Band of Brothers

two days passed. and i've been screwing around in spec course for two days.
and today i even screwed up my GSK test.
wah, like that sure kena senior Corporal.
to put it in a nicer way, Corporal First Class.
really, spec course was kinda like a nightmare to me.
all the test, the CLTs that scream at you...wah.

but then, i must say that everything still have a good side to it.
met a lot of new friends during spec course.
one whole platoon consisting 50+ people,
what can you really expect?
sometimes you might get into a platoon that you are totally strangers with everyone;
sometimes you just get into a platoon that everyone's background is too different from yours.
so how? all of us have to take a lookout for each other,
no matter which unit we came from,
our race, academic streams, everything.

and because of this, i got very close with so many platoon mates.
starting by forming my little clique,
we went on to become the 'Band of Brothers'.
the biggest, most influential clique in the platoon.
yeap, we're from different schools and different unit.
but we know the definition of 'unity is strength'.

a handshake, a fist slam;
that is what that started brotherhoods that lasted for eras.

sometimes, when i think that i am really going to fail spec course,
i don't have any fear for that.
fear for all the consequences when i really fail.
meeting so many people that i can call brothers in the course,
is already the most fortunate thing that ever happen to me in spec course.
not earning a rank and a cookie;
but one will just earn the respect of his brothers.

my OC told me that,
"Rank is just a piece of cloth. Respect is what you earn."
i saw many RGS and Cedar gals went out to become the Platoon I/C;
and then get hated by the platoon mates.
yes, they'll get a higher rank;
but then, i would rather stay in the platoon ranks,
have a joke and laugh together with my brothers,
and get a lower rank.
earning respect through failing,
rather than gaining hatred through winning.

sometimes, when you reach a certain stage of life,
you'll just realised that winning isn't everything.

sometimes, by losing a bit in life,
you have already won life over by many, many times.

Rank is just a piece of cloth. Award is just a piece of wood. Respect is what you earn.