Random Conversation

Was having a random conversation with one of the Australians attached to the Exercise.

Phill: Hey Mate (They call everyone Mate in Australia... Beats me..)
Tin: Hey Dude... How is it going?

Conversation goes on.. until...

Phill: I heard Singapore is very small... You can travel from one end to the other in 3 hrs...

Tin: Are you sure? Who told you that? 3 hrs in a tractor? We can drive from east to west in less than 1 hr in a car... about 40 mins from South to North...

Phill: Oh Jesus... Thats freaking small...

Tin: We have close to 5 million people living on it...

Phill: Oh freaking hell.. aint the island sinking??

Tin: We live in apartments which goes up to 12 storeys tall... each apartment is about 90m square...

Phill: Thats only a few containers added up... (anyway phill is the crane operator.. tats why he used containers as a measurement)

Tin: You cant drink/eat on the subway... the fine can go up to $500..

Phill: ..... (i swear i can see the disbelief in his eyes)

Tin: Anyway, the troops you see now... they are all only 19 years old.. everyone is required to serve 2 years in the armed forces...

Phill: How i wished they implement this in Australia... the young mates nowadays... trouble makers...

At least there is one thing he is impressed... our national service implementation...