City For The Lost: So This Is The End. . .

Sunday, July 16, 2006

So This Is The End. . .
It is quite hard to believe but my two years and two months of journey is coming to an end. This dawn upon me when we send Ian off back to Austrialia yesterday.

I think I still can vaguely rememeber my enlistment date. I was running late because my sis needed my mom to sign something. A cell group leader from RCC, Dennis I think, was there to see me off. My grandma and my ex and her best friend was with me. I think I look quite panicky that my mom wasn't there yet. I had to board the bus first already cause it's the last bus. At Singapore Ferry Terminal, as mommy's boy as it may seem, I was actually worried that my mom might not make it. Luckily Dennis, the cell group leader, sent my mom to the ferry terminal.

Well, standing out side the hall, waiting for our parents, having last lunch, collecting our daffle bags, trying out our clothes for size in the gym, getting settled in our bunk, our hair cuts. There's a sense of disbelief as i recall them.

It was definately a tough time then, trying to fit in, surviving all the physical training and crap from the sergeants. Well, at least there was OCS to look forward to. Who would have expected me to pass the IPPT and get weeks off. Well, who would expect me to buff up too. Well, field camp and Sit test after that wasn't as that bad after I broke up with my ex.

It was a tough time but a great time too. The promises to go through SISPEC hell with my platoon mates, expecting to not make it for OCS. What a shock it was for everyone that I'm reporting to Police Academy.

Oh, what an anti-social mask I put on when in Police Academy during the first few days. Thank God for Hawk company mates which end up being my best pals in NS. All the shit, the slacking, the singing, the playing, the mugging and all the running. It was an altogether experience from army. The bond was forged not through the tough times but the tough people we have to deal with.

Passing Out and posting out. Got into PAD which was a fun place to be. Got to know alot of people, experience alot of things and most importantly, ate alot of food.

Now, back to Ian. Darling Auzzie boy flew back to Australia yesterday and that might be the last chance we will be seeing him. Haha. Came up with Operations Make Ian Cry or MIC. Basically, me, momo and nic went to send him off. Little did he know, we actually asked the others to come along too. We had some small talk at the cafe when BAM! they surprised him. I think he was surprised in a glad way. We had cake, took photos and laughed at everyone and everything. Alec and Ning came last to see him off. Well, Brian did come but that was after Ian went through the gate.

Anyway, it gets me thinking, how many of them will I keep in contact and how many will become distant faces. Hopefully I still have my bros. No matter what, they have left me with the greatest memory. Not a bad catch for wasting two years of my youth. Here's a toast to my remaining days to the country.
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