.. since in HQ the time is so free, why cant help out in base guard, instead go and take a rest in the lounge.. so much of free time that k-9 is receiving complaint letters or petition letters..

you know what, my team in HQ have only one SD personnel left.. talk about someone replacing me.. lol.. yah.. a new GPGD personnel taking over.. but his main roles as a GPGD is not used at all till this team get another SD..

they even dare to say this, "once we clear THESE shit for this 3 months, things will then start to improve.."

so that means during this 3 months, everything will go haywire lah.. and im foreseeing it.. who ask them not to clear the shit that lies there for donno how many donkey years..

during these 3 months, i will blog about the life in changi sub base so as to let HQ personnel read about it..

Life in K-9 (50)

i never expect this kind of news coming to my way.. someone who is close to me, will backstab me.. here is how the incident unfold..

upon hearing that i will be posted to CSB temporaily, the second in command of ops officer told me, "even if you were to come back to HQ, you wont get to work with your team again.. the team doesnt want you.." this direct way of saying it to me was a hit to my heart.. and i began to wonder who was the one that doesnt want me in his team.. i narrowed down to 2 guys.. one from GP who is overall in charge of GP and SD.. and the other one was the team leader.. both give different opinion about me.. i even pleaded with the team leader to help me stay in the team.. but he help also dont want to help, go one big round saying that, "he can take over CO so as to let me stay in his team.." at first i thought he was joking with me but when i receive word that he was the one that transfer me out.. i feel that he was scarstic in the way he was telling me.. "yah, im the one who ask to transfer you out.. i cant stand your stubborness.." a stab at the back and the trust is no more there.. the talking term is no more there.. even as he tried to tell me something this morning, i turn a deaf ear..

there are many reasons as to why i get to transfer out..
1) due to my stubborness
2) due to my cousin who worked in dog unit before
3) due to another handler whose dog bit a prison warden
4) due to my conversion
5) due to my distance to Changi is nearer
6) due to lack of man-power in CSB
7) due to other factors which was not told to me

any one or everyone could be the reason.. i will blog another time about the way k-9 works..

Life in K-9 (49)

today, i literally prepared for all kind of news coming to my way..bad, good, i take it in all my stride..

news 01 - i will be transfer to changi sub base this coming shift.. damn fast.. but i will be at there for 3 months before coming back to HQ..

news 02 - guess which team i will get to go to after i come back from changi stint? team A- the team that is famous for the high rate of mc.. i send a warning now, dont play mc if not, all will suffer.. i cant believe that a female staff sgt will want me in her team.. i dont want to blog what she told me.. is damn gross..

news 03 - 1 week never do prison duties due to conversion is a refreshing feeling.. neither do i feel bored, sian or whatsoever..

news 04 - same as news 03.. blacky didnt get to drive around for that duration of time, hence he vomitted along the way to portsdown.. oh well, need to bring him out more now..

at first i was quite sceptical about my most senior ops officer told me that i will be going to csb temporaily.. i cant trust his words at all as i fall into his trap the first time round where i request to take NDD.. he ask me to send an email through my TL help and then he send me for SD training.. once bitten twice shy.. i ask my dy-co and another ops officer.. they both assure me that i will be back once the new SD training team passed out and posted to CSB.. if not, im in for a ride once again..

the most senior ops officer have a new nickname.. and he is called, "mr unreliable singh"..trust me, the experience of fooling around by him is not a nice feeling..

Life in K-9 (48)

conversion course finish and my posting to CSB is like inevitable.. i praying for a miracle..

yah.. i know that i complains alot, talks alot or even make some unnecessary remarks.. in the course of work, we get to face some people who makes our life difficult.. but what im doing is just to relieve stress and not just keep inside my heart.. i still doing my duty as usual.. heck, whatever problem we face, we just speak to our supervisors or the people around us or even friends.. but people seem to think that im overdoing it.. hah.. whatever.. the damage already been done before i came into this unit.. the relation between k-9 and prison will never patch even if both were from the same ministry.. dont wish to blog about this topic anymore, tired is the only word i can describle to all these incident..

on a personal note, i find that most of my dreams are becoming reality.. this is what i notice as if i have been to this place, see this person before or did this action..

take for instance, the girl that my friend want to know.. i thought it was my old friend because they both look alike.. but when i saw the girl again, i was like, "where did i see this girl before?!?"

even for my conversion, i never been to fourth ave before.. but when i went there, again i was like, "eh, this place i got go before leh.." sort of thing..

at this rate, what i dream in becoming reality is coming too fast.. there are some dreams i can remember but im hoping it will not realise, because it will bring back painful memories that i dont want to go through again.. there are some people i really dont wish to see again.. even if it really happen, i dont wish to go through what i saw in my dreams.. but i know that is just defying against own will..

Life in K-9 (47)

two days of driving doesnt really make a story.. just that the weather doesnt really let us learn what we wanted to learn.. what we intend to learn is cornering.. lol..

tomorrow is the last day and we will be driving the land rover off road with different gear conditions.. i dont even know that driving in different gear condition in a terrain will make a difference too.. haha..

Life in K-9 (46)

sorry guys.. as you all know, first day was the assessment.. and i passed.. P-A-S-S-E-D!!! nope, im not happy about it.. 5 guys.. 2 from dog unit and the rest from PCG.. 1 of the PCG guys have to be sent back as he drive and dash across the red-light.. immediate failure.. and he was trying for the 2nd time.. pity him..

i just cant fail on purpose or have the intention to do that.. i really cant do that.. i donno why.. maybe the strict briefing at the start drilled into my head.. the course is tougher than any other driving school as in we have to drive within the limit.. mini-van speed limit is 60 km/h means 60 km/h.. we cant overtake to the centre lane or right lane.. i nearly fall asleep on the way back, but i was not the one driving back.. saloon car is according to the road speed condition..

we have 2 groups with 2 instructor.. one group was PCG and the other was PDU(dog unit).. our instructor is a gurkha.. funny chap with lots of lame jokes.. we are call the SIA.. either we are Speeding In Action or Silent In Action.. the other group was a SI, they say that he was quite strict with them on the road..

after briefing, we have to check the car before driving.. and we drive up to woodlands and have our lunch.. then drive back to the school for break.. after that, we have a lecture on car control.. following that, we drive the mini-van to tuas and have tea-break before heading back again..

Life in K-9 (45)

right!! road hog at the extreme right lane.. drive over the speed limit.. speeding on the left lane.. no signal.. never give way to pedestrians.. worst, knock down pedestrians and drive off.. give the instructor the worst ride ever in his entire life..

as far as i and the other dog handler is concerned, we have no intention of changing places.. we were from the same training team, and i know of his dog pretty much well.. if we get to change, the routine is changed totally, new environment, everything is new.. we also have the same thinking that the distance is not the problem, and that we already used to the environment that we are working at..

Life in K-9 (44)

did i hear wrongly or what.. after my conversion, i have to go to changi sub-base.. seriously, i cant find any logical reason behind it.. i get to hear that one of the dog at there bit the prison warden hand.. this handler have to hand over the dog and take a new one.. further more, he will be transfer back to HQ..

120th intake is here.. new sc are here.. the most is wait for 3 months before there will be people deploy at changi.. what for ask me go there and come back again.. isnt that abit disruptive to the way team is operating.. if anyone is ord, there is at least the replacement to make the transition a smooth one.. but i have to go there because i have a police driving permit and someone dog bit a human hand.. heck, then i rather forego the conversion and stay in HQ.. although i have to go for the course, i can fail it..

Buddies for life

the experience of giving up something willingly in exchange for another which value is much more higher, is beyond this world. Thanks God for giving me this valuable gift in exchange for something which i really dont wish to give up hope on but i have to do it willingly, will i get to see the wonderful feeling.

and also have to thank my buddies whom we share a 9 yr bond.. nothing is able to come between us.. we always have a healthy banter, after that we had a good laugh at it.. movies, play pool, having buffet during lunch, dinner and even supper time.. watch soccer together at CHIJMES and the best part was knowing gals.. cassanova or playboys, they are the ones whom i can related open-minded, with nothing to hide or any secrets to keep..

Life in K-9 (43)

alright man! i'm now famous for the "free food no more" at portsdown.. come on man, since when did i insist on having the food.. Insist as in not heeding the words of the staff and put the food into my mouth or what.. the way the staff tell me off scarstically, i do back the same to him by walking off and putting down the fork and spoon scarstically.. i rather faint than to take the food.. see which responsibility bears the heaviest..

some staff in portsdown may have change their attitude towards me since this incident.. but im glad to say this.. this should be the attitude.. we are providing a service for this prison yet no welfare, no benefits, and on the other hand, have to kana by those staff who determined to eat us.. as long as we are doing our job without interfering the staff, why do we have to be eaten by them.. many people might see that what i did is only to stand up for myself.. in this case, i have to say no.. im helping the other dog handlers as well.. just because the staff at there have a bad day in the office, doesnt mean that we have to go through the same as them.. why not have a change of roles.. i be the staff at prison and the staff be the dog handler for just 6 hrs.. no more no less..

and there are some groups of people will say have your meal outside before going to work lah.. yup, we did that, but after 5-6 hrs, you will going hungry again what.. somemore night shift is 12-13 hrs without food.. you think our stomach wont call for food by growling..

when my most senior ops officer got to hear what i did, i have to defend myself by saying that we are providing them a service but no welfare, this quote was also agree by my colleagues.. guess what he say.. "no, your thinking is wrong.. you are serving for the nation, to secure safety and peace for the public.." this sentence is indirectly telling me that if i faint and die, i will died of a honourable cause.. kns..

this show that k-9 are inviting people to bully them without resistance..HQ staff have requested to leave either to sub-bases or other division when we need people at the moment.. it just give us a bigger headache in searching of more people to enter k-9.. there wont be a doubt if complain letters start coming in..

i can blog about this till the cow comes home.. all the problems that we face during our deployment, be it in HQ, checkpoints, ferry terminals, airport, prisons.. are those senior officers who created them..not even some respect is given.. just literally spit some salivia on to us..