Left, right, left, right, all the way!

I've never gotten so black before. Standing under the hot sun for three consecutive and counting days just for one sole reason. For my parade. For that one time my parents put my rank on my shoulders. We all do things for a reason. Without reasons, we will just be going through motion and no one will benefit. I've asked myself so many times why do I choose the path of an officer where I can just slack off somewhere as a man? What can I benefit from these 9 arduous months of training in ocs? To some extent, I saw the bigger picture of being an nsf and an operational ready soldier. Not only we serve to protect our homeland, we are also protecting the things we like, the people we love.

Growing more mature through ns? I would say yes and no. Mindset wise I've not changed much but in terms of trying to understand the way certain things work rather than challenging it head on, yes of cos. I believe that everyone has their own personal values, personal likings. And well, we do get irritated at times when people do things we dont like. Actions that may be simple and insignificant may affect others alot, so I'm exceptionally careful of what I say or do. Here's the catch. Not everyone is like that. I understand habits cannot be changed overnight and I try my best to overlook all these actions. But when things get out of hand, I shut up and do nothing. Like literally. I really dont know how to handle irritating people and especially some irritating friends.

On a lighter note, commissioning in 3more days, ORD in about 10months! Haha time really flies. Just a random thought: Whatever we do now will be memories for us in the future. Although they arent gonna be real ever again and no matter what you do they will just stay as memories, at least they are once yours. Treasure every moment you have now cos you dont get a second chance in life. Dont wait till everything becomes memories, you look back and regret why dint you try harder back then. So rather than why dint I try harder BACK THEN, how 'bout I try harder NOW?