My signed on application as a navy officer has succeeded and tmr is the first day of my career in the SAF.
On the day of POP when we are route marching, i told Yaseen that it really doesn't feel like we r going to POP in a few hours time. It feels like just another BMT high key event and that the following Monday we would be booking in back to Tekong again.
It doesn't feel real on the thought that we are posting out to different units and life wouldn't be the same again for all of us at that point of time.
Especially me, moving on to OCT for navy officer.
Others would just simply start the next phase of their army life this week,
I'm actually starting a CAREER!
It still feels quite of a shock for the first few days of block leave,
but the feeling really began to sink in the past few days.
During the navy officer board interview, alot of people thought that the questions were difficult to answer, especially the qns : "Why Navy?"
This seems to be a very superficial qns
but in fact, it is actually a very deep and self reflecting qns.
Hmm my thoughts?
Let's put it this way.
Interviewers question: Why Navy?
My answer to the interviewers were these:
Let's say instead what kind of person would I want to be in my life?
I wanted to be some1 that is driven n passionate in life.
Some1 that people would look up n respect to as a peer, as a leader, as an individual.
I want to do n go through stuffs that are unique from everyone else,
living up to the honor of the things that I do.
I want to make an impact in people's life,
and at the same time broaden my mindset and explore different culture and stuff in the world.
I just want to keep improving myself as an individual.
I don't want a deskbound job and work my guts out all my life just for the sake of working, just for the sake of everything that I need to support in my life.
Instead, I look for a life of purpose n fulfillment,
I don't want to drag myself out of bed to work everyday.
But instead i would rather myself to look forward to everyday of my life to the things that I'm going to do.
At the same time, I'm ensured financial stability all the time.
I don't need to work towards to owning a bungalow, or a superb Lamborghini car.
I just need to let my family n I to live our lives very comfortably,
with no financial worries.
Navy comes by not of prolong planning or childhood dream.
Neither do I thought about going to the Navy in d 1st place.
Instead it serve as an opportunity.
Life is all about making tough choices.
Sometimes, we just need some directions in making our choices.
At first I don't even know what kind of career paths am I really going to take in d future.
But I know what r the stuffs to seek for in my life.
Planning, doing n leading have always been elements in my life.
Having the opportunity to go overseas every now n then to explore different cultures,
doing extraordinary stuffs that not normal people would do,
learning to be an effective leader n team player,
a career with higher than average pay in Singapore with financial stability,
opportunities for scholarships to further studies,
n having the honor of protecting the country through my job
really seems to appeal to me.
In life, I've learnt that making decisions are part n parcel of life.
Just that life is too short for any regrets.
Of course I would be lying if I were to say I wasn't afraid at all to make this decision.
But alot of things that I went through previously in life had taught me that
life is always full of surprises.
Things r ever changing.
The way things r now maybe not be the same as it is in d future.
There will always be cons n an element of risk in every decision that we make in our lives.
We shouldn't be too bothered with factors like fear of regretting, uncertainty to affect our decisions in our lives.
Becuz these negative factors doesn't really prove anything to the various options.
What's important is to think logically n follow your heart.
And to be brave enough to be different and make that decision.
We shouldn't regret if things doesn't really turn out as fine as we thought of,
for there are always reasons to our decisions at the point of time.
Hence one of the few things that I will constantly remind myself from now on..
"Leave no room for regrets."
Few hours later would be the official start of new phase of my life.
I just wanna keep this strong n positive attitude all the way.
And make my decision worthwhile
and my life a fruitful one. =]
