On the outside, it's still the ugly camo green paint over the building. Inside is where it's no longer familiar. Gone were the dark rooms with freezing cold air cons. It's now bright with multiple projections.
People have moved, places changed. Procedures revamped and I'm obsolete.
When getting my new set of uniform, even the badge that once symbolises the skills which I'm trained in has changed. I struggled whether to get the new badge to wear. Perhaps it's fate telling me what to do when I found that the new badge is not available. I should not wear this new badge cos it means nothing to me.
It been so long ago, I've forgotten why and how I left the service. But now I'm reminded. Will it be a new beginning or will it be a new nightmare?
2 comments:
you should be happy that things are now changed. You won't want others to suffer the same discomforts that we went through in our younger days.
10 years is a long time ! Our trade had went through several changes since it's inception 45 years ago. From nothing to something to a merger to then creating a common identity, to now another merger. I guess old soldiers like us want to keep the tradition that we were brought up in. However also know that our seniors back then were struggling with the same adaptation of changes.
I'm happy for the system to change, for the better I presume.
I'm just apprehensive about being back as part of a system which I was denied entry once a upon a time.
Only being back, I realise how hard I've tried to forget and move on. And I did really well, nothing felt familiar.
I am taking this as a start over from ground zero.
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