!FINALLY!
Its finally over! The commissioning parade is finally over! woohoo im on top of the world. Feel so relieved that i haf no more parade rehearsals, no more "hen-ta-ka-ki" on the spot, no more full run downs. REJOICE!
BUT.......
Despite all these happiness, i felt quite disappointed on the proceedings of the parade. On the whole the parade was one BIG joke! All our efforts we put in for the past 2 weeks had gone down the drain over wad had happened during the parade!
1. Firstly, i felt that the march past was sucky, well mayb it onli appiled my contingent. dun noe abt the rest. All wasnt in dressing and the swinging of the arms was not consistent! (despite many rehearsals to correct these problems!)
2. Our ber-hen-ti after the march past was screwed up.
3. 3 people in the parade fainted!!! Apparrently, 1 fell asleep and picked himself up only when he found out wad he had done!
4. 2 people fell asleep during the President's speech!!!! causing them to lose grip of their M16s. Can u imagine how loud the impact of the M16 hitting the ground was.... TWICE!
5. On the whole, all the drill movements and rifle drills were not sharp and not together.
6. Contingent 1 and 7 went on a frenzy when marching into the parade square singing the OCS too fast. None of us could hear the speed of the song as everyone was shouting out the song causing the march in to be chaotic!
So, i guess wadever i juz said sums it all up abt the proceedings on the parade huh. Cant imagine isn't it?. All the blood and sweat enduring all the parade rehearsals all went down the drain!. Can you imagine, we had 12 full run downs b4 the actual thing and still we cock up! To the cadets who fell asleep: Thanks for making my parade a memorable one, i will never forget wad happen on the 23rd of Jan 2005! One word describes them : DISGRACE!
Well, its all over now. No pt crying over split sour milk. What is done has already been done. I am now a young 2Lt and i noe what lies ahead of me requires much more responsibility and decision making! i must prepare myself so dat i can prove to people that carrying balls is not everything!