1978 September 17, “Inside the mind of a rifleman”, in The Straits Times:
Who like army. No freedom and NCOs always shout. They have loud voices. They shout only we gabra (panic).
1986 November 18, “Slanging the message across”, in The Straits Times:
In the sports field, the nervous little boy who is drafted into the squad to make up a full team gets all “gabra” (or confused) when he receives the ball and “cocks up” the match resulting in his team’s defeat.