living life in a different country, different culture, different experiences; being different
That stands for Basic Military Training (BMT) Passing Out Parade (POP).
My boy has finished his training and is now officially a private in the army. The husband went to attend the ceremony.
Here are a couple of photos:
Next, another 20 or so months of service to his country.
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This is the first Christmas we spend with just the 2 of us because our son is now living with my mum, waiting to serve in the military (NS for Singaporeans). It will be a quiet one because we just got back from Singapore. More on our trip to Singapore later. For now, we send our Christmas greetings to you all.
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I am a proud mother of a young man who has graduated from the Gynamisum in Solothurn, Switzerland. That’s pre-uni level for our family and friends in other parts of the world.
So he has breezed through 2 years of kindergarten, found his feet during 6 years in primary school, survived 2 years of secondary school and put in the hard work for his 4 years of Gymi (pre-uni); a total of 14 years of formal education!
There was a lovely graduation ceremony at the end of June. I really liked it. It was filled with speeches, music and dance. One of the more moving and inspiring speeches was by this well-known singer/poet who has Iranian heritage (I have sadly forgotten her name) and she spoke so movingly about how women in Iran have no movement in all aspects of their lives, thus have little choice in their direction in life. The ceremony’s theme was Movement – so she encouraged the graduates to take hold of their options to have choices and to move forwards in life.
Here are a few photos from that lovely ceremony, which took place in a redevelopment of an old cement factory:
Next chapter for my boy – National Service in Singapore. While he has deferment pending renunciation of citizenship, he has chosen to serve. We fully support his decision. It would be good for him to experience life in Singapore and have some time to consider what he might want to do for further studies or a career.
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