Just prior to 18-year-old Ens mandatory enlistment into the Singaporean army, a series of events and disclosures threatens to alter his world view forever. The taste of his first romance, the death of his grandfather, his grandmothers worsening Alzheimers disease, his schoolteacher mothers affair with an uptight military commander, and Ens newfound awareness of his late fathers student activist past all contribute to his decision to reevaluate the pieces of his life before they are erased by the tides of time.