I see Guns and urine bag carrying patients walk by me all the time....and it's just a normal day at work for me


Posted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital today. Tommorrow it's gonna be the Ministry of Home Affairs. Seriously, working at Five Loaves bread company gets me to weird places. Places where I've been posted to were (in no random order): Kadang Kerbau Hospital, Minstry of Manpower Building, Change Alley, Seagate and DSTA building where all the NS greenman go for their National Service Enlistment. Listing these made me realized these are either sickly places or government buildings except for Change Alley and Seagate. Not very advisable places. It's either I get myself caught on some deadly epidemic or be right on target for potential terrorist activity.
I dodge from pillar to pillar whenever someone near cough/sneeze in the hospital. It might just be a harmless clearing of throat or soothing a tickled nose, but once in a hospital, any of these act is deemed get the hell outta the way! for me.

That's for the hospitals.

Getting to the government buildings involves quite intimidating, solemn and 'time to look innocent' episodes. These take on, talking to grim-faced soldiers with rifles slung around their shoulders dangling dangerously in between the two of us. What if the damned thing accidentally discharge itself?! That worry itself takes away the sorry state you feel while you try to explain why you should be let in: Cos your there selling healthy bread to promote healthy eating and living. The good Singaporean way. *snicker*
Next, forms are filled with about half your confidential particulars demanded and obediently revealed. Finally you surrender your identity card in exchange for some pass and you walk into gates which has to be buzzed by the security guards which otherwise wont open. And Nobody said a thing about that! I almost crashed the glass door down when it refused to barge at my initial attempt to open it without signalling to the guards. To think that dull-witted security has the cheek to show amusement on his face!

All these just to get them exposed to our Five Loaves healthy bread! I should get "Employee of the Month" Award!


**Note: I shouldnt forget to mention that I'm an English teacher on some days and a bread seller on other weird days. Talk about multiple identity!