Holiday, CCA

Spending two and half weeks in Australia this holiday was great as it relieved me of all the exam stresses before the holidays. At Changi airport before our flight, I could vividly remember that we had reached there late due to certain miscommunications for transportation. The airport was crowded with people at the booking counter for the flight to Melbourne. Luckily, we booked in at another side of the airport which was relatively empty. However, I was told by my dad that we were persuaded to be off-loaded and take the next flight the next day due to the heavy load of passengers taking the flight. Furthermore, there was problems with my "exit-permit", and the flight was in half an hour. There were no first-class seats left other than the one which was given to my sister since it was her last time having such privilleges. The rest of my family was downgraded to economy class which I dreaded, well-known for its cramped up seats and the lack of delicious food. Luckily, we managed to get on the flight even though it was not first class. The cabin had 10 seats per row, unlike the first class which had 12 seats per cabin. I was unable to sleep the whole night, giving way to people who needed to go toilet. The food was horrible too, and i envied my sister who was probably eating kavia, crab, lobster, or other delicious food and enjoying good services. Anyway, that was her last chance this trip and i still had a few years more to come, hehe. I was relieved when we reached melbourne where we spent 3 days in. After which, we left for Adelaide. On the way, we experienced many enjoyable things, went to places of interests such as apollo bay, 12 apostles, blue lake, MaKenzie falls......., ate delicious food and stayed in hotels of various qualities, one of which was a town on the slopes of an active shield bolcano, Mt.Gambier. After staying in Adelaide, we returned to Melbourne by a different path, experiencing more sights, smells, touch. I enjoyed most of the trip in Melbourne where we visited our relatives and played with my cousins. I was reluctant to leave at the end but I still had to go home. This time, there were less passengers and I managed to get a first class seat. I pretty much enjoyed the 2 and a half weeks, however the irony is that: I have been to Melbourne more than 10 times.

At the other side back in Singapore, I was not giving any effort to my CCA. Being unable to attend the various courses organised due to the Australian trip. This meant that I was unable to attain my badges. For the past 2 years, the sjisjab ncos had not sent us for any courses except for 1. This new batch of ncos was exceptional, or they were not slacking. I mean wads so difficult about sending cadets for courses, even if a lot of planning was needed-they had so much time( 1year), the cpds ncos in the past were slacking, with no change of the kind of people from one generation to another, until it reached this batch. But sad to say, this cpds nco is quite abnormal, with too much female hormones (It means that chou char bors make good cpds ncos!) Back to myself, I have 0 badges and so does the whole unit. I can slack in wadever things but not cpds, we are already lagging behing the other UGOs-----look at the amount of badges they have.