The first meeting with Squad 2 teammates.
Two people gave a great impression to me.
"I am Long..."
"I am De..."
They look identical.
"Twin..." said one of the twin.
De directed his hand to Long, "Lao Ge.."
Long directed his hand to De, "Lao Di..."
"Looking forward to get busy with you..." said the two
The rest of the members arrived before 9 AM, settling down into our respective desks that were arranged in a circle. We all can see each other and the setting of the desks was indeed for a discussion type of session. We all waited for the Squad Leader, Zhang who arrived not long after with a bunch of papers.
"All of you need to answer this form again. Log into your account. The question has been updated.."
The form is almost 10 pages and I quickly looked up to Zhang the Squad Leader for further instructions, so do the other teammates. Nobody is complaining.
"As you all can see. They are 10 pages. The instruction is very simple. Answer all the questions. Understood?" asked Zhang.
"Understood..." we replied synchronizely
"Pair up. Talk with each other and get to know everyone better from the questions. Understood?"
"Understood..."
Zhang then took his seat, 2 o'clock from my seat.
As everyone was turning to their partner, Wang Lei turned to me.
"Bao Er, Let's pair up..."
"Okay..." I answered and we turned to each other, reading the questions together
The session was full of chaos but Zhang was not saying anything to stop any of us.
"Leader... Look at Lu's motto. Isn't this too simple..."
"Why do you care? Just write yours..."
"Is that considered a life motto...?"
"What is yours then?"
'Strong alone stronger together'?
Wow okay I'll change mine.."
Wang Lei and I were in our own world. Since this is my first time filling up this kind of form, he filled his form according to my speed. We discussed the detail and our thoughts on the questions together.
"May I know what do you write for the first question?" I asked him.
"Here..." He showed his laptop to me, allowing me to read it myself.
What do you life for?
For the people, the country and its interest.
What is your life motto?
Running to serve the people and country
What is the most important thing in my life?
The peace of the country
Who are the most important people in my life?
The people, my comrades, the country
I looked up to him, pausing for a second, swallowing my saliva. I began to realize the seriousness of this form and the need for us to be truly true to ourselves to answer the questions. He is such a ptriotic man. As patriotic as Zandt is.
We answered all the questions as the clock was ticking.
Wang Lei suddenly asked. "Can I see your form...?"
I showed mine to him without any thoughts. He read my form in seriousness. That itself has proven me on how he respect the differences in our individual fight.
The questions began to get less serious in the middle part of the form. There are questions on 'What do you like' and Wang Lei looked betrayed as he read my answer.
“消防员？!”“Xiāofángyuán?!”"Firefighter?" Wang Lei look baffled as his right hand were pointed out to the window.
I nodded without further explanation.
班长。 我有话要说！Bānzhǎng. Wǒ yǒu huà yào shuō!Squad leader. I have something to say!说!Shuō!Say it!宝儿喜欢对面基地的小队！Bǎo er xǐhuān duìmiàn jīdì de xiǎoduì!Bao Er like the squad from the opposite base!你现在才发现吗？Nǐ xiànzài cái fāxiàn ma?Did you just discover it now?是啊，我才发现……Shì a, wǒ cái fāxiàn……That's right I just discover that..你们都知道吗？Nǐmen dōu zhīdào ma?Did you all know about it?
看看她的水瓶和手机……Kàn kàn tā de shuǐpíng hé shǒujī……Look at her water bottle and handphone....
我怎么到现在才意识到？Wǒ zěnme dào xiànzài cái yìshí dào?How come I only realized it now?除了跑步，你还懂什么？Chúle pǎobù, nǐ hái dǒng shénme?Apart from running, what else do you know?
I laughed at Long's statement. I was looking through Wang Lei's form and indeed. He likes running very much. He answered running to almost all questions. Running is his solution for everything and I found that his one track mind is very amazing.
Zhang was then, back into his leader mode.
"This form will be viewed by everyone in the base. It will be in the data base and anyone can access to find out about in detail about you. Some may find it equal to the act of breaching personal data. But here. This is the first step in buiding trust between the comrades...." explained Zhang before he continued.
"Understanding yourself is vital. Facing your true self is courage. Allowing the comrades to face the true you is trust..."
"Also. After a month, you will be seeing this form again. You have to work hard so there would be some or great changes to the contents. Have I made myself clear...?"
"YES!" we all answered together.
Zhang collected our date and took around 15 minutes to go through all the details of the team. As expected from the leader.
"Mu Jun, Feng Huang, De, Wang Lei, Bao Er. All of you wrote handphone as your distractions. If I caught any of you, beign distracted during mission, classes, squad activity, I will confiscate your handphone..."
All of us looked at each other with hanging jaw but answered synchronizely, "Understood"
"For those who find it hard to control their emotion, easily tired or sleepy during tasks, I want them to run. Any team member that present whenever the member lose their self is to run together. Understood?"
"Understood!"
"Bao Er!"
"Yes!"
"Most of your content here is higlighting 'Weak'..."
"Yes!"
"I'll have Squad 1 to guide you on your pysical plans. I'll work on the intellectual side. Squad 3 and 4 will take emotional and spiritual respectively. Any questions?"
"No questions"
"Those who has problem mingling with people.... I will try to organize more collaboration with the outside oraganization and each of you must take part. Understood?
"Understood"
"So far, I'll only highlight certain issues. I'll go in depth later and let you know personally, if I want to assign you with any mission or tasks.
"Understood..."
"Dismiss"
