My brother's Military Graduation Day

My brother, Nazry graduates from his Basic Military Training (BMT) yesterday and he invited mum and me to see the graduation ceremony. Mum was most ecstatic about it that kept nagging at me to hurry up and get ready. We took the train to Pasir Ris and reached there at about 1pm. There were signs like these everywhere, pointing us to the right direction. Security was pretty tight there, with soldiers guarding the place. No entry for anyone who didn’t carry with them the entry coupons. We entered the gantry into the bus that took us to the jetty to the Island of Pulau Tekong We waited for a while, and then we had to pass through another gantry. This time, it was required for us to show our identity cards before we could pass through it. There were a number of soldiers at every corner, some of them with weaponry for security reasons. And in the jetty, I could only imagine what my mother could be thinking of. At length, we reached Pulau Tekong, and went up the steps to the parade ground square. There were many other friends and relatives there that it was extremely crowded on that warm Tuesday afternoon. Everyone was fanning themselves with pieces of paper or whatever they could reach to. But no one was complaining as they were happy to see the proceedings of the ceremony. At length, the parade began, with the marching band playing and the platoon marched in one by one. They looked really smart and neat in their green uniform. Even mum commented about it for about every 5 minutes or so.