Yesterday mark my last flight with silkair. I had a nice, memorable flight with a super nice CIC and my partner-in-crime, Janice.. =) Looking back on how hard i fight during the interview, failing the rounds and start all over again, and finally i was so elated being selected.. Looking back on my training days... Looking back on my OJTs and SNYs, my first solo... and slowly working up til my bond ended. All these memories still seemed so fresh.
I will definitely miss flying. I duno if I have made the right choice, I duno if there's really a better prospect, I duno if I may regret in the future, however i know that i chose to move on now....
Somehow, i always wondered if we could juz live the way we wanted, without having to succumb to family and peer pressure. If only I could choose the way I want to live, without having to make any explanations to anyone, without having to consider other people's feelings, without having to endure the agony of comparison between friends and family, I would lead a happier life. I always felt inferior because of my family background, because my mum would constantly remind me that my friends are graduating from university soon, because every decision i made are subject to my parents' approval, because........ nobody understand what i want.
I have to admit that i felt the urge to cry when i was leaving the aircraft. My tears welled up. No matter how much i complained abt the job, there are people whom i'll miss dearly. I received well-wishes from crew, a chocolate put in my office mailbox from crew, all these made it harder to leave. But i shall be strong. =)
I did an overnight flight to Trivandrum yesterday. And it was the first time for me and janice to sit in the cockpit floor, armed with blanklet and pillow, with the nicest pilots on board. We stayed there just to view a vast sky of stars. The captain switched off the lights til pitch black. We saw the milkyway, we saw a million, billion stars that no one can ever see it on ground. We didn manage to see a fallen star that lasted for only a second. However, it was cosy to just sit there and look into the dary dark starry sky, from the aircraft, from the cockpit, and from the sky. It made me realize how beautiful the sky is, how much i feared of flying in the past, to the day i ended up flying as a cabin crew, and how much i loved the sky now...
Goodbye Silkair. =) I've never regretted stepping into the airline. Right now, its time for me to move on... =)