I was chatting on MSN with Calvin when he asked me out for dinner. Spontaneously, I agreed to meet him at Boon Keng which is quite near to where I stay. He has another friend with him along, Auther. The three of us then head down to Serangoon Road at "Tian Wai Tian" steamboat restaurant for dinner. It was not steamboat food that we ate, but we ordered cook ala carte food instead. OK, both of them are SIA cargo pilots, so what else can they talk besides aviation and lucky me to have a little knowledge on aviations. So, I sort of can gel with them and chit chat.
Later, we took a cab and head down to Clarke Quay for a drink. And the aviation topics continue. From there, I could really pick up and understand better the lifestyle of a pilot. The differences between a passengers fleet pilot and a cargo pilot. What they do when they have stopover and many more. Alright, pay wise, the allowances of a pilot in a month is equivalent to any of a fast food restaurant customer officer on top of the high basic pay. But, sacrifices are really needed here. You got to be totally away from home for one and a half years. Years of bond to be served are 7 years long. But the returns for your sacrifices is worth while especially if you are a traveler and if you are happen to be a cargo pilot, you got to stay in the country longer. It is just like you spend a 4 days back -packing holiday in a country and at the same time you are paid for the holiday. Imagine that you are a pilot and you are paid to go for the holiday. You think it is risky to be a pilot but I can assure you with their words that statistic shows that a normal car driver is likely to met an accident compared to a pilot. Of course there are risks that I won't deny. They are so thankful that they gotten their dream job. yeah, you guys should appreciate it cos it is difficult to get into, but once you are there, the jobs are damn easy. The crafts are all automated. Imagine, a pilot's job is only to make sure it pick up and landed safely and leaves everything to auto- pilot once it is on the air. They just need to follow SOP for troubleshooting in case of any problems encountered.
Next, we went down to Geylang to have the famous frog porridge and soya bean with "yu cha kueh". It is at different places. One is at Lorong 10 I think while the other at Lor 27. Finished with the frog porridge, we walked down to Lor 27 for soya bean with yu cha kueh. Ok, I should say, I had a chance to withness what has always been showed in the TV about Geylang's Red Lights Districts or well known as the dark alley. There are legal and illegal ones. Well, you can tell which is which obviously. Along the districts, I could witness myself how they attract those passer-by. They throw all gross words which I really sometimes feel dirty and gross and hate it so much. Commonly, their favourite lines are, "suai ge, ni yao ma!!" Phoey!!!!! Yucks!!!! Sometimes, I really don't understand why all these pros would want to do this. They are so many of them. They have to be aware of the police. I had a chance to see also where police came and all of them run like the chickens just freed from the big cage. Some of them are quite well looking but I feel so sorry and sad for them for ending up themselves here. They could have gone to a better job line. Ok, maybe the environment was the forcing factor. But..hmm.. I still think that you can change your life with a better way. Or maybe we should say, if there is no demand from all those "chiko peks", there will be no supply from these pros. How bout vice versa, it could be possible right? There are also illegal gambling at one of the Lorongs where all the Indians gather. Hmm.. I could not believe it until I see it myself the another side of Singapore. What Calvin said maybe true, all this while, he thought that "Singapore! good adjectives are always associated with this country. But after seeing it, I doubt he would say that anymore.
Okla, at least it is a good thing for me to know how Geylang dark alleys likes at night. Then we had our dou jiang you tiao before we took a cab back. Cabby uncle dropped me first before to Loyang and Pasir Ris. All the meals today were sponsored by Calvin and Auther since they said I had just graduated and not found a job yet. I think they spent about SGD 180. Thanks bros. Maybe when I got a job, lets come out again. It is good to meetup to chit chat once in a while to catch up whats going on with our lives.
Later, we took a cab and head down to Clarke Quay for a drink. And the aviation topics continue. From there, I could really pick up and understand better the lifestyle of a pilot. The differences between a passengers fleet pilot and a cargo pilot. What they do when they have stopover and many more. Alright, pay wise, the allowances of a pilot in a month is equivalent to any of a fast food restaurant customer officer on top of the high basic pay. But, sacrifices are really needed here. You got to be totally away from home for one and a half years. Years of bond to be served are 7 years long. But the returns for your sacrifices is worth while especially if you are a traveler and if you are happen to be a cargo pilot, you got to stay in the country longer. It is just like you spend a 4 days back -packing holiday in a country and at the same time you are paid for the holiday. Imagine that you are a pilot and you are paid to go for the holiday. You think it is risky to be a pilot but I can assure you with their words that statistic shows that a normal car driver is likely to met an accident compared to a pilot. Of course there are risks that I won't deny. They are so thankful that they gotten their dream job. yeah, you guys should appreciate it cos it is difficult to get into, but once you are there, the jobs are damn easy. The crafts are all automated. Imagine, a pilot's job is only to make sure it pick up and landed safely and leaves everything to auto- pilot once it is on the air. They just need to follow SOP for troubleshooting in case of any problems encountered.
Next, we went down to Geylang to have the famous frog porridge and soya bean with "yu cha kueh". It is at different places. One is at Lorong 10 I think while the other at Lor 27. Finished with the frog porridge, we walked down to Lor 27 for soya bean with yu cha kueh. Ok, I should say, I had a chance to withness what has always been showed in the TV about Geylang's Red Lights Districts or well known as the dark alley. There are legal and illegal ones. Well, you can tell which is which obviously. Along the districts, I could witness myself how they attract those passer-by. They throw all gross words which I really sometimes feel dirty and gross and hate it so much. Commonly, their favourite lines are, "suai ge, ni yao ma!!" Phoey!!!!! Yucks!!!! Sometimes, I really don't understand why all these pros would want to do this. They are so many of them. They have to be aware of the police. I had a chance to see also where police came and all of them run like the chickens just freed from the big cage. Some of them are quite well looking but I feel so sorry and sad for them for ending up themselves here. They could have gone to a better job line. Ok, maybe the environment was the forcing factor. But..hmm.. I still think that you can change your life with a better way. Or maybe we should say, if there is no demand from all those "chiko peks", there will be no supply from these pros. How bout vice versa, it could be possible right? There are also illegal gambling at one of the Lorongs where all the Indians gather. Hmm.. I could not believe it until I see it myself the another side of Singapore. What Calvin said maybe true, all this while, he thought that "Singapore! good adjectives are always associated with this country. But after seeing it, I doubt he would say that anymore.
Okla, at least it is a good thing for me to know how Geylang dark alleys likes at night. Then we had our dou jiang you tiao before we took a cab back. Cabby uncle dropped me first before to Loyang and Pasir Ris. All the meals today were sponsored by Calvin and Auther since they said I had just graduated and not found a job yet. I think they spent about SGD 180. Thanks bros. Maybe when I got a job, lets come out again. It is good to meetup to chit chat once in a while to catch up whats going on with our lives.
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