Stifled...

Monday, December 12, 2005

Commissioning...

Yup, it's kinda late, but I'm gonna write about my commissioning.

I went through 2 weeks of drills, parade rehearsals and crap like that, only to put up a good show on the 10th. The show almost couldn't start because it was fucking dark that afternoon and we almost had to cancel the parade for fear of lightning. Thank goodness it cleared right before the parade started.

I thought I'd be nervous to see so many people, but I wasn't. Probably because I had the experience of being on a parade before. We marched out, saluted the VIPs and marched past the president. Next, we waited for the prize winners to get their prizes. I did everything right and waited patiently for the president to declare us all as commissioned officers.

That's me.

Then we marched off and came on the parade square again to let our parents put on our ranks for us. My father did it for me. Then we threw our peak caps and celebrated our end of our cadet life.

My dad putting on my 2LT rank for me.

Jen and my brother went to some buffet, which, apparently, sucked big time. My parents and I had a 6-course dinner in the dining hall. I was sitting with Sean and Aaron. Their parents seemed to be chatting away quite happily but my parents didn't really talk much with them. Probably because my parents are not English educated.

My family and I.

Anyway, I'm now 2LT Chua Zong Hao and not longer OCT Chua Zong Hao. I'm currently taking a 2-day course in OCS and will be reporting to BMTC on Wednesday. I'll see how my life will change then.

Jen and I.

End...

Hanged @ 9:48 PM