The end of the beginning

Shortly after we met our CM and got to know our squad mates and seniors a bit better, it was down to serious business.

Clearly Hassan had the right connections with the logistics people because we got hold of our uniforms pretty quickly, any thoughts of the wonderful efficiency of the SPF supply chain were quickly dispelled after we got our weekend shopping list. This involved buying loads of white long-sleeved shirts and singlets which I well couldn't afford! It was only after severe groveling at home that I managed to squeeze some money out of my folks for my trip to Beach Road. Thank goodness for Rabbit Brand singlets, cheap and very nasty.

We got our books for our law and police procedure lessons, we drew huge raincoats and put in orders for our law statutes (which we once again had to pay for!) and some enterprising FIs even tried to make money out of us to buy Asics running shoes (they were successful I might add).

With the admin stuff relatively settled, we began to face up to the need of electing a squad committee. Judging by the farcical nature of the squad committee of our seniors which had more leadership changes than a petty Central African banana republic, it was vital to elect a good committee.

Even though my name was briefly mentioned in passing, I was in the midst of my hard-assed don't mess with me stage so I stood as much of a chance of making the squad committee as Ralph Nader becoming the President of the USA. By this stage I was almost psychopathic as I had already hurled a truckload of abuse at JT when he attempted to get me to organise a squad barbeque and later attempted to tell me what a good job I was doing when I was trying to iron some crease out of my pants. I thought he got off quite lightly given I was tempted to hurl the iron at the said cretin, I'm glad to say he had no iron marks on any part of his body.

Ah yes, the cretin, what long running feud would not be complete without a cretin who had a far higher regard for his ability than everyone else. How he managed to get elected as vice chairman was beyond me, I remember scolding quite a few people who admitted they voted for him though I think they wouldn't admit to voting for him today.

Other luminaries deservedly elected included Aziz who impressed all and sundry with his facial hair and his on-ness. Asri also made it as vice chairman, so they'd have their hands full trying to manage the various miscreants in the squad.