Finally, a long break from army. One of the lucky few from my batch to get to clear leave. SAF is a famous organisation, and a considerably corporate one(army camp got bangala come in and run around in our bunk sia!), especially when coming to eating up leave due to "important, protect the country" secretive training.
Bossy Boss: You want take leave ah? Can lor, if got no training. Dude getting bossed around: Orh. Sounds reasonable hor. When got no training ah? Bossy Boss: Unfortunately, we will be having mobilization exercise for the next few months leh, after that no problem!
-- After "mobilization exercise"-- Dude getting bossed around: Sir, i can go home today? exercise finish liao Bossy Boss: Cannot, must do physical training to make up for the 10 months no running, chin up. Dude: But i get gold for napfa leh! Boss: But your brothers in bunk never get, so must do with them wat.
Anyhow, I guess i'm one of the few fortunate people from my batch getting to clear leave. I'm like only a trainee AKA lowest life-form on the hierarchy. So much depends on the boss. Suddenly, it feels as if staying back all those extra Saturdays doing close to nothing seems ok.
Its important to treasure. Learning to accept reality - military and civilian life ... so much different, close to nothing in common - that was my initial challenge. 6 months of chiongswa(running around in the sun carrying trash that destroys and leaves nothing in the path) seems challenging.
Army is a waste of time, that i agree. Uncreative people(basically everybody in saf) say that army teaches values like endurance and stuff you don't learn outside. Yeah, i learnt many things such as vulgarities, shouting and venting anger before thinking.
9:02 PM
12/15/2007
So much is mental. I finally realise how much of an opponent i am to myself . Running from difficulties, finding easy ways out, thats normal. Its how to overcome that matters. I guess 2 yrs in army teaches me that. Hell, i don't need 2 bloody years to learn that.
