Friday, August 4
FIRST AND FOREMOST DIS SHALL BE A HUGE TRIBUTE TO DE WITT :)Ok.I never knew how it would feel like to get phased out b4,and obviously I would rather not find out at all.But den fate stepped in.03/08/06 18.00PM was the defining moment between in or out.Unfortunately, it had to be the latter.Another red line would surface on the 143yfc board,dis time belonging to a certain ONG JM.Honestly,I nv saw it coming.Having gone thru 2 s8 dncos and finally my s8 dco with Siva in which I got a 5,I thot dat I would be able to carry on.I was snl,cnd,turning properly.Or so I thot.Everything went well in the buildup to my last sortie yest.I just flew my s9 dnco on Tues,which went rather nicely.I even did my 1st,and wat turned out to be among the last,landing.I thot my s9 yest would go smoothly,and I can quickly go on to s10 and den phase 2,since I was alr lagging behind my remaining coursemates due to my relatively large amts of dnco flights as compared to dem.So.I arrived at SYFC ard 15.40PM not knowing dat my day would turn out like how it did.Met some 145 pple in Ops Room,2girls and a guy.Den the guy said sth like 'Ooh u're frm 143?u are one of the lucky few in 143 to be still here!'Den I was like 'Huh?'Den he cont,'So u are flying s9 today?So gd,I wish I can last till s9..dat means u not phased out la?'Wow.Dat reli got me.And god noes how right he was.He was SPOT ON.Well,talked to the gals too since I'm so frenly haha.1 of dem's my aeromodelling fren frm SYFC Open Unit 2004/05.Den the other's an Adrian Liew student frm CJC.Dey were dere to prac aircraft checks.Haha.How long ago was dat for me?Nostalgia.I rem those days when 143 was still intact,the bunch of us would go prac a/c checks even if it's for fun or an excuse to stay tgt longer.Like lou yang and I alw doing stupid things,singing stupid songs with their meanings only known to 143(hey guys,rem:oh my pretty pretty ***),basically crapping and fooling ard b4 heading down for prata :) I even competed with lifeng on who can get the most no of our names on dat a/c checks bk.(I won by 1!Thx to Sean alw pulling me down to do checks with him haha)Oh den doing cai.I rem 143 girls the most hardwking loh.Alw stay behind even thou mass brief over..haha.Den heading somewhere to eat eat eat agn.lol.I nv thot of getting phased out till the morn of my s6 with willie chow.coz jonah was flying the same wave as me-thurs 1st wave.yes dat same morn jonah got phased out,ok completed phase 1 if u tink it sounds beta,the 1st 143 person to say gdbye.It was so shocking.I din get to speak to Jonah myself,coz when I landed it was alr VERY late.I was in willie chow's rm midway for my debrief when he had to ans a call.So I started looking ard his rm till I looked outside since his door was open.I saw trixie who was flying 2nd wave,den she mouthed the words 'Jonah out' to me.I was utterly shocked.coz I alw thot Jonah would make it.Haiiii.Anw back to yest.So i spent time in the locker rm reading SOP.In particular recovery frm bravo.coz dewitt was gone for a mth,den fly with Siva sure go alpha one ma..so in a way I was familiar with alpha not bravo.Oh well..1630PM went looking for dewitt in his rm,den the usual:go check a/c loh.I shld hv noticed the premonition la.Somehow I was feeling weird when I walked out to Oscar Golf.I've nv felt dat way b4.hmm.Den bad things just came 1 by 1..somehow the carburettor ice detector was on when I started the engine when I'm 100% sure it was off during prestart checks..Den somehow I forgot dat I was alr at comm 1.god **** it.129.00 for skylark ops.121.60 for seletar grd.118.45 for seletar tower.127.7 for approach.ARGH.wth was wrong with me?!So everything was relatively ok in bravo.Standard stall recovery blah blah and he even showed me stalling with power and flaps which he said were for my NXT SORTIE.which will nv ever ever ever come.Ok.I noe my problem.RECOVERYYYYYY.RETENTIONNNNNN.I dunno y but it was just screwed.Yep it's dat fateful overhead pt.I rem v clearly Siva said instructors ll take over ctrl at overhead.Oh yeah right.Dat just effectively sealed my exit.So aft we landed,he said 'Today shall be ur last sortie."when we taxy back.My mind just went blank.4mths of hard wk,effort,time and hope.Yet it was time to say GOODBYE.So farewell SYFC,u've bin a part of me for qt long,since I joined in 2004-aeromodelling,Open Unit den 143yfc.I've bin in SYFC for ard 1yr 8mths.It has bin fun.I reli wanna thank my coursemates frm 143,other frens frm 144,145..my mentors Darren and Keith for entertaining my smses :),instructors who took us for mass briefs,and esp instructors who took me flying-dewitt(s1,s2,s3,s5dnco and s5 dco,s7,s9dnco and s9dco),mickey liew(s4),ho ck(s5 cx wx),willie chow(s6)and siva(2 s8 dncos and s8 dco),esp my pri instructor Skylark 94 :) Thank you so much for all dat u hv done for me,abt flying and other stuff.Thx for coming down to vj dat day and helping me with my project wk.And oso entertaining my smses and being such a fun person to fly with.Haha.Thank you Uncle Ali and co-all syfc security guards and recruitment office pple who crapped with me b4 and comforted me yest.Thank you all aeromodelling personnel who taught me how to fly model planes-Mr. Lam Hock Soon,Mr. Philip Wong,Mr. Beber etc.Thank you all my frens who called or smsed me yest to console me esp MISS LOU YANG-just 20s aft i msged u u call alr lol.I was so touched i nearly cried right dere in the locker rm leh!Thx eujinn,jon,lifeng,trix,huijuen,shannon,serena frm 143 whom I decided to stop smsing at if not my phone bill ll be sooo wonderful lol(note:i din msg heng xk haha) and oso all my other gd frens esp steffi and joli for bothering to call me and listening to me trying to get over being phased out.Talking to u all made me eat dinner at 11plus but haha it was so worth it.I din reli cry much k!Just a bit on the bus home..I'm brave! :D oh yeah v impt:thank you mummy and daddy and bro Kenji.To all the above I LOVE U SO MUCH!I'M SO BLESSED TO HV MET U ALL IN MY LIFE!I LL NOT GIVE UP AVIATION AS A RESULT K!GD LUCK TO THOSE STILL IN FLYING-143,I HOPE I'M THE LAST FRM 143 TO GET PHASED OUT.muacks.oh 143 rem our national day outing k!I miss u all so much.And trixie has alr declared how much she misses me.Of course la!haha..huijuen i look forward to ur icecream treat!Well dis is esp for dewitt skylark 94.Thanks for being my instructor in my 1st and last sortie.Thank you for teaching me takeoff and landing!I ll listen to u and take care of myself,studying hard for my alevels.When I get 4As i ll tell u!haha..1 of my regrets is not being able to fly with u anymore..but at least I flew 8 flights with u including dncos..so I'm satisfied :) u're welcome to visit vj agn if u like!haha..must invite eujinn and I to ur drama play!And yes u shld pick up fencing it rocks!haha u take care loads too sir.Rock on Skylark 94!!!A door has closed.But only for now.I promise I ll be back.PPL i ll get u b4 I die.To die w/o regrets.Ciao!
amanda @ 8/04/2006 05:48:00 PM