NAtional Day
This year's National Day seemed very different to me. Perhaps I've grown into maturity and yada yada yada...Didnt' really went out..just stayed at home and watched the NDP on the tube. It had been five years since they had it at the Padang...kinda cool
The aerial display is also kinda new...only if I could be a fighter pilot...anyway...it was cool...I will forever be enthralled by fighter jets...the way they are manouvered..so elegant and swift...like dancing in the air...
On the eve of National Day, I watched this Malay show potraying the life of Lt. Adnan. I find him to be a really great man and he is one of the few who inspires me to be a soldier one day. His bravery and sense of responsibility really sweeps me off my feet. I'll still salute him till the day i perish. I like the ending part of the show the best. It displays his sacrifice for his fellowmen despite being the highest ranking officer at the moment. I wondered what was going through his mind when he was in the trench firing off whatever that was left.
Like that wasn't enough, he went on to have arm to arm combat with the throngs of Japs coming towards him. It was lucid that he would die but he just kept on going. He did all these even though he was injured.
It is an honour to have such people defending Singapore even though its just a puny island. I do hope that Singapore still bears this kind of people. Surely we can't swell up the number of soldiers in the republic anymore, so I guess we have to resort to quality instead of quantity. Oh yeah, one more thing about Lt Adnan...it's believed that if there were to be 10 more like him the Japs would've need 10 more divisions to occupy Malaya.
In the years to come if I were to be an officer, this is the creed that I will hold on to,
"As a leader, I myself would not only excel, but to also ensure that my men have exceeded the boundaries of their potential. Together, each and everyone of us will be the best we can be."
Hope that I'll realise my dreams one day...
A heap of gratitude, respect and honour
To Lt Adnan and his Malay Regiment
To those who have survived the perils and hells of war
To those who have shed blood for the homeland
And to those who have one way or another done their best to make this island a better palce to live in.
This is a song dedicated to those warriors who have and will defend this country.
Di medan ini
by Awie.
Di medan ini zahirku layu
Jasad kaku dibelenggu
Jalur nadi masih kukuh
Janji setia tidak luntur
Di medan ini bakti disandang
Korbanku untuk maruah
Teguhkan azam nusa
Agar generasiku terbela
Jejakku tinggalkan
Untuk kau teruskan
Bangkitkanku dalam perjuanganmu
Mencantas noda
Bara semangatku
Bara semangatmu
Merintis cinta
Di medan ini gemilang persada
Hamparkan jati diri
Gemparkan pada mereka
Kita mampu teguhkan
Lambang merdeka
Laungkan semboyan
Seru gempur perwira
Walau gugur kubasahkan darah
Dengan ikhlas
Sumpah hidup wira bangsa
Juangkan cita
Bebaskan nusa
::: Death Before Dishonour :::
The aerial display is also kinda new...only if I could be a fighter pilot...anyway...it was cool...I will forever be enthralled by fighter jets...the way they are manouvered..so elegant and swift...like dancing in the air...
On the eve of National Day, I watched this Malay show potraying the life of Lt. Adnan. I find him to be a really great man and he is one of the few who inspires me to be a soldier one day. His bravery and sense of responsibility really sweeps me off my feet. I'll still salute him till the day i perish. I like the ending part of the show the best. It displays his sacrifice for his fellowmen despite being the highest ranking officer at the moment. I wondered what was going through his mind when he was in the trench firing off whatever that was left.
Like that wasn't enough, he went on to have arm to arm combat with the throngs of Japs coming towards him. It was lucid that he would die but he just kept on going. He did all these even though he was injured.
It is an honour to have such people defending Singapore even though its just a puny island. I do hope that Singapore still bears this kind of people. Surely we can't swell up the number of soldiers in the republic anymore, so I guess we have to resort to quality instead of quantity. Oh yeah, one more thing about Lt Adnan...it's believed that if there were to be 10 more like him the Japs would've need 10 more divisions to occupy Malaya.
In the years to come if I were to be an officer, this is the creed that I will hold on to,
"As a leader, I myself would not only excel, but to also ensure that my men have exceeded the boundaries of their potential. Together, each and everyone of us will be the best we can be."
Hope that I'll realise my dreams one day...
A heap of gratitude, respect and honour
To Lt Adnan and his Malay Regiment
To those who have survived the perils and hells of war
To those who have shed blood for the homeland
And to those who have one way or another done their best to make this island a better palce to live in.
This is a song dedicated to those warriors who have and will defend this country.
Di medan ini
by Awie.
Di medan ini zahirku layu
Jasad kaku dibelenggu
Jalur nadi masih kukuh
Janji setia tidak luntur
Di medan ini bakti disandang
Korbanku untuk maruah
Teguhkan azam nusa
Agar generasiku terbela
Jejakku tinggalkan
Untuk kau teruskan
Bangkitkanku dalam perjuanganmu
Mencantas noda
Bara semangatku
Bara semangatmu
Merintis cinta
Di medan ini gemilang persada
Hamparkan jati diri
Gemparkan pada mereka
Kita mampu teguhkan
Lambang merdeka
Laungkan semboyan
Seru gempur perwira
Walau gugur kubasahkan darah
Dengan ikhlas
Sumpah hidup wira bangsa
Juangkan cita
Bebaskan nusa
::: Death Before Dishonour :::