PTE Tan Ah Kow, 19, only realized the enormity of his carelessness after he got out of the MRT station. He had left his backpack onboard the train. “What I am going to do?” sobbed the distraught Full-time National Serviceman (NSF). “I read that Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean had said during his Straits Times interview for SAF Day that the 3G SAF soldier has “‘actually got the whole SAF in his backpack.’ Siao liao, lose one bullet already seven years DB (Detention Barracks), like that even my grandchildren will be running with sandbags in Kranji!” PTE Tan had really fallen asleep on the train while busily pretending to fall asleep after a pregnant lady with a toddler in tow boarded the train and seemed to be heading towards his ‘Reserved for Elderly, Disabled or Pregnant’ Seat. He woke up just as the train arrived at his destination station and barely managed to dash out before the train doors closed. But in his hurry, he had forgotten his fullpack that had been stowed under his seat. Despite informing SMRT station control as soon as he realized the loss, the backpack was nowhere to found. He was then advised by SMRT staff, eager to tai chi the problem away, to make a police report and did so at the nearest police station. Although the police were very efficient in making him fill out a lot of details on numerous forms, he has not heard back from them since. “My OC (Office Commanding) said that apparently CO (Commanding Officer) and even Minister of Defence cannot get in touch with the IO (Investigating Officer). Wah, the police are either always on leave or so busy catching Mas Selamat.”