The uncle on the taxi.

With my 40kg worth of equipments and gears, I packed my bags and left the place I have been for the past 6 weeks. Halted a taxi and sat from one end of the island to another.

During this journey, I had a long conversation with the taxi uncle. He recognised that I was a cadet when I was dressed in my 'penguin' attire and gave a long conversation about his army days. He complained about his officers and we both talked about our experience. Over the conversation, I realised how important are officers supposed to be competent, keeping ourselves constantly on the ball. Failure of doing so, will cause men like him to suffer. These people are good men, man who supports their family and stay loyal to their kids and wife.

Although being much younger than he is and probably less experienced than him, he showed so much respect to me. He carried my baggage all the way to the lift and even gave me discount on the cab fare. I didn't know that this job holds so much responsibility until this moment when I see it with my own eyes..

I'm touched and more importantly reminded about how much my orders in the future affect the people under me. Their lives, their morale or even their families.