too elle tee

and yes, after 38 weeks of hard work, all has been paid off. New rank, new pay, and more importantly, new lifestyle. Indeed, as what wenjuin and zheng told me, the commissioning parade is really an indescribable experience; we should savour every single moment while standing, marching out there, and especially the instant when we throw our peak caps. Strangely, the moment everything ended, a certain weird feeling swept past me, unexpectedly. I suddenly had the realization that half of my NS liability has been served. In other word, i only have less than one year left to serve, before i'm free again. But then again, i realized that there's still a long way to go. This is but the beginning. And quoting Commander OCS, we are now all on the same ship- officership. (HAHA)

I remember that one of my teachers (can't remember who) once told us that if we do not study hard enough, we will have to pray to every god just before the exams.

And yes, we have done just that. we've been blessed by the nine esteem religious leaders. May all the powers combine!

The whole parade seemed jsut like one of the manymanymany rehearsals we had, just that this time, the grandstand was filled with people, so it wasn't that boring as I could look at the people sitting at the grandstand, spotting people whom i know. Before we know it, we closed up as we prepared for the final stage of the parade. Not that I didn't want the parade to end, but it all happened so quickly.

Fixing of officer insignias. This is one of the moments i had been waiting for. That one bar never seemed so close to me before. I can't help but keep looking down on my shoulder after that.

Then, the moment came.

Happiness was overflowing from everyone as we tossed our caps high into the sky. 38 weeks of training just for this moment, incomparable to anything else.

Of course, the parade would have been rather meaningless if these people hadn't come to share the joy. It's like getting good results, and unable to share the good news with anyone. I'm really appreciative of your presense!



Lastly,

My JC classmates were there too. Four (only three went though) of my classmates have become officers! (And now FIVE) I'm really proud of them. I can say proudly that the Sword of honour (infantry), sword of merit (armour) came from my class!