The above is Corporal Choy and his not-mainland-chinese-looking girlfriend doing a prayer ritual during his kenduri doa selamat for his safe return from Chairman Mao’s Institute of Brainwashing for Foreign Officers in China, at the Kedai Kopi Batu Keras, in KL last night. I couldn’t attend this kenduri as I was having my period, so kenduris are off limits.
Choy is the unwanted soldier. Despite being listed on the PAQ list as “on course” he was transfered out of his unit. I thought he wouldn’t have a unit anyway since he would have done his Clearance Documentation before leaving the unit. According to Countloon, as in the Air Force, the Army also practises the same, but because Choy is a Corporal therefore he is not required to do Arrival and Clearance.
So what is Choy really? He is now starring in the movie “TERMINAL 2″ as he is now unitless. He’s neither here nor there. He cannot report to an Officers’ Mess and neither can he go and eat at the unit’s cookhouse with all the junior ranks. The Army Headquarters seems to have forgotten him. When he came back, he had to rely on Apekbarber’s staff car to pick him up. His payslip indicates that he is a MEJAR, but his epaulette shows he is a KAPTEN…but the figures in his payslip indicates that he is drawing a KOPRAL’s pay.
So what is Choy really? He reminds me of an old soldier who gave us a ‘motivational’ talk when I was undergoing my Officer Cadet Course. He said,
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Officer Cadets are nothing but the scum of the earth who are neither here nor there. They are not officers, yet they rank higher than the Warrant Officers. At the same time they can be treated like sh** by instructors who are Privates. They have not been listed as being part of the military strength, yet they are no longer citizens by virtue that they have surrendered their IC back. So that makes Officer Cadets scums of the earth – persona non grata in their own country and workplace.”
Motivational indeed. We were so motivated that one of my squadmates, Kadir Zakaria, decided to run AWOL that same night to go back to his father’s house in Majidee, only to be surrendered by the father, who was an ex-Warrant Officer, to the Military Police. And he faced hell for the next two weeks upon being surrendered back to the Cadet Wing.
So Choy, we understand your predicament. However, looking on the flip side, you may be a Corporal but even Warrant Officers, Lt Muda and Lt have to salute you. Just don’t tell them how much you’re earning.
Below are some more photos of the kenduri doa selamat for Choy, as provided by Countloon:
Icecool with his escorts…sorry…bodyguards
Apekbarber’s daughter frantically protesting her father’s and uncle choy’s attempt to introduce her to health drinks
“..and give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses (as soon as we’re done with the kenduri)..
Countloon showing what he thinks of his lovely wife, Cindy
I hope Choy didn’t look like this after he left the Kedai Kopi early this morning. With a Corporal’s pay, he might end up without clothes after the bills came.
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