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one of those days i would remember i guess. but definitely not as much as 080806.
still, its the first time i sat down to take in the display of the contingents. i know how exactly they feel up there in full uniform, in sight of everyone. how tight and how stiff, how you know everything you do your loved ones can see. its so different just sitting down.

it was sji's 155th. the annual parade right after mine. everyone looked the same, just grew alittle older, alittle wiser. am i then able to say that i grew likewise? haha.

it was the day the ncc(land) flag fell to the ground. the flag should never ever touched the ground, the flag should always be soaring high up. but "the impossible we do straight away, miracles take a little longer" (motto of sji ncc's). and sure enough the impossible we did it. but that's not the end, because the flagbearer continued to stand up and endure even after a wash of blackout, even when he couldnt support himself anymore. he fell. he got up and wobbled. he fell again but he endlessly tried to get back up. he stood up two more times before the toll got the better of it. and that. that's the miracle, that perseverance for the company despite the near-fatal consequence. the ability to summon so much more because you know the flag cant be down.

indeed, miracles take little longer. thank you ivan. you have done enough. you have proven to us that, sji and her uniformed groups, and her ncc is so important that you would not give up no matter what. i am sure many feel likewise about their belonging in sji.

the flag can fall sometimes, but the passion should never be extinct. because i know. we all tried. and we all tried hard and will, try harder.