1 year

i listened to the tegan & sara album 'the con' and was reminded instantly of my days spent in the office and station during my police days. this album was one of the few in my thumb drive and so was on heavy rotation during the long hours at work. and i think i listened to this more than the others because it's just awesome.

there're so many experiences and memories attached to that place that i almost feel weird that i'm no longer a part of it. during my first days i was walking around like a complete noob, still amazed by the fact that wow, i'm in NS but i'm also FREE! most of the first month i spent doing patrols and sleeping like a fucker during night shift so i'll be able to go out the next day.

that was also the time when i first bought my vespa, and riding to work each morning i felt so threatened by all the trucks and crazy traffic heading to tuas. the most dangerous area was at the merge between PIE and KJE where each morning i traversed with trepidation, until of course during that fateful day where i was knocked down by an idiot lorry.

and then there are the boring days spent in office, sometimes there was really nothing for me to do, other times i just didn't feel like doing anything. days spent fooling around the office with my colleagues, or watching and imitating Man vs Wild (our favourite show ever) with my fat NS friend, to the bemusement of our clueless colleagues.

perhaps the most memorable/bastard times were when we all made fun of our boss, whom we all thought was gay but couldn't confirm because he genuinely seemed to show fondness to certain females around. although i must say, we didn't make fun of him for being gay, but rather because he was more or less a useless superior and also exhibited a whole lot of strange behaviour.

of course there were also days and weeks when i just felt so damn bored and trapped that i couldn't wait to get the hell out of there, but i suppose overall it was a good time, a fun place, and i was very lucky to have ended up there rather than at a neighbouring station where my friend had to work till 8pm almost everyday.

it was only 4 months ago but already feels so much longer than that. recently i heard from one of my friends in the station that everything was not going well amongst the office staff, with conflicts and stuff. made me feel rather sad because things used to be fine, but i guess it just shows that i was really there at the right moment, and left when the times were still good.