I have friends,- too many friends, in my personal opinion.
I've met numerous cadets from all kinds of schools in my ncc career, AI, Spec, CLT courses, and somehow or other I realised many of them were releated to me somehow cos Singapore is just too bloody small, and this particular person you know might know someone that you'll eventually meet in your course of life.
Take Frank for example. I met him on my Thunder Warrior trip, a SSG with a crazy laugh. When we were back in Singapore I realised his cousin lives at my block, studies in my sch and I take the same bus as him almost everyday. I later found out he (Frank's cousin) was a close friend of my OGL. And oh, I looked a lot like his cousin too.
The thing was, too many friends were made. Not just in NCC, in schools, everywhere. For me, most of them just happened to be touch-and-go friends (Not that touch you perv). I knew their names, their looks, said occasional hi-s when it was required, but I never knew them personally.
I personally missed the times in sec sch when there was a close group of people that knew what the hell was going in my life at that point of time and I knew what the hell was going on in their lives at that point of time. In a way there was a sort of camaraderie and not forgetting to mention the presence of people who truly knew who you were and at the same time, (reliable) people that you could share burdens with. They were the real friends, not the touch-and-go ones.
Sadly, I hardly feel this in where I am now.
Gah.
Off topic:-
If you're in any way connected to TK NPCC, I apologise for posting this picture. But damn, it totally cracked me up. I'll be appalled if no one does anything about it soon. @ 22:00