Friday, June 08, 2007
The day before commissioningIt's a mere one more day to our big day. Morale is high, spirits are lifted, enthusiasm brimming and anticipation rising. Zhi Jian unhappy with the attitude of the slackers, but I understand his predicament.
As tomorrow draws nearer, I've been chatting with my other friends =) Others are proud of me, I've been chatting with Kercher and all she has are good words and adoration for my achievement of being able to commission as an officer and the conversation was very pleasant and light-hearted.
Maybe it's because I am feeling insecure about my girlfriend? Because a friend of mine just broke up with his girlfriend? They've been going nicely, but the girl has temptations from another guy and has decided to leave my friend for him instead. Relationships are so fragile and unexpected. Why why why.
Nevertheless, today is our last rehearsal. SSM has been trying his best, but he can see that everyone is very fatigued and exhausted. For a simple mistake that a cadet has done, on any other normal occasion, SSM would have pointed him out and given him a good earful. But yesterday and today, he just kept quiet and only mentions it in his debrief, I guess he really knows we are at our limit and breaking point, but 1WO Amran is still as black-faced as ever, not just with his complexion, but he's got a perpetual facial expression that is so black it makes coal shine.
Moreover today is our final and last vetting by Commander OCS! The performance was much better than yesterday but we couldn't feel it because we were all so tired, the Junior colours were as terrible as before but still Col Ong managed to pip up our spirits not only with his pep talk but also giving us a night's out! And he did it in a negotiating way that improves troop morale.
My body is "configured" and conditioned to parade, and has become very stiff and unhealthy. I feel that my diet is off-balance, I have poor physical stamina but high endurance and irregular appetite. Sigh. When we returned back to our bunks, we were so tired, but still had to force ourselves to do area cleaning and pack our bags before we got the chance to book out at close to 10.30pm to rest for the night.
I can't wait for tomorrow! And it'll arrive sooner than expected, can't believe we survived 9 months! It's nine months already since the first day we stepped into OCS. We're going to become officers!
9:58 PM
