National Day eve draws near.. the one last time i will be able to don on my coveted NO3 uniform.. the one uniform that carries with it a weight of burden,responsibility,pain,joy,memories,character and most of all the Pride of being a NCC cadet.. An Air Cadet and most importantly Part Of Dunman Air.. as i polished my boots just barely 10mins ago. i looked at the cloth and kiwi i was using.. it was the 3rd cloth i used in 4years and the kiwi.. i have absolutely no idea how many i have used already.. its been that many a time i have polished my boots.. even so i look at my shoe now.. shinning under the florescant light as i grin at my reflection.. this is the work of so many years of polishing.. layer after layer of kiwi polish coupled with fingers covered in black residue.
Flipping the virtual book of my NCC career, i remember a time when i was in sec1.. feeling no sense of belonging, pride nor purpose in the unit.. contemplating whether to join Badminton instead and drop all i had in NCC.. including the little points i accumilated during my short stay.. i admit i was a weakling then, one who was unable to endure the harsh trainings and drills.. one who found drills dumb and always criticized why we had to do this.. what brought me back? i myself am not sure but i do remember talking with yu heng if i recall correctly abt this decision i was about to make.. he too was indecisive in his view but he replied sayin something abt its my life so i should make the decision.. i continued with NCC air.. and the following year though made more enemies then allies.. i proved my worth and went on to participate in several activities.. including the annual NCC orienteering competition.. where we emerged champions.. AeroModelling soon became a passion to which eventually led to be being Aero Head the following year and led a team to the Air Competion.. though no prizes was won.. it was an unbelivable experience.. before that.. we went to Mount Ophir.. dont think many of you knew this.. but i wasn't initially selected for this expedition but rather for the Annual Kayaking Expedition.. unfortunately.. due to unforseen circumstances.. i came down with chicken pox.. which rendered me unable to attend the trail selection.. leading to my automatic disqualification.. call it a miracle or something but i was soon given a slot in the Mount Ophir Expedition..
many jovial moments were spent there..


roomates


Base Camp[ at the lake ]


enroute to summit


at the summit[P.S. not bird watching as said in the school magazine]

then came spec cse where i had a blast.. not because i was placed in the same platoon with all my best NCC pals.. but that i made so many new friends and came out as a 2SG..



RSAF NCC BADGE..

Speech Day soon arrived and we marched in as GOH..

Marching In..

Marched In..

Not everything is related to NCC of cuz..


Siva at Merry Brown with us after SSAB attachment

then came the NCC camp in 2006..[the last for me]


Dunman Air 2006

now as i pin on my badges and typing this entry at the same time.. i cannot seem to face reality that my career is soon ending.. but i will go for CLT course and come back to lead Dmn.. if time permits me to do so..

(9:02 PM)