Life is unpredictable, and no one knows where the next intersection will lead. In 2008, I was in my second year of high school, a time when I was blooming with youth. That period was really beautiful, especially since there was still a beautiful and touching woman hidden in my heart.

The reason why I say impermanence is because in the morning after staying up all night in an Internet cafe, I was secretly sleeping during my morning self-study and was discovered by my class teacher and called to the office. I thought it was just a criticism and education, but I never wanted to inform the parents. As a person who has never called my parents since I was a child, I immediately felt extremely humiliated. Reluctantly, I had to call my parents over. The head teacher wanted to use this matter to talk to my parents about the situation. After all, I am about to be in my senior year of high school, and both the school and my parents need to take a breather. But I couldn't understand this. When the teacher asked me how to study hard next, I said, "I won't read anymore."

Yes, that’s it, I really didn’t read it. It happened to be October, and banners were hung in the streets and alleys - "Send outstanding young people to the army for training." In response to the government's call, I signed up to join the army.

Maybe I really hated studying at that time, but I didn’t regret choosing not to go to school. Even with myopia of 200 degrees, I was worried that I would not be able to join the army because of this problem.

The first batch of arms is the army from Tibet. I heard that Tibet is very difficult, so there will be very few people signing up. In order to become a soldier, I actively signed up for this batch through the Ministry of Armed Forces. I was notified of the physical examination soon. When my eyesight was tested, I was still very nervous. At that time, because my eyesight was a little poor, the doctor kept my physical examination form waiting for re-examination. I was worried that I would not pass the physical examination. A cadre in military uniform waited behind me. After looking at the physical examination form, he took my form and passed it. He also gave it back to me for other items. I just thought, maybe the soldiers in Tibet are not so strict.

What impressed me most was the strip examination. Each time, 10 people were all stripped naked in a room, and we were asked to run and jump according to instructions, and we had to raise our buttocks to show the doctor. That doctor even touched my balls, which was really embarrassing.

Generally speaking, the physical examination went well, and then the recruiting cadre came to the house to talk. In order to follow the trend, we also prepared some "Hibiscus King" when we came to talk. The conversation was very simple. I just casually asked the parents for their opinions and left without taking the cigarettes. He only told me that he would be leaving for Tibet soon as he was notified when the time came. It seems that there is hope for becoming a soldier.

On November 21, 2018, I got into the army car. The car departed from the Armed Forces Department and had to pass by our study gate. I looked at the school from a distance, and there was still a little ripple in my heart. After all, there was a girl in that school that I liked very much at the time.

On December 1, after transferring between cars, trains, and airplanes, we arrived in Linzhi, Tibet, and began our military life. By the way, in addition to the physical examination at the Armed Forces Ministry, there were also two strip-down examinations at the military depot in Chengdu and the Tibetan Military Division. To this day, I still feel disgusted with this kind of physical examination that involves stripping off my body every now and then.

It took me less than a month to transition from student to soldier. And, before that, I would never have thought that I would become a soldier. As the saying goes, life is really unpredictable. You really can’t imagine where you will be or what you will be doing next. Moreover, I would never have imagined that in the next nearly 10 years, I would have an indissoluble bond with Tibet.