A Genuine Surprise

This year's Enrollment and Awards day is the best day ever in my BB life.
Apart from joining BB, that is.

Was in charge of the awards giving. Actually all i do is refill the tray and hold the tray while the officer give out those awards. No sweat.

At least that's what i thought, until nearing the end of the awards giving session.
Sir Loh was announcing those people who would be promoted this year.
I knew there was no chance for me this year. Don't think i'd ever be promoted.
And if you know me, i think you'd know why.
I was dreading the day of EnA where everyone in my batch would be promoted.
And me left there as a lowly Private. Not that i blame them. It's my own fault, really.

Anyway, this year's list of people i knew for sure would go up one rank:
Daniel, Xuan, Mel.....
And i was the one carrying the awards tray for promotions.
Sure enough, those people mentioned were all promoted. And some others like Kristine, Isaac, Samuel etc.
They came up one by one and i congratulated them with a smile. I was so admiring them that i didn't really listen to Sir Loh.

Sir Loh was saying the next one: " Very serious, cried when she didn't do well in drill...etc."
Wait a minute, that sounds familiar.
And then I heard my name. "Lim Joo Yee".
That was when my mouth fell open and i nearly dropped the tray. (No sweat, huh?)

Amelia came to my rescue and took the tray from me. I still couldn't believe it when I marched up to Honorary Captain Irene Wee and received my Lance Corporal lanyard and stuff.
It still didn't sink in until I got handshakes and pats on the back and hugs.....

Yup. Me, the rather invisible girl becoming a Non-commissioned Officer. A lance corporal.
It was a dream come true. A miracle.

To God and to all my kind officers: I don't think i really deserve the promotion. But I'll put in my very best.

Your Own World

Dreaming is like going into another world
Your own private dreamworld
Full of magic and endless possibilities

One moment you find yourself onstage
Your name in bright lights and the spotlight on you
thousands of people cheering and cameras flashing
The next you see sun rays streaming through the leafs
a majestic white unicorn stopping in front of you
and prince charming offering you his hand

Dreaming is a shelter, a refuge, a comfort
When the real world gets too tough
just close your eyes and slip into dream mode
escape into a bright new world that appears before your very eyes
Your own world, your own space
No one can take it away from you.

Never Will Be Dreams

Catching dreams is hard.
Holding on to dreams is even harder.
Why? The answer's simple.

If you have a dream that is like something that stepped out of a fairy tale,
Would you believe that it can come true?
If your dream seems impossible to come true,
Would you wait patiently till forever to reach it?
At first, there might be a tiny glow in you that makes you think anything's possible.
And that glow becomes a flame, which grows into a fire.
And maybe you'd hold on for a few years,
preparing to turn that dream into reality.
But after all those years, and nothing seems to be how you want it to be,
Would you still go on chasing that dream?
Still keep on trying to catch that dream?
The one raging fire ceased to nothingness
All that's left is a broken matchstick.

Oh, that dream will be falling alright.
Just definitely not into my hands.

And I'll be content in the days after that,
just dreaming that never will be dream,
but never believing again.

Swing Dreams

One of my favorite things to do,
is to sit on the swings in front of my house
in the evenings...
Swinging into the air, the wind whipping your hair, brushing your face...
with imaginary wings to lift you up the sky.
And then I dream.
Dream of wonderful things in life,
the smiles on faces you love, laughter everywhere...
Dream of use to be's and what will be's,
early pasts and bright futures...

The swing then soars towards the sky,
bringing along my hopes, dreams and future,
towards the vast blue sky and white cotton clouds,together with dazzling evening highlights...
making possibilities seem endless and dreams reality.
And the screen of wispy, feathery clouds,
hiding the happiness that lies ahead.

A Hope in Vain

For one moment you're a bright star,
whose light pierces through the darkness,
and overpowers the rest.

But then the next moment,
you slip back into that darkness;
just an insignificant little star,
hardly daring to give out its light.

Then you realize that the bright star
was just a dream...
a distant fantasy that never will be.