Tuesday, June 19, 2007 @6/19/2007 11:10:00 PM
4 Years has come and go. It's like just yesterday when i joined the NCC Air as a Recruit. Totally a dumb in everything.
In this Entry I'll just concentrate on the main aspects of what happen on my ROD day.
2 weeks before the actual parade, i received an sms from my best friend Eric The current Senior Quartermaster, saying " ROD Officially 15 June ! ". At that moment, my feeling was mixed. I felt mainly sadness.
The feeling was like a Father losing a child. NCC has been so much part of my life and within a few days i'll be stepping down as a First Sergeant.
On 15 June 2007. ROD 2007.
We were ask to go to school at 1pm to prepare for the parade. I meet up with Benjamin at the Bus interchange to take his "favourite" bus to school and back. Bus number 852. The bus that will transport his love of his life which came from NYGS. But nevertheless, IT NONE OF MY SHIT. Back to the journey.
As soon as we got on board the Bus, we found ourselves talking about our past in NCC. All the funny crap we did as a dumb and innocent cadet. At the third bus stop, we met Jia jin. Joined out conversation and went to school. At this very moment i already felt signs of Emoness in me. Sadness was overcoming my overall mood for the day.
Reached school. Went into Air room. In Air room, there was an immediate change of atmosphere among my Best Platoon mates.There was happiness and sadness around. My cadets we all set up and geared to take over. Whereas all my platoonmates were all having mixed felling doping all their usual Jobs.
After an hour of talking nonsense about our past. We were instructed for the last time by our beloved USM Ren jie to change to our Half No.3 uniform. Next was our final parade rehearsal. While we formed up at out FUP (form up point) we were a little piss of by Sir Ahmad due to him telling as to cut this fold that. It was like" OI!! Fucker!! It's our Fucking ROD here!! we are freaking getting out of NCC. Who would give a Fucking toot Dam!!"
At 5pm at was the Big thing. Guests were flooding in to watch our parade. It was weird. i didn't fell a bit of being scared of cock ups. No fear was in me. Which was weird to me. AS the parade started we, Sec 4 only had 1 thing to pray for. Ren Jie please don't cock up.
As we march in we felt a moment of glory. As we pass out of NCC with satisfaction. but during the march pass my mind was blank. Too many things clod up my mind.
As we Behanti (halt on the march), we had a short hesitation before launching our beret into the air Shouting "ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I threw my beret with all my Pride and results as a NCC Specialist. As my beret flew, a drop of tear came out of my eye.
THE END OF NCC CAME!!
After that we went straight to the AVA room for the award presentation. during the presentation. We added in a new segment, which is the swearing in of the new USM of the unit. It was quite a crappy one to me. During my turn to take my Plague, LTA Tong said something that made me fell pull back. " This is not the end"
After everything, we went to the foyer for our refreshment. After the refreshment, everyone went round taking photos and giving out presents. i was given a Tortoise handphone sling from my Part Cs, a string of straw hearts form Lousia? and a card from Bravo.
Thank you for all the gives that will bring me all the memory.
To part Cs Congrats on taking over the unit.
To Part Ds We Rock!!!!!!!
guess it Fucking late...
Got to get some sleep!!
I'll type out my NCC experience soon....
as soon as i can find the time to do so
i Love NCC..
Flying off
Shawn Koh Z.K
That Guitar Strummed again
The Violin got mysteriously bowed