It wasnt meant to be

Yesterday was supposed to be an happening nite at zouk mambo unfortunately it was not meant to be. I paid 20 bucks to sip a lychee martini, vodka cranberry and gulp down an e33 before going back camp.

A-C-T-I-V-A-T-E-D. For one moment i was thinking shit now where's the chemical attack now. While i was lamenting how fucking sway to be activated on a moment when the crowds starting to flux, music was grooving to my cerebral sense, babes were like everywhere, it was never more consoling to hear tt we're actually being activated to go back camp and help move stores.

Lameness just hit a new low. On 2004's last mambo nite where the gang is supposed to get drowned in cerebral orgasms on the dance floor and end the year with blast just before shit awaits us next year, we are being activated to move stores?! How timely if u ask me. I guessed we were pissed and disappointed and i do know how or why, someone mentioned supper and i mentioned redhill carrot cake and the gang;whole 9 of us in 2 cars drove down to redhill and eat carrot cake before we go back camp and report.

Notable comical moments when we were alerted activation :

1. Maha in his state of denial thinking it was the green light for 1for1 promo when ludwig was frantically telling us "oei activation".
   
2. Robin and John looking at each other and laughing away coz they tot ludwig was pulling a stunt.
3. Pang and Maha reccing phuture for later plans in the nite which became futile.
   
4. David and MJ telling me leave at 2am and we left at 1130pm.
5. Ludwig horning his car non-stop at the exit; trying to re enact an actual activation except the horning is done on the 5-tonners.
6. John, ariff, maha & me pretending nothing happen when 2 security guards were alerted after the horning commotion as we left the carpark.
   
7. Maha fucking passerbys in the car with the windscreen on with "Hey what the fuck are you looking at? We r being activated".
   
8. Ludwig swearing at the cabby who's driving hell slow
9. Ariff n me showing fuck it attitude and peeed facing the main road behind ludwig's car when we cldnt find the toilet and spoilt for time.
10. Jaya smsing john, "hey i heard u wasted 20 bucks haha"
    
11. Our force sergeant giving us the green light n party on, telling us not to come back when maha said we're abt to enter JB
12. Leavin zouk and report back camp coz nearly the whole platoon knew we were going to mambo and surely bound to make noise.

Zouk Mambo casualty list : David, Mingjie, Ariff, John, Maha, Ludwig, Pang, Jason, Robin and Mark(me)

Rushed back to camp, changed to sai kang attire; vest slack and loaded up into the tonner and went all the way to tuas(tg gul camp) to help load medical stores to the navy ships departing for indonesia at 630am. Well supposedly 630am and that dragged till god knows when. 6th took over us and half of us went back coy line to get ready to book out. Good ol' encik gave the no-no sign and said dinner was indented and kept us until we booked out at 2100 hrs today. Because of this so called activation, my mambo was screwed, i couldnt catch up with my poly mates today, i couldnt attend hweesze's 21st party. Many heartfelt thanks SAF for the efficiency you have shown us.

We spend the entire nite till dawn doing nothing productive except for loading a few stores. Other than tt, most of us were sleeping on the road and it was chilly since its near the coastline and was slacking all the way to afternoon so much so encik decided to give his usual bullshitting lecture which only dampened my mood further. Luckily there was CAT1 and he had to end his bullshit prematurely and we seek shelter on both 5-tonners. Thank god for tt!

To be honest, im still feeling pissed and still rueing over it but as pang has pointed out, maybe it wasnt meant to be. Perhaps it really wasnt meant to be.