Another trip to Pulau Tekung: CJ enlisting into National Service

6 Jan 2017. The day CJ enlisted into National Service. We were just back from Tokyo on 1 Jan.

It was barely over 8 months ago, when we send CK for his Basic Military Training in Pulau Tekung.
It is now CJ's turn.

Ready by 9.30 a.m. Departed from our condominium, and drove to Pasir Ris Bus Interchange for assembly.

getting into our car

 Arrived quite early, waited till 11 a.m. before boarding the bus to Ferry Terminal. Kia Xiang was there to send CJ off as well.

waiting at the bus terminal

Kia Xiang was there to send CJ off

Photo taken after our lunch

Went through the same process of orientation/ briefing for parents in the island. Took our lunch with CJ, before all new recruits gathered at the plaza and packed off to their bunks.

All parents/family members of the recruits crowded along the edge of the canteen facing the plaza, frantically taking photos of their children who were gathering in the plaza.

Unknowing to CJ, we had moved away from one end of the corridor to the other end to get a better glimpse of him. The family members were waving goodbye to their children and vice versa. A tinge of sadness overwhelmed me briefly when I witnessed CJ looking anxiously for us to wave goodbye, as he walked away from the plaza with fellow new recruits.

Best wishes to him in his Basic Military Training!