During the event
Friend: ... because the song goes 'ang, ang, ang...'.
Thomas: Haha, what kinda riddle is th... hey da man's here.
(The Defence Minister arrives with a number of top officials and took their seats among me and my platoon for the shoot. The photographers then proceeded to take a couple of shots.)
Emcee: In appreciation of your visit, we have specially prepared a segment for you.
(Me and my platoon gets ready to sing the navy song for the Defence Minister.)
The platoon: From the...
(At this instance the minister gave a few waves and then left, apparently oblivious to our performance. The whole show lasted just 2 minutes.)
Thomas: What the fuck...
My CO: (sensing that we are slightly pissed about the outcome) Guys, I know you all have put in a lot of effort for this event...
(He then starts a speech which I couldn't be bothered to listen.)
My CO: ... remember the most important thing is that we had good preparation and the shoot was smooth. Good job guys.
Yeah right.