wat do u do?
how does it feel to have the security of an entire island in your control.Billion dollars investments depending on your vigilance and alertness...
i dun feel much seriously...then....and now.
its around a year ago that i was deployed at jurong island for 3 weeks and i guess now is a good time to look back on it.i didnt feel the least bit impt that i am in charge of the security of the island 12 hrs every shift and that if any attacks were to take place on it,i would be blamed for it.i didnt feel any of it.
as i sit in the ops room reading my dan brown series and looking out on the window at the rising/setting sun(depending on which shift it is),i cant help but give out a sigh as the world goes on around me and yet i am on this island where time seemed to have stayed still and the rising and setting of the sun is the closest i get to reality.
i like sunrises more...the night shift that means.the early morning is just so peaceful,alot of the people are asleep as only 1 or 2 people needs to be up to man the system.I just enjoy the peacefulness and tranquility that morning brings and with sunrise,u tell yourself that its another day gone and a new one coming.
Its funny how a island so industrial with all its hustle and bustle in the day can be so tranquil and peaceful at night.I like all the drives out at 2,4,6 am to deploy,check,deliver breakfast to my guys.As the vehicle moves along the causeway into the island and i am plugged into my receiver playing HIGH by Lighthouse Family and the wind is blowing into my face(though it kinda stink sometimes due to the chemicals).It just gives a feeling that i cant find anywhere else...no other cars...no other people.the island is your playground.
even the times on standby were shiok as we slept till 12 and eat and come back to sleep and wake up for dinner and come back to sleep,with a few game of munchkins in between(how i miss playing that game) before heading out for the night shift.
3 weeks there came and pass and from sth that i strongly didnt wanna go at first to the most valuable experience of my service in the army,i guess i did feel something for the island and for the job i was doing.It was the final major task i undertook before i ord.
island life...love it!
posted by haoz @ 9/21/2005 12:24:00 PM
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