Incidentally, today is the exact halfway point of my 22 months of National Service.
Attended the Chief of Army COC Parade at PLC yesterday.
It's been 3 months since I graduated from there but for some reason everytime I enter this camp I would get a cozy feeling. Maybe true to its name, it's really Home of the Specialists. The parade was very grand with fireworks and banners and VVIP. I was literally drowned by the crabs and stars walking around.
Well, on a side note, I have full admiration for MG Chan. The first time I met him personally was four days before our SCS graduation when he came to speak to us at Leader's Hall. He collated a list of seemingly unrelated questions and stringed together a combined answer which satisfied many of us present. Till this day I could still remember snippets of that dialogue. That's what I call an embodiment of poise and intelligence. The second time was during the actual graduation itself when I somehow mustered up my courage to take a picture with him.
Yesterday was the third and probably the last time I would see him in green.
There's no doubts someone of his caliber would excel in anywhere he goes.
Life follows a somewhat standard routine for me. Wake up, get to camp, settle some stuff, read the papers, interact with others and deployed for external stuff (read: dispatching, interaction sessions, parades) once in while. Go home, have dinner, spend some time with my parents and go to sleep.
Still trying to figure out my path after ORD now. At this point in time I am certainly not ready to make a decision yet. The meet-up with S01 guys two weeks ago made me re-think several options. Sometimes I wonder at an age of 20, how many of us are really prepared to make the the most crucial decision of our lives? In terms of Economics, what qualifies our decision as being the 'best'? Money? Prestige? Contribution to Society? Work-life Balance? Satisfaction?
It is tempting to take the easy way out. Take XXX local scholarship, get a professional engineering degree from NUS, work for XXX with a starting salary of SGD$5k, progressing up to ~$12k in 15 years realistically.
But is that what I really want?
Do I want to give up the world out there just for recession-proof job stability?
Sometimes, I wished someone in a better position is able to help me make the decision.
But I have the responsibility and I will have to do it myself.
I just hope I the decision I make would be one I won't regret, and it doesn't necessarily have to the 'best'.
