Total Defence day.

It started out just like any other day at school. Only the lessons were different. A teacher came in and thought us about Singapore during the World War and the Sook Ching. I found it very interesting but I also saw that a few of my classmates were half asleep. I was actually listening to what the teacher was saying and not playing around. Just as I was getting more into it, the fire alarm rang. There were many "Aiyo" and "Surely fake" comments going around. Honestly, I was one of those commenters.

We lined up outside the class room and made our way down together with some other classes trailing behind and in front of us. Everyone was pushing and shoving but we managed to get to the school field. I really did not like this part because there are many insects and spiders in the grass. On top of that, I was not wearing shorts under my skirt that day. You can imagine how difficult it was for me. In the end, we sat on each other's feet, leaning on their knees as well. It was pretty comfortable. At least it was better then sitting on the grass full of insects.

After that, we went back to our classes. Me, Sihui and Kendrick got called down to help distribute buns and water to classes for the food rationing exercise as we were NE ambassadors. We were tired carrying all the bottles out and onto the tables but we managed doing it well. The first few classes started arriving, so we began distributing the buns. Some were very fussy and wanted to change the flavor of the buns. I was very irritated by them but I controlled my emotions. After all of the classes had their fill of buns, we distributed the left overs to the uniform groups.

It was a very tiring day, but we were rewarded with buns and water.