the final flight of the vanguard.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
mused @ 4:34 PM
just wednesday, 23 Aug, i so happened to find myself 'invited' to a dinner, to mark the end of the 7th month. actually, it was more like happy hour. db style. there was oysters, seafood ala carte, satay etc etc. the spread really surprised me. but what i saw that night impacted me more then the food.
there i was, with just richmond and me having dinner (albeit uninvited) with specialists and officers, both past and present. and you can sense the comdarie among them. men of all ranks joked openly and sang loudly. the men were bound so tightly together for the last 5-10 years by the organisation. the organisation which was to betray their trust soon enough.
10 years back, the organisation promised men who signed a contract with them an iron rice bowl and a cushy 500k retirement plan. thanks to transformation, that is now just a distant dream. people are now getting laid off from this previously secure career. one that men gave all for, for what they believed to be just cause.
but this betrayal by the organisation cannot break their spirit. under the night sky they had fun and downed beer and made merry. even though they know, this could probably be the last time they could do this again.
ironic that the organisation that brought them together is the one that is about tear them apart from what they have come to love.
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