Chio says "What's the big problem? Laugh it through to the next day!": The Infamous Prague-Krakow Train Ride

The Infamous Prague-Krakow Train Ride
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Background Information:
It was an overnight train from 9.30pm to 6.30am in the morning. We booked comfortable sleeping crouchettes so that we can have a good night's rest on the train. Only to hear later the many stories about this train ride. Of which..

Thieves will go into our cabin and start stealing our stuff.
If we lock our doors, thieves will use a pole and fish stuff out of the window
They will use sleeping gas to knock us out before barging into our rooms and feast on our valuables.

Scared, terrified and hungry for action, the guys came up with an Ops Plan to battle the probable invaders:

EX MAYTHEFLEASOFATHOUSANDCAMELSINFESTYOURPUBICHAIR
GRAD TRIPPERS OPS ORDERS

SITUATION. REDLAND Petty Thieves being numbskulls are eyeing on Peace-Loving BLUELAND's valuables and territory.

ENEMY

GENERAL. 01 x Platoon of Thieves

SPECIFIC. 01 x Section of Thieves armed with Poles, Lock Pickers and Sleeping Gas

OWN FORCES

INTENTION OF HHQ. To ensure integrety of all valuables placed in CABIN4

MISSION
GRAD TRIPPERS ARE TASKED TO SECURE AND DEFEND CABIN4 FROM 262130 TO 270630.

TASK OF ADJACENT FORCES. Taiwanese Ah Mah and Ah Gongs in neighbouring cabins will be bait for the numbskullic thieves.

GROUPING AND TASKS
GROUP
OWN FORCES
TASK
1
Zibin, Weijian, Meiqiang
Defend CABIN4 from 262130 to 270030
2
Chio, Kayping, Yiling
Defend CABIN4 from 270030 to 270330
3
Allan, Gabriel, Xiuying
Defend CABIN4 from 270330 to 270630

PHASES AND TIMINGS
262130 - 270030: Group 1 to defend CABIN4. Group 2 and 3 on Stand II in CABIN3 and CABIN5 respectively.
270030 - 270330: Group 2 to defend CABIN4. Group 1 and 3 on Stand II in CABIN3 and CABIN5 respectively.
270330 - 270630: Group 3 to defend CABIN4. Group 1 and 2 on Stand II in CABIN3 and CABIN5 respectively.

COMMAND AND SIGNAL
Shouting (DABIAN! DABIAN!) to be the main forms of communications.

Yes, we even had a mini sand model exercise at the restaurant during lunch. Too bad we didn't video the CAOS process down.

When we finally got to our respective cabins, they turned out to be fortresses. Double-locking systems, the metal latch thing, key holes to look out of the door.. the windows could only open like 20 degrees. There was seriously NO WAY anyone or anything could penetrate the cabins unless they could apparate or something.

Still, we carried on with the Ops Orders.. since we already planned for it. Better be safe than be sorry.

And there were seriously NO THIEVES AT ALL! I was seriously hoping that they could come so I could whack them or something. During my shift.. everytime the train stopped, we would turn off the lights in the cabin and peep out of the window to see if the petty thieves would be looting from our fellow Taiwanese neighbours. But NO.. no one in sight at all. I even contemplated waving a $10 note outside to lure them here.. but.. oh well.

So much for the big scare on the Infamous Prague-Krakow Train Ride.
While we could have gotton a good nights sleep all 9 hours.. I think the planning process was rather exciting.

At least everyone arrived Krakow safe and sound.

Signed off at
7:57 pm

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GROUP	OWN FORCES	TASK
1	Zibin, Weijian, Meiqiang	Defend CABIN4 from 262130 to 270030
2	Chio, Kayping, Yiling	Defend CABIN4 from 270030 to 270330
3	Allan, Gabriel, Xiuying	Defend CABIN4 from 270330 to 270630