Cadet Commisioning Parade

while brosing through the net, i found these really interesting pictures. its actually from a Commissioning Parade at SAFTI MI. this is where the cadets are given their 2LT ranks. i thought, why not share it with everyone? its a really grand sight.This is the Officer Cadet School Tower. its the trademerk of SAFTI. see this tower and you know its at SAFTI straight away... its a really opulent sight, especially whne the sun is setting and the sky is a livid pinky orange, just like a Grapefruit Pavlova... drool...

Before they get their ranks, they are blessed by the 10 recognised religions first. they are, in order, Hinduism, Judaism, Zorastrianism, Bhuddism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam, Shikhism, Baha'i Faith and Jainism.

The SAF band accompanying the marching contigents. the band will only perform on prestigious occassions and ceremonies, like this one.

so, there you have it. a slice of national service in singapore.

Death of OCT Clifton

although clifton is not a personal friend of mine, i actually can feel the pain of losing a fellow soldier in service. maybe its because of how close his and my age is, or just how frequent we send Cadets to Brunei for training and they always come back safe and sound. it has therefore been a really shocking revelation to me that such a fit and strong cadet can just leave us like that.

my friend, alan, was so distraught after hearing the news last wednesday, that he could not concentrate on his work the next day. it's difficult looking at him. alan used to be such a happy, jovial and a blast to be with. and suddenly he just drops all that and became a sullen guy....

We Salute Officer Cadet (OCT) Clifton Lam Jia Hao and may he rest in peace.

Cadets

a new batch of cadets, a new batch of raw meat! i don't know, but i think i have a thing for these guys in No 4 with 3 white stripes on each shoulder. quite a number of them are good looking... and a few have been like sneaking glances at me even! should i? or shouldn't i?

but i managed to find out that one of them, (lets call him p, shall we?) is into motorcycles and stuff. i am so not into that, seriously. sigh the misery of it all... i feel like half of my soul had already vacated this shell of a body... sigh