O to the R to the D

On this day
I commemorate the day of being Operational Ready
And I present
Something that is dear to me throughout my 1 year 10 months of service

This is THE song of my National Service



Seconds....
Hours.....
So many days.....

You know what you want but how long can you wait?
Every moment lasts forever when you feel you’ve lost your way

And what if my chances are already gone?
I started believing that I could be wrong
But you gave me one good reason to fight and never walk away
So here I am still holding on

With every step you climb another mountain
Every breath is harder to believe
You’ll make it through the pain
Weather the hurricanes
To get to that one thing

Just when you think the road is going nowhere
Just when you’ve almost gave up on your dreams
They take you by the hand and show you that you can
There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries

I fought till the limit to stand on the edge
What if today is as good as it gets?

Don’t know where the future’s heading
But nothing’s gonna bring me down

I’ve jumped every bridge and I’ve run every line
I’ve risked being safe, I always knew why
I always knew why
So here I am still holding on

With very step you climb another mountain
Every breath is harder to believe
You’ll make it through the pain
Weather the hurricanes
To get to that one thing
Just when you think the road is going nowhere
Just when you’ve almost gave up on your dreams
They take you by the hand and show you that you can

You CAN go higher
You CAN go deeper
There are no boundaries
Above and beneath you
Break every rule coz there’s nothing between you and your dreams

With every step you climb another mountain
Every breath is harder to believe
You’ll make it through the pain
Weather the hurricanes
To get to that one thing
Just when you think the road is going nowhere
Just when you’ve almost gave up everything
They take you by the hand and show you that you can
There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries
There are no boundaries.....















The lyrics of Adam Lambert's "No Boundaries" says it all

Every time before any major exercise
Before we go chiong sua
Before SOC
Before field camps
Before tekans
Before any of the hardcore stuff that we went through
And most importantly
When I'm always feeling like I cant get out of this sinking black hole

I plug in my mp3
And always manually select this song and put it on repeat
Be it lying down on the bed
Or sitting down somewhere in camp during free time

With eyes closed but not asleep
Every single inspiration line of this song
Is being sucked into me
This song gives me energy
And seriously, it pushes me forward

This song to me
Is like a float
A shining beacon when the day was dark

And now, I finally gotten my hands on the pink IC
Oh darling, I'm home
I hate to say this
But every damn nvchaokeng Singaporean son has the right to say this

"ORD LOH!"

:)