After that incident, Sally didn't go to school. In front of my very eyes, I saw the confident and vivacious Sally become a shell of her former self. Although I landed in hospital with a broken nose and two fractures, the pain I felt couldn't compare with the void in my heart each time I saw Sally's face subsequent to that attack. Despite being my girlfriend, the furthest I had gone with Sally was to hold her hand. Understanding her chaste ideals, I cannot even begin to imagine the shame and embarrassment she must have felt...
For many days, I agonized over the incident, I had nightmares every single night and I felt powerless. I knew that the five had been forced to transfer schools but other than that had received no punishment. "Where's the justice?!" I asked myself each and every night. Many times meeting Sally in her home, I couldn't hold her gaze knowing that I had failed to protect her when it mattered. Finally I made a decision. I would steal money from my parents and pay some thugs to beat the crap out of them.
That night, I stole all the money I could find in the house, a total of 7000 dollars. I took a cab down to a shady area of Katong where I'd heard money lending activities and indecent massage parlours were rife. As I alighted several calls of "Xiao di di, come here I make you a man" "Come special price" and more were directed at me. I wandered around until at a nearby coffeeshop, I saw a group of about 12 mean looking guys with several tattoos. Bracing myself, I approached them " I want to pay you to teach some people a lesson" Every one of them laughed at me. A man with a crew cut and an impressive tiger tattoo on his right arm turned to me "Xiao! Eh boy, this area not for you. Go home to your mama la!" I stood my ground. Some of the guys started to spit at me feet and one even threw a beer bottle. Still, I wouldn't leave. Finally, two of the biggest guys stood up "Ask you to leave don't want. Want to die is it?" Crew Cut put up his hand. "Wait.. this boy got some guts. "
Crew cut led me into a dimly lit KTV. It was my first time ever in such a place. I saw many drunk old men fondling nubile young ladies in ridiculously short skirts. Finally, I was hustled into a spacious office. In the vast chair sat a very odinary looking man in a long sleeve shirt and pants. He looked nothing like a gangster but rather a successful executive or manager. Yet every one of the guys that hustled me there seemed in awe of this petite man. Crew cut spoke up " Boss, this young boy ask us to take care of business. Say can pay. I think he got balls" The man slowly swiveled and looked me straight in the eyes. It was then that I understood that he was a gangster. I could see nothing in his cold eyes but I felt that he could stare through me. I could fear in my heart. I had the desire to look away but I held the gaze.
"Boy, how do you want us to help you?" he finally said.
"I... I... want some guys to suffer, to land in hospital and I want to be there to watch." I stammered
"How much can you pay and how many guys?" he asked.
"I only have 7000, I will pay you all of it to take care of five guys"
He looked away. After a moment he said to Crew cut "Tiger, handle it" Then, he turned to me and said
"Boy, I will only do it if you pay me the money AND work for me. I can make your troubles disappear..."
Shit I thought... Me?! Join a gang? I am a decent boy. I half turned to leave but at that instance, the image of Sally with her skirt held high like some obscene flag raised demons in my brain.
"Fine" I quietly said.
It was a done deal.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The Incident
The weekend was busy, I was checking out a new gang in the district I was in charge of. Ha! They call themselves a GANG! Their entire gang consisted of twenty young ah bengs who went around making trouble saying they were with us! I had no choice but to teach them a lesson. Five of them landed in the hospital but it was a small "lesson" They really are getting more gu niang. Anyway.... the reason I joined the gang many years ago...
Like I mentioned in the last post, life was sweet for me in JC 1. It was even better when I met Sally. She was gorgeous. Thin with long black hair and a chest too big for her age and size, she was our school belle and the fantasy of every male in the school mine included. Amazingly she chose me to be her boyfriend! We were madly in love. Because she was so pretty though we often had to fend off her many suitors. We normally laughed at these advances but there was once when I failed to protect her...
There used to be a group in our school we called the rich kids. There were a bunch of five ah beng wannabes with rich parents and a huge ego. They love pushing the guys around and teasing the girls. They frequently broke school rules but their powerful parents always smoothed things over. I suspected our school was so nice largely due to their parents' many "donations"
One fateful day, Sally and I were strolling out from school hand in hand when we saw those five teasing a girl from our school. One of them, the obvious ringleader held her captive and another lifted her skirt. The rest then went on to talk about her panties and criticise her. All in public view! Although we didn't know the girl, Sally stepped forward. "Hey assholes! Leave her alone! You guys are a disgrace to our school!" The one pining the girl let her go and turned to Sally, a demonic grin on his face. "My my if it isn't my sweet Sally. I wonder what panties YOU have got on, why don't we find out boys?"
As the five rushed to Sally I stepped in. In a rain of blows, I couldn't be sure who I hit and how many blows I received. Not long later however, two of the guys were down on the floor groaning. I stand at 1.83m and weighed 70 kg then but that was my first real fight. After having downed two guys, my face was a complete mes s, my nose was bleeding profusely and I could feel sharp pains in my ribs making breathing diffcult. It was then that the ringleader stepped forward "Na Bei! Want to act hero right?" "Hold him!" The reamining two standing friends of his held me on the ground. He gave me a few well aimed kicks and I could feel my nose breaking. "Run Sally!" I yelled. But it was too late.
The ring leader caught Sally and forcefully pushed her to the wall. "Now my dear, we shall see" With that, he proceeded to lift up Sally's skirt and fondle her breasts. Lying there, face against the warm pavement, I felt the most useless guy in the whole world. Thankfully, a group of office workers happened to walk by before he could do worse and started yelling.
We eventually made a police report but as usual their parents managed to bail them out of trouble. From that day forth, I made a silent promise to Sally that I would get stronger and protect her no matter what the cost. I kept by my word. We are still together and no one has ever touched Sally inappropriately ever again. I paid a high price for that however.
Like I mentioned in the last post, life was sweet for me in JC 1. It was even better when I met Sally. She was gorgeous. Thin with long black hair and a chest too big for her age and size, she was our school belle and the fantasy of every male in the school mine included. Amazingly she chose me to be her boyfriend! We were madly in love. Because she was so pretty though we often had to fend off her many suitors. We normally laughed at these advances but there was once when I failed to protect her...
There used to be a group in our school we called the rich kids. There were a bunch of five ah beng wannabes with rich parents and a huge ego. They love pushing the guys around and teasing the girls. They frequently broke school rules but their powerful parents always smoothed things over. I suspected our school was so nice largely due to their parents' many "donations"
One fateful day, Sally and I were strolling out from school hand in hand when we saw those five teasing a girl from our school. One of them, the obvious ringleader held her captive and another lifted her skirt. The rest then went on to talk about her panties and criticise her. All in public view! Although we didn't know the girl, Sally stepped forward. "Hey assholes! Leave her alone! You guys are a disgrace to our school!" The one pining the girl let her go and turned to Sally, a demonic grin on his face. "My my if it isn't my sweet Sally. I wonder what panties YOU have got on, why don't we find out boys?"
As the five rushed to Sally I stepped in. In a rain of blows, I couldn't be sure who I hit and how many blows I received. Not long later however, two of the guys were down on the floor groaning. I stand at 1.83m and weighed 70 kg then but that was my first real fight. After having downed two guys, my face was a complete mes s, my nose was bleeding profusely and I could feel sharp pains in my ribs making breathing diffcult. It was then that the ringleader stepped forward "Na Bei! Want to act hero right?" "Hold him!" The reamining two standing friends of his held me on the ground. He gave me a few well aimed kicks and I could feel my nose breaking. "Run Sally!" I yelled. But it was too late.
The ring leader caught Sally and forcefully pushed her to the wall. "Now my dear, we shall see" With that, he proceeded to lift up Sally's skirt and fondle her breasts. Lying there, face against the warm pavement, I felt the most useless guy in the whole world. Thankfully, a group of office workers happened to walk by before he could do worse and started yelling.
We eventually made a police report but as usual their parents managed to bail them out of trouble. From that day forth, I made a silent promise to Sally that I would get stronger and protect her no matter what the cost. I kept by my word. We are still together and no one has ever touched Sally inappropriately ever again. I paid a high price for that however.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
How it all started
My name is Tony Chan but almost everyone calls me Xiong Ge. I am 39 this year and look every bit like a successful business man. In reality though, I am a mid level boss in Singapore in a gang called the Red Dragon. You may not have heard of us but you would surely have heard of the sister gang we control. After being in the gang for a long 23 years... I have decided to share my experience. This is my story...
I am not your typical gangster or ah beng. I was neither poor nor pampered and I didn't come from a broken home. My father was a dcotor and my mother an accountant. My only brother was an airforce pilot.
I studied in the best schools until I dropped out in JC 1 to join a gang... the Red Dragon...
Even now I remember the date as if it were yesterday. 13th of April 1988, the day I became a member of the Red Dragon. I never thought that I would become a gangster. If not for that fateful incident, perhaps I never would. Here's how it happened...
I am not your typical gangster or ah beng. I was neither poor nor pampered and I didn't come from a broken home. My father was a dcotor and my mother an accountant. My only brother was an airforce pilot.
I studied in the best schools until I dropped out in JC 1 to join a gang... the Red Dragon...
Even now I remember the date as if it were yesterday. 13th of April 1988, the day I became a member of the Red Dragon. I never thought that I would become a gangster. If not for that fateful incident, perhaps I never would. Here's how it happened...
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