changes: part and parcel of this life. embrace them.

The simple reason why I decided to write about changes is apparently because there seem to be lots of it recently in my life.

Most of the recent changes around me stems from my workplace - SOC. After the Chiangmai trip ended on the 21st of January, we had to report for work the next day. But, it seemed like a different SOC. First of all, we had a new Commander and a new Deputy Commander. That, for a fact, does not impact me that much.

Then, the email came in, on the same day, that I was posted to baseguard. (Baseguard means sentry or security officers, to put it simply) It was a strange posting judging from the fact that I was the only one from my squad to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant, the highest possible for a PNSF, as well as the fact that I'm holding the position of a squad leader. They had a few untouchable positions for the selection of officers for baseguards and apparently the position of a squad leader isn't one of them. After much reflection, I decided to resign to fate. After all, it is a compulsory 3 months cycle that everyone has to go through. I only hope that it stays at a length of 3 months and no longer (as happened before).

Being posted to baseguard meant alot of things. My 3 days cycle is no-more. It is the 4 days cycle now: day shift, night shift, followed by 2 off days. Most of the time, the first off day is spent catching up on sleep so effectively we have only one full off day for every 4 days! This too meant that I would be working in an environment where there are many things to learn (for a start), many room for errors as well as greater responsibility.

Talking about greater responsibility, yes, it comes with a greater rank - the rank of Sergeant, which I just got today. I was looking forward to this day (patiently). I guess most people would.

I guess I have learnt to be adaptable to all sorts of changes, having been through the period of 'culture shock' when I was just posted to my current squad in SOC. One trick: embrace them and trust that these changes will serve to better you in some way or another, and make you a better individual.