I just got back from my army fren's wedding dinner. I was sitted with my fellow specialists, and it was like a big family reunion dinner for us. Although we do have gatherings every now and then, we rarely have such a big attendance at one go.

As my friend is an army regular, we get to see many other familar faces - the other more senior army regulars, many of whom have tekaned us before while we were still trainees or green commanders. Somehow, i see the ego swelling in me, as i purposely dressed up more and behaved in a more 'yaya' manner, all becos i knew i wud be facing these army regulars.

There seems to be a devil in me who wish to tell them that: Hey! We are no longer the blur and young soliders with student mentality, who were once easily manipulated and bullied by you ppl. We are now all university graduates, filled with confidence and have visions of our own. True enough, most of these army regulars did not come to our table and greet us. Only a few friendly ones did.

On a lighter note, I am really glad to have this bunch of army friends (my fellow specialists). ALthough i did not walk through the entire 2.5 yrs with them as i fell out halfway due to my surgery, they have not excluded me. It has been almost 6yrs since we parted, but the talking style, the unique way that we address one another (each of us have a special nick modified from our real name) and typical rowdy behaviours remain the same. We are so close becos we have been thru the same 'shxx'. And its also becos of one another's support and influence at the age of 19-21, an age that most of us carve and mould out our own individual character.

Pls pardon me, but sad to say to the singaporean gals, this is something that you gals have missed out. The wonderful friendships and experiences we have gotten from the army are indeed invaluable, and cannot be described using mere words.