As for me, Bridex 2011 has given me a lot of lessons,memories and opportunities. I was appointed as an Officer In Attendance (OIA in short) under the supervision of Ministry Of Defence. In brief, OIAs are the ones who escorted,kept track on the activities and made sure the places for the VIPs were right. Depending on lucks, an OIA might get an international delegate(s).....or just the local delegate.
I was assigned by MinDef (in fact, Hamiz alone did this to me) to take care of Rear Admiral A R Karve, the representative of the Chief of Navy of India. As a comparison, Rear Admiral is actually a Brigadier General when we put it into Army rankings. By taking care of him, i had chances to see and go to a lot of events in first class views, for example, I had the chance to go to watch the First City Parade in Brunei Darussalam,I was sitting on the right wing of the royal dias together with 4 OIAs and other international Navies. Apart from that, I also had the chance to go for cocktail parties on ships of India, China, Pakistan, New Zealand and USA's navies. It was such a new,awesome experience to me!.
Friend-wise, who said works bring friends far apart?. In Bridex, works bring friends close apart,as close as siblings,as works brought friends into the same locations as yours. If it is not the case, we would meet at the hotel and had our dinner together and brougt up what we're up to on that day. worst case scenario, we just stayed in a room and had fun by playing games (most of the time,in my room,room 207).
Today, I am looking at Bridex 2011 as my stepping stone to the real,wild world of work. It opens my mind how work would be in the future, how work brings people together and how experience is more worthed than money. I enjoyed every second of my life in Bridex 2011 with all my easy going circle of friends! :)
