A blur in the life of... Pt V

This paragraph was added on 10 Nov 2005 after I read Vern’s blog where she shared a similar incident. That incident was an important milestone in my life.

My NS days were enjoyable. I was combat fit for about 9 months before I was downgraded. A lot of things happened is my last 1 year in NS such as the one I shared above. I felt like I was “Born-again” again! Like any new believer I still made some mistakes, but there was tremendous growth in my life. Two incidents in NS that had a great impact on me were. The first one was during Mdm Tan’s birthday party where I got pissed-drunk that I had to be carried back to camp. Mdm was nice and gave me the weekend off. I promised not to drink too much after that and I’ve been watching myself when I hang out with friends. The second incident involved Mdm’s successor, Warrant Officer WO Sim. He was a Christian too. WO Sim was also a believer and based on the things he had in his office, he was also an elder. When he took office I had about 4 months left in my NS. I think I was in ORD mood too soon coz my work got shoddy and I had a really bad attitude when it came to work. One day I was in WO Sim’s office and 3Sg Timothy from HQ came to see him. When he left I told WO Sim, I told WO Sim that Tim was a Christian too. He looked at me and shot right back at me, “Chia, I think u are an imposter, u know! You say you are a Christian but your attitude is very bad!” WOW!!! That was a brick, no, it’s a mountain over my head! It hit me hard man! I was so stunned that I left the room in silence, then I felt angry with WO Sim, later that evening, I became angry with myself. The whole office could see something was wrong. I didn’t tell anyone. I have not told any one since. My ego was crushed, WO Sim was right. I did some soul-searching after that. If I ever see WO Sim in the streets again, I’ll shake his hands and tell him “Thank You”. God used him to shake me up.