It’s only just begun!
Fong & Rach Pre-Wedding Documentary from Little Red Ants on Vimeo.
I knew Fong Xiongkun during Officer Cadet School. I remember the first encounter with him. I had accidentally stepped on his polished boots and was terribly apologetic about it. He looked at me and said: “I will only forgive you on one condition, that you tell me your name.” And that was how we first talked. We went on to be platoon mates for 10 months before being posted to the same active battalion. He as a Mortar platoon commander and me as a Scout platoon commander, which meant another one year together in the same building (of Support Company 1 Guards Battalion). Fong remains one of my best friends through till today and the reason I hung on to him so dearly as a friend is because he is possibly the most flawless person I even knew, or will ever know.
You need to hear about the story of how he saved his rations during Jungle Confidence Course so that others could bank on his food in case theirs didn’t suffice. Or how he petitioned for the canteen auntie during Junior College years to leave the cucumbers in a self-serve bowl so that they don’t get wasted because people didn’t eat them when dished together with the main ingredients they ordered. Or how he would lent his hard-saved money to needy friends (up to thousands at a time) but scrimp on himself (by using a foldable bicycle to get to almost everywhere). Or how he just take home the combat rations that soldiers usually discard so that he doesn’t have to spend unnecessarily on food. Tennis captain of VJC, NUS soccer team player, vocalist of an a-capella group, first class honours in social work, ex-OC support 747 Guards (he has since signed on)…. Fong is amazing.
It is my honour and privilege to create this documentary for him and Rachel. I am goddamn sure both of them will go on to many blissful years ahead and I hope he realises how important he is as an influence in my life. I can’t wait to start work on his wedding day photographs. Yes, I teared on his wedding day. I couldn’t help it after he broke down himself while saying a prayer for all those who have gone through the journey with him.