I went to SOCE for an engineer course a couple of years back. On
the first day, there was the obligatory introduction talk by the
course commander (or whatever he is called). He went on about what
we are here for, what we will learn, about how we were supposed to
address anyone with the rank of SSG and above 'sir' (wahahahaaha -
dream on) blah blah blah...zzzzzz.
Some time later I was rudely awoken by someone diggin his elbow
into my side. I woke up feeling annoyed, yet refreshed. No matter,
I was more than ready to tackle lunch at the canteen. I stretched
myself as per SOP and was about to relieve my aching arse when it
occured to me (and the others) that the lecture was not quite over.
It seems that we were to watch a video of some sort. So we sat our
arses down and awaited the screening with trepidation...
At first we did not know what we were watching. There was footage
of many garang looking (wayang) combat engineers doing sai gang of
some sort...then it dawned on us that we were watching an MTV.
Specifically, the Combat Engineer* MTV.
GOD t was absolutely ghastly. I do not remember the lyrics but I am
sure it was very Garang. Too bad the singer sounded as gay as the
village people. Ditto for the tune. This, combined with footage of
many many combat engineers wayanging in the sun made for a very
very -interesting- experience... Oh how we laughed afterwards.
Great days, those.
*Dunno if it was the Combat engineer song or SOCE's song.
