Airborne...

After an arduous 3 weeks, i am,according to ain, a certified airborner!

All the hardships us NCC cadets had to face was worth it though. Our really tough warrant officer, the training, the adjustments to hendon. Finally it all bore fruit on the 29th of June, when all 8 of us passed out as paratroopers.

My first jump was on pure adrenalin. I wasnt even scared, not even abit. All i was thinking was to punch out of the plane! And unfortunately, i had to land on the runway, which made my butt hurt. My second jump though, was totally different. It was just like what the warrants say. The 2nd jump will always be the worst. I felt faint, i felt like vomitting, but i held on, and the 2nd jump was peaceful, except that my helmet broke off! The 3rd was the most fun. Since i was already familiar with the parachute, i played around with the toggle, and upon landing, i knew instantaneously that i am now part of the airborne fraternity. Given a chance, i would like to make jumping out of planes my job. (If only that was possible)

But the hardest part was most definately missing my family and my ain. I can take any physical punishments, but my loved ones are my weaknesses. Luckily we get to book out on weekends..

However, a wierd feeling lingers. All my friends were so happy to have passed out, but i felt indifferent. The prestige of airbone wasnt lost on me. Only a few outside units get to go through the BAC, and even fewer qualify and even dare jump our from a plane at 1000 feet. After much thought, i realised that maybe all the warrant officers' and commandos' thinking had rubbed on off me. They said that the BAC was just another course, that we can go on to better things such as military freefall,ranger etc.. I guess thats where my feelings stemmed from. But not to put down BAC in any way, I have pride in the airborne, i never let it down, I AM AIRBORNE!









Me and ain got to go out on sat, we watched and celebrated our 2 years (feels just like yesterday we got together) at marina bay. We reminisced our first date there and watched part of the parade from afar. May god bless our relationship for 200 more years to come.

I love you. Once again, happy 2 year anni wak..