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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Yesterday, 180510, marks the day for bell's graduation. It was also a day which I thought I was given some courageous boost or something because I did something impossible! Okay that aside, attended bell's graduation ceremony at his camp. Did manage to get a overview of how NDU is like. The camp is big. It looks scary. It is so near to Johor. The main entrance to the cabins can be compared to the distance from my house to TP, or maybe further than that. 15 minutes walk? Having to walk in and out of NDU every book in/out after a week of trainings is definitely not an easy one. Imagine that. And so, kinda walked around the place. Some exhibition or photos pasted for us to see. Pools and seas everywhere. At around 8pm, the ceremony starts officially. Performance by the boys for their family to watch. We were all seated at one place near the 'aquarium'. Imagine the place at the zoo where you watch the polar bears in the aquarium. The place where we watched the boys performed in the pool is exactly the same! Haha. Bell did underwater snorkelling with his partner. :) After their performance, a video of the process of their hellweek was shown. A heart-wrenching video. Can imagine how the parents would feel after watching what their boys had gone through for hellweek. Harsh treatments and all. Simply heart-wrenching. After that, the boys marched down in their smart uniforms. They were standing and lining up in an orderly manner to wait for their turn to get their diver badge. Parents were supposed to help their boys pin up their badge on their uniforms. Next, refreshments near the pool. All the divers had to jump down to the pool from 3-storeys high! HOOYA! :) It also marks the end of the ceremony eventually. Photo taking sessions before everyone headed home after that.

After 8 months of intensive and vigorous trainings, bell finally got his diver badge. Bell is a naval diver now. :) Congrats to him! So proud of him!
It is known as one of the toughest units in the Singapore Armed Forces. Yet some 80 percent of what's described as trainee 'tadpoles' make the cut as combat divers of the elite Naval Diving Unit or NDU. [Channel NewsAsia - SAF's Naval Diving Unit is one tough outfit - channelnewsasia.com]

Today. No school for me. Did marshalling for AS's graduation ceremony 2010. Sweat thoroughly the moment I reached TCC. I wondered why they need marshalls. We were not doing anything, just merely brought the graduands to their respective LTs. Took photos with friends I know. My last toes were so pain that I could hardly walk properly. Experienced this for the first time. Argh.

And so, I attended two graduation ceremonies in two consecutive days. Hmm.

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