Saturday, September 12, 2009

commissioning

3 more weeks to ROC
7 more weeks to specialization
10 more weeks to Joint Term
13 more weeks to commissioning

yesterday was the commissioning of Charlie and Hotel Officer Cadets. Unlike the counterparts from the infantry, i did not need to help out with the duties. Till date, i have not witnessed a commissioning parade. Even in service term, delta was excused from duty due to upcoming scorpion king then. I have heard many stories about it and how it is the single best day of his life for some and no doubt i am very very very very very eager to feel how it is like. It has been a long and tiring journey so far. I dont deny that seeing my friends getting their 3SG ranks and already in their new units are definite causes for envy on my part. The fact that the specialists' pay is going to rise provides no consolation. I fondly recall during week 2 of OCS when Hsuan Te was "set to sign on as a pilot" and that we were only 259 days from commissioning. How time seems to fly. We are now a mere 91 days away. No sarcasm intended, time passes real quickly. Shane and I were having a similar conversation about how time is passing so quickly and it is now almost a full year since our prelims last year. 91 days to go before i experience the best day of my life. Thats a pretty dam good source of motivation for me. Even the tragic defeat of arsenal yesterday will not dampen this. Not too much at least.

Twistin' at 10:41 PM