Sunday, May 29, 2005
Who will defend us?
Left right left right left right.....
After going 'AWOL' for just more than a year, the army has finally got it's butt to dragging me back into camp... So much for my little holiday... 5 days of hell again I guess (300505 to 030605)-- grumpy cooks, flustered sergeants, retarded officers, substandard food, brainless activities.... ya.... I have to agree that our army one of the best, if not the best in Asia... Walking around the little 'jungles' of Singapore, no bigger than our own mandai zoo, with heavy packs, and dummy rifles, talking in gibberish code on the army's version of the hand phone, which is about 100 times the weight (10kg++) of our commericial handphones... Ya... Our army is the most efficient... no doubt about it...
Reminds me about the other time I got dragged back to camp.... for a one day event... went there and guess what we did... 'bonding sessions' with the rest of the guys, whom I have been around thru my army life... for the entire day!.... gimme a break dude... I've spent 2 1/2 years in forced bondage to the army, and after which, have tried so darn hard to unbond myself... We went there and played ice breaker games, listen to some old folk with a few insignias on his shoulder tell us about life as a reservist, trying to make it sound as if it is such an exciting milestone in our lives, to be able to give of our lives to the army, to Singapore...
Just another thought... reminds me of those silly army adverts you see on tv... 'who will defend us?.... they are our army...' oh please... Anyone who has been thru NS will know that that is just a bunch of bull... the army has enough problems trying to protect itself from itself... Before we even set of for a mission, the entire sick bay, or medical center, as they call it, will be filled to the brim with enthusiastic personnel awaiting some form of excuse from training, be it sprained leg, tummy aches, sore eyes, back ache, or the most common 'not feeling well'... Before we even set one foot off camp, our numbers will be down to half our original size... Not only that, the army has no lack of overzealous, 'garang' officers, who have more brawn than brains.... 'Charge charge!!!!' and after around 10mins of running like bunnies in the heat, he finally realised that...
We are lost.... -_"-
And worst of it all, is that he doesn't admit it... Saying... 'Just follow our course... we'll link back to the main group in no time.... ya right... idiot... next thing we know, we're beside some road at the bus stop, looking at the map again to try and figure out where we are...
Anyway, pray that I don't lose whatever brains I've managed to gather back from that 2 1/2 year stint in there.... I really do need my 'A's... 3rd June quickly come....
- Emptiness - 5/29/2005 05:51:00 pm
