This week was a particularly busy one. No actually ever since NDP ended there hasn't really been a full break for my branch, cos shortly after NDP we were tasked with organising some Change of Command Parade, not forgetting the hassles of the routine ranking exercise and audit checks.

I totally cannot comprehend the rationale for organising such a thing as "Change of Command Parade". The end of a commander's tour in a unit should be marked by an event whereby the commander shows his gratitude to his surbordinates and co-workers, and a casual event would be fine.

Instead, what we witness here is thousands of dollars and 1 month of manpower (approximately the involvement of 500 people of differing wage scales), which totals to a staggering SGD 100,000++, spent purely to make two people's balls slightly bigger of a couple of hours.

While cost is already incomprehensible, the process of organisation is even more absurd. Some senior officers can get so afraid of getting their boss to bring a uniform to take a decent picture for the event, which is meant to honuor the boss, they scratch their heads and think of a hundred other methods, of which all are nothing more than a waste of other people's time. And in the end... The boss told them, "You should have told me to bring my uniform!"

I cannot fathom having to work a routine under such cowards.