there is fine line between being arrogant and being confident.

as a Gabrielite Air Cadet, it has been instilled or drilled into us by our Flight Sergents to have confidence in everything that we do, that nothing is impossible and of course not missing out that fact that we are the best amongst the best.

St Gab's Air Unit was officially commissioned as a school unit in the year 2000 and i was part of the 1st batch of school cadets. that very year, we won the Chief of Air Force Challenge Throphy, naming us the Best Air Unit in Singapore. we were also the overall 2nd best in the entire NCC. this award was presented to us during the NCC Cenetary Celebrations. and we are proud to be the first Air Unit to have done so. in the 4 years that i was in St Gab's, we won that coveted 3 times. our closest competitor was ACS (I) and we lost to them only once but we won it back the following year.

i would always remember camps whereby the Gabrielites stick together. One for All, All for One. we were labelled the most anti-social peeps around but we care less coz we think that we are a cut above the rest. the only unit that we were friendly with was AMKSS where we have a history dating back quite some time. somehow every batch of Gabrielites would be link to some girl from there. haha. we would always fall in as a school even though they seperate us and we would not fail to deliver our slogan when we were dismissed "Best of the Best, St Gab's!"

so great was our confidence that we believe that nothing is impossible and that we are indeed the best. and we always strive for the best, giving our all. confidence became the foundation of our successes.

Every dynasty has to come to an end someday. our dominion of NCC AIR was coming to an end and it was inevitable.

sadly to say, confidence gave way to arrogance as the years went by. the past few batches rested on their laurels and do not strive to build on from where we left off. we were now a ghost of our past. things are going downhill and it saddens us, CLTs to see it so. measures have already been taken to slower down the slide.

same can be said for the Gabrielite CLTs, all through our proud history, we were legends in our own right. Gabrielite CLTs were probably the most feared and widely respected CLTs around but things went downhill in my 2nd year as a CLT. apparently the wrong people got send for CLT course and when they pass out, things went awry. however, things are starting to pick up now with the new batch of CLTs. everything started coming apart after the 46th CLTs, which happen to be my batch.

we should have remain at St Gab's but we were "force" to leave due to the existing circumstances at that time. but if we had remain there, we would not have gotten to know the Changkat Cadets which we deemed as a St Gab's in the making. They have the passion, the drive and the confidence, a mirror image of how we were in the past. and i believe that Gold Unit and Best Unit would be withn our grasp soon. right now, i believe we can hear the calling of St Gab's. it has been 3 years in "exile", we have gain much and we have learn much. but duty calls and we would answer the call of duty. after all duty above self. as much as i want to return i can't.

it is quite heart wrenching to see your alma mater's cadets asking you to return and you turning them down in turn and in each and everyone of their eyes you can see the disappointment in it. i guess you could label alvin, wl and myself as prodigal sons but that day will come whereby we will return to where we rightfully belong. right now, i would be embarking on a new role in St Gab's as Advisor to the Unit and it would start as soon as i am able to return for training. ok. i know that i am suppose to be on leave but ya. i believe that i can do it by juggling 2 Units and A levels. if yue yun can do it, i do not see why i can't do it.

it is quite hard to let go and in me, there is this desire to be back in the thick of things and this fire can never be extinguished. i guess i will be making my own mini comeback soon. definitely not at HQ Level but rather at Unit Level. not to sound arrogantly, but i have left already left behind a legacy that would be hard to follow but right now all i want to do is to cement my place as a legend. call it ambition or plain arrogrance, but that was what Alvin, Wei Liang and I set out to achieve and achieve it i shall. i am just confident in my own abilities and like all Gabrielites Air CLTs, i believe that impossible is nothing.

The Unit is just facing a rough patch and we will bounce back. the Gabrielites will make a comeback. i am sure about that. watch out for us. we will take all of you by storm and amongst us too will be my Changkat Cadets, Eagles of the East and you will not know what struck you!