Post National Day Tributes to the Commandos.
Heee... Ehhh... All the "anti-Jonathan" one ah, u can cover your eyes for this post if u want. It's my ego speech again! haha...
Watching NDP 2 nights ago did brought back some bitter sweet memories. Like every relationship close to the heart, it's filled with many emotions. Unless u are one of us, u will never get to experience it, nor understand it.
We're the men who stood the weathers of many hardships, sufferings and time. But it's thru these hardships and sufferings that we discovered our strengths and derived a sense of satisfaction that many man could only dream of. The term "brotherhood" has found it's true place amongst me and my fellow comrades. No other man will i call my brothers except these men who have shed their tears, blood and sweat with me. There would be no greater honour than to fight along side with my fellow brothers.
What made us the best?
It's not in the amount of trainings we had nor the numerous sophisicated weapons we possessed, but the mental strength and determination, attitude, courage and camaraderie that made us superior. We're not indestructable, but neither do we fall easy. Surrender? haha... Never! The enemy would have seen hell before they would every get close enough to us and it shall be the last thing their miserable life will see. Death will come swift to the enemy who would only get to see the flash of the grim reaper's sickle upon them before the darkness consumes them.
We do not throw away our life needlessly. A sacrifice shall only be made for a greater cause. If i were to die in combat, i would make sure it cost the enemy 10 times more.
In the end, it's not for the country nor it's constitution that i will lay my life down for, but for the one fighting beside me. He fought so to preserve my life, so will i fight to preserve his. If i'm wounded, i know he will run thru the hail of gunfires and exploding rounds to carry me on his shoulder to safety. And if i fall in battle, i know he will carry my body back to my mother. Because of that, i will do the same for him. Be it an Officer, a Sergeant, a Corporal or a Private, in battle we are all brothers. Never will we let each other lay buried in foreign soil.
No matter how hard the mission, we will never given up. Where people deem it's impossible, we will make it possible. Where hope seems lost, we will make hope! Coz if we can't do it, no one can.
True, our training can be tough and a real misery sometimes. I have sacrificed much during my time in commandos but looking back, i come to realised i've gained more than what i have lost. That is the priceless friendship that's formed during times of hardship and suffering, the sense of satifaction and achievement few will every get to experence and the privillage of calling the finest man in Singapore "my brothers".
Here is a favourite quote from one of our preATEC video.
"The load on my back causes my muscles to burn.
My Lungs feel like they are going to burst
My body says enough
But my mind says NO.
If i believe, i will overcome all obstacles
Because I am,
I am a Commando.
I've come to realise
That no matter the amount
of physical or mental strength that i possessed
I would never have made it this far
Without the finest men
who have shed thier blood, sweat and tears with me.
These men who i met as strangers
but will now part as my BROTHERS..."
This is why we're the best.
NDP 2005, Commando, Army Guard of Honour Contingent.
NDP 2005. Our Band of Brothers.
NDP 2005. My Detachment. My brothers.
Kenn and Me. 2/3 of Group SHE... haha...
Me and Ah Foo in our parachutes.
In Brunei, before Hitching a ride on the UH1H chopper.
In Thailand, with the H&K G36K. Same weapon tom cruise used in MI3...
After 2 weeks, Waiting to fly back to Singapore. A place call home.
ATEC 05 in Taiwan. "Heaven Now."
ORD loh... Couldn't have made it this far without my family's understanding and support.
2yrs 2mths of sweet memories and a friendship that last a lifetime.
We've come so far.
Know who's the gal? Anyone still remember project superstar? Haha...
Me and Bryan. Bryan sister is also Crew leh... Hee... Poh 妹妹 here i come! haha...
As times fly past, so must we depart on our seperate path.
But one thing will never change,
the friendship that has been forged will last a lifetime
and the memories will always be in our hearts and minds.
Heee... Ehhh... All the "anti-Jonathan" one ah, u can cover your eyes for this post if u want. It's my ego speech again! haha...
Watching NDP 2 nights ago did brought back some bitter sweet memories. Like every relationship close to the heart, it's filled with many emotions. Unless u are one of us, u will never get to experience it, nor understand it.
We're the men who stood the weathers of many hardships, sufferings and time. But it's thru these hardships and sufferings that we discovered our strengths and derived a sense of satisfaction that many man could only dream of. The term "brotherhood" has found it's true place amongst me and my fellow comrades. No other man will i call my brothers except these men who have shed their tears, blood and sweat with me. There would be no greater honour than to fight along side with my fellow brothers.
What made us the best?
It's not in the amount of trainings we had nor the numerous sophisicated weapons we possessed, but the mental strength and determination, attitude, courage and camaraderie that made us superior. We're not indestructable, but neither do we fall easy. Surrender? haha... Never! The enemy would have seen hell before they would every get close enough to us and it shall be the last thing their miserable life will see. Death will come swift to the enemy who would only get to see the flash of the grim reaper's sickle upon them before the darkness consumes them.
We do not throw away our life needlessly. A sacrifice shall only be made for a greater cause. If i were to die in combat, i would make sure it cost the enemy 10 times more.
In the end, it's not for the country nor it's constitution that i will lay my life down for, but for the one fighting beside me. He fought so to preserve my life, so will i fight to preserve his. If i'm wounded, i know he will run thru the hail of gunfires and exploding rounds to carry me on his shoulder to safety. And if i fall in battle, i know he will carry my body back to my mother. Because of that, i will do the same for him. Be it an Officer, a Sergeant, a Corporal or a Private, in battle we are all brothers. Never will we let each other lay buried in foreign soil.
No matter how hard the mission, we will never given up. Where people deem it's impossible, we will make it possible. Where hope seems lost, we will make hope! Coz if we can't do it, no one can.
True, our training can be tough and a real misery sometimes. I have sacrificed much during my time in commandos but looking back, i come to realised i've gained more than what i have lost. That is the priceless friendship that's formed during times of hardship and suffering, the sense of satifaction and achievement few will every get to experence and the privillage of calling the finest man in Singapore "my brothers".
Here is a favourite quote from one of our preATEC video.
"The load on my back causes my muscles to burn.
My Lungs feel like they are going to burst
My body says enough
But my mind says NO.
If i believe, i will overcome all obstacles
Because I am,
I am a Commando.
I've come to realise
That no matter the amount
of physical or mental strength that i possessed
I would never have made it this far
Without the finest men
who have shed thier blood, sweat and tears with me.
These men who i met as strangers
but will now part as my BROTHERS..."
This is why we're the best.
NDP 2005, Commando, Army Guard of Honour Contingent.
NDP 2005. Our Band of Brothers.
NDP 2005. My Detachment. My brothers.
Kenn and Me. 2/3 of Group SHE... haha...
Me and Ah Foo in our parachutes.
In Brunei, before Hitching a ride on the UH1H chopper.
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In Thailand, with the H&K G36K. Same weapon tom cruise used in MI3...
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After 2 weeks, Waiting to fly back to Singapore. A place call home.
ATEC 05 in Taiwan. "Heaven Now."
ORD loh... Couldn't have made it this far without my family's understanding and support.
2yrs 2mths of sweet memories and a friendship that last a lifetime.
We've come so far.
Know who's the gal? Anyone still remember project superstar? Haha...
Me and Bryan. Bryan sister is also Crew leh... Hee... Poh 妹妹 here i come! haha...
As times fly past, so must we depart on our seperate path.
But one thing will never change,
the friendship that has been forged will last a lifetime
and the memories will always be in our hearts and minds.
