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Sunday, September 10, 2006

1:48 AM

Congrats to jo on finally becoming an officer! Your NS period must be the most tumultuous among us all.Having to OOC during BMT,thus dashing your hopes of going to OCS, upgrading from a clerk to a fighting fit soldier and having to recourse BMT almost 1year after your cohort,not to mention extending your ORD date(you must be crazy!) so you can get posted to OCS. These are huge sacrifices you have made,and be glad that they have all paid off.
I've been present at 2 commissioning parades already, and I must say, the moment when I witness the peak caps being hurled into the air never fails to move me.The culmination of 9 months of hard work is in that exact moment, when cadets become fully-fledged officers.The mixed feelings of joy,exhilaration,pride,release and accomplishment must be something undescribable, something that only those people on the parade square will ever experience.
Kudos to jo, you truly deserve to be on that parade square. For not being afraid to try again, for being able to find the courage to leave your comfort zone(many would have grabbed the oppurtunity to be a clerk and ord in peace), for your determination in chasing your dreams, for persevering in spite of uncertainties and doubts, for striving through tough times, for not quitting in face of adversity.

Don’t Quit
by Edgar A. Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low but the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit ...
Rest if you must, but don't you quit!

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many failures turn about
When we might have won had we stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow ...
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out...
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

For all that, I salute you.

&the beauty.

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