Boyfriend's commissioning parade
I have always been proud of my bf ever since he enters to OCS but to witness his commissioning ceremony is a fairy-tale to me. Time flies from the day he enters tekong till the day he received his most desire posting, to the day he invited me to his social night and lastly till today, he invited me over to witness his commissioning parade.
On the 20th July 2014, the boy finally had his commissioning parade! Finally ended his 9 months of rigorous training and also tough times that we had together.
Yes, if you have a bf in army right now, you'd totally understand the feeling of not being able to meet often. And not even on every weekend given that there are times they are overseas for 3-4 weeks, and times that they're not allowed to book out.
But, absence make the heart grow fonder. Days without him had me realised that I may be too reliant on him which isn't too good for me. It's always good to be independent on both sides so that we can support and rely on each other :)
The sun has been good for the whole day, yes, it was sunny yellow banana Sunday but this doesn't stopped us from coming to support my love one. And to start of the day, I have joel with me to drive me to his camp which was way too far. Imagine yourself travelling to and fro from Hougang to Joo Koon. For goodness, there's car on that day or else I might faint at any point of time.
All the guests have to be seated at 5.15pm. You may see families filling up the space way beyond 4.30pm. By the time I reached the venue, all the seats were taken especially the one where bf stood. In the end, Bf's family and I had to get seats at the end of the platform. But on a happy note, we are still able to witness the whole ceremony clearly. As they were very particular about the seating arrangement, only those who has the real tickets are able to enter in whereas the rest of them have to the station at one corner of the parade and this is why I did not get to enter in with Joel. I left him outside ;/
The parade commenced at 5.45pm and the marching was really impressive too and the songs they sing were so cute I couldn’t stop laughing and smiling. The slow march was really nice and you see the officers below smiling at his parents and looking all at us.
Then it was time for the officer's parent to head down to the parade to put his "chocolate bar". His dad is definitely more anxious than anyone of the parent out there. He was searching high and low for his precious son while his mum remained as calm as she could although she was a little nervous too. But happiness lies on her smile. Can see the proud look on his parents face!
After that, we were told to move away from the parade square to say their pledge and also to prepare to throw their caps. But before they throw it, you can see their anticipating look on all the guys faces, they were all smiling from ear to ear and grinning so hard and then all together, they threw up their caps and started jumping on each other.
Heart was thumping really fast and a wave of nostalgia washed over me and I started smiling cause this signified the end of OCS, he is an officer now.
Can really tell that he was so elated that night to receive blessing from his family members and friends especially his true buddies.
And last but not least, to the man I love. So glad to witness the whole ceremony of your commissioning. It wasn't easy to undergo such tough training but im glad that this 9 months stay is all worthwhile. To be able to see you standing tall and smile, and also to be able to tug under your cosy shoulder, it really give me an opportunity to cherish you more, support you lot. The start of a new phase is waiting for you. I just wanna say that I will be always there for you through your darkest hours, even when the whole world collapse, I will be standing at the bottom of the cliff to support you, to give you my outmost power and energy.
Hang in there my SIR to your ORD (:
Till then.
