Saturday, February 14, 2009
VALENTINE WITH ABANG API-API
The above title says it all. Yes, we went to the Fire Station today (abang api-api = firefighters. get it? no? nevermind) on Valentine's Day. Random I know. But we were thinking since both of us don't have a date on Valentine's day, (not that we celebrate this meaningless day anyways because we strongly believe everyday should be Valentine's day if you love someone) why not go to the Fire Station? Why celebrate with one guy when you can celebrate with plenty? HAHAHA. Kidding!
We decided on Tampines Fire Station for the obvious reason that it was the nearest to our homes and it was huge and sorta new. And boy, we picked the right one. It started pretty awkward because there we were, two very blur girls in a place FULL of guys. We were totally lost and super embarrassed kay. The place was packed with guys in UNIFORM so it was kinda hard not to stare. Hahai. Then we were introduced to S/SGT Sidiqie who was our "tour guide". He was pleasantly welcoming, super hilarious and friendly. In less than 10 minutes, we had already warmed up to him. And soon everyone there thought we were actually his friends who basically had nothing to do to end up at a Fire Station.
He showed us around the watch room first which I find pretty cool. Then off to check out all the different types of trucks they have, motorbikes, ambulance and our favorite, the red rhino. (But we couldn't get a picture with it because it had to go off. Damn it!) And there was a new vehicle which could go on land and sea! And you can drift the damn vehicle! Happening! We were invited to be driven around in that but both of us were wearing skirts (which we regretted) so we had to pass. Some of the SCDF officers were like, "Huh? Tak nak naik? Try ah. Rugi seh tak try." S/SGT Sidiqie also said we can sit on the motorbikes and get a feel of it and take pictures. But we have skirts on! GIRLS, IT'S A STUPID IDEA TO WEAR SKIRTS FOR A VISIT TO THE FIRE STATION. Even S/SGT Sidiqie was like, "Alah, why do you guys wear skirts today?"
We also get to go inside the big trucks, get to wear some of the equipments and hands-on the famous hose. (fun k shoot-shoot air) The best has got to be the pole! Seeing them going down that awesome equipment. Haha. Each vehicle we went to e.g motobikes, new vehicle, red rhino, tank, etc would be explained to us by different firefighters. So since S/SGT Sidiqie's good friend, whom he call his "gay partner" was Zac (a Paramedic), we gotten to know more about the ambulance a little bit more. We got to sit and talk inside longer. Haha. Zac was so nice and funny too. 
You know, actually, Fire Station visit is only from 9-11am. Ours were 9.15-12.45pm. Sheesh! He even invited us to go to the cafetaria for a drink. How sweet. Haha. He ended showing us around the whole station at about 11am but we got lost in our conversation. We ended up talking about personal issues which had nothing to do with what we had just learned like where we like to chill, things we like to do, etc. Not surprisingly, he couldn't believe we didn't smoke and stuff. He was like, "You guys are not that decent. Come on. You're kidding right? You guys definitely don't look decent." All the while we were talking, he would get name calling by the other firefighters like "Time. Time." or "Ulat bulu da naik daun!" And he would get phone calls by them, who obviously were already at their dorm, asking for our numbers. Ridiculous!
We decided to just give them our MSN instead, get to know them better and from there we'll see how it goes. Besides, if it doesn't turn romantically between us, we'd so wanna be friends with them. They're just super funny and super "slumber". And Sakina and I were super comfortable around them. We were not shy at all. Believe me, we get shy around guys we don't know all the time. Not this time though, we were very comfortable with them even we couldn't believe it. We were crazy, making faces, talking shit, laughing loudly, etc. We just didn't care and we love it. It's like we've known them for years.
My perception of SCDF officers has definitely changed. Not all of them are crude, some of them are actually very nice and respect girls.
Tall, cute, tremendously fit firefighters in uniform + poles = OUR FANTASY HAS TURNED TO REALITY. Salute.
love,
nadia.
We decided on Tampines Fire Station for the obvious reason that it was the nearest to our homes and it was huge and sorta new. And boy, we picked the right one. It started pretty awkward because there we were, two very blur girls in a place FULL of guys. We were totally lost and super embarrassed kay. The place was packed with guys in UNIFORM so it was kinda hard not to stare. Hahai. Then we were introduced to S/SGT Sidiqie who was our "tour guide". He was pleasantly welcoming, super hilarious and friendly. In less than 10 minutes, we had already warmed up to him. And soon everyone there thought we were actually his friends who basically had nothing to do to end up at a Fire Station.
He showed us around the watch room first which I find pretty cool. Then off to check out all the different types of trucks they have, motorbikes, ambulance and our favorite, the red rhino. (But we couldn't get a picture with it because it had to go off. Damn it!) And there was a new vehicle which could go on land and sea! And you can drift the damn vehicle! Happening! We were invited to be driven around in that but both of us were wearing skirts (which we regretted) so we had to pass. Some of the SCDF officers were like, "Huh? Tak nak naik? Try ah. Rugi seh tak try." S/SGT Sidiqie also said we can sit on the motorbikes and get a feel of it and take pictures. But we have skirts on! GIRLS, IT'S A STUPID IDEA TO WEAR SKIRTS FOR A VISIT TO THE FIRE STATION. Even S/SGT Sidiqie was like, "Alah, why do you guys wear skirts today?"
We also get to go inside the big trucks, get to wear some of the equipments and hands-on the famous hose. (fun k shoot-shoot air) The best has got to be the pole! Seeing them going down that awesome equipment. Haha. Each vehicle we went to e.g motobikes, new vehicle, red rhino, tank, etc would be explained to us by different firefighters. So since S/SGT Sidiqie's good friend, whom he call his "gay partner" was Zac (a Paramedic), we gotten to know more about the ambulance a little bit more. We got to sit and talk inside longer. Haha. Zac was so nice and funny too. 
We decided to just give them our MSN instead, get to know them better and from there we'll see how it goes. Besides, if it doesn't turn romantically between us, we'd so wanna be friends with them. They're just super funny and super "slumber". And Sakina and I were super comfortable around them. We were not shy at all. Believe me, we get shy around guys we don't know all the time. Not this time though, we were very comfortable with them even we couldn't believe it. We were crazy, making faces, talking shit, laughing loudly, etc. We just didn't care and we love it. It's like we've known them for years.
My perception of SCDF officers has definitely changed. Not all of them are crude, some of them are actually very nice and respect girls.
Tall, cute, tremendously fit firefighters in uniform + poles = OUR FANTASY HAS TURNED TO REALITY. Salute. love,
nadia.
sin-fullybeautiful.
