Sometimes I wonder if I really want to ORD. Really. No joking matter here. You can call me absurd all you want. I know for a fact that I've been looking forward to ORD due to my ORD trips in mind and a life unshackled from the 3 days cycle which is the rota shift. That's what makes ORD seems so glorious as of now. Upon bidding farewell to my fellow SCC mate who was posted to the same rota as me, I can't stop thinking about this all day.

It's been quite a while since I have more or less settled down into station life (obviously right 8 months already siol). I've gotten comfortable with this. It's more than just getting used to the working culture. It's about the bonds formed with the rota throughout the past few months. Feels like one big family mate. No doubt I'll leave with a heavy heart. 

One day I'll wake up feeling empty knowing that I don't have to report to Tuas Fire Station anymore for duty. Forever. It's supposed to feel liberating but I foresee that it'll be outweighed by that empty feeling. Just like how I miss my trainee life after POP-ing despite wanting to POP soo bad. Like so soo fking bad really. Soon after that I'll begin a new chapter which entails its own challenges; totally different from anything I face in NS. Why do I say this?

"I thought after going through station life in Yishun I'm ready for anything uni throws at me. How wrong I was."

These were the exact words from my casual exchange I had with an NUS undergraduate mat, Hilmi, who was an ex-seccom at Yishun Fire Station for his NS. So what was his advice to me?

"Make the best out of your time in station before it's all over."

Well said brother. God knows why I had that exchange with him right before my halfway mark of my station life. After all, this was the life I hoped for back then as a student :).

farewell brother...and here's to more memorable moments in the next 10 months