Nowhere, nothing, shut up
If only nus looks half as fine as nyp.
I was hoping the haze would get worse because it provides some very nice aesthetics, both on the large and small scale. Whole city covered with fog, the grey pallor of the sky, the shades of darkness on the urban sprawl, hazy orange lights on empty streets, people huddling together-- one could almost start writing a beautiful poem already.
Why do people talk and write about the army as if they want to belong in it? Is it so easy to accept a 2nd life? Why do these people take so much interest in what they do in it? I could have written about my class3/4/5 driving experiences, I can now write about repairing 10-ton vehicles, but why devote that amount of attention to something you claim to dislike? Which is why I get irritated when people, close friends or otherwise, ask me about the things I had done and am doing now in the army--as if friends cant talk about more worthy stuff.
I dont give a damn alright. I dont give two hoots about what Im doing. I take no pride in having drove a 27 ton vehicle before, I take no interest in my job at all, I refuse to talk about this job or that job we accomplished--or couldnt accomplish-- in the workshop, I have never ever cleaned my rifle or polished-shine my boots before, I have no pride in being a soldier. At the first opportunity I am going to tear up my military driving license and never refer to it again.
I was hoping the haze would get worse because it provides some very nice aesthetics, both on the large and small scale. Whole city covered with fog, the grey pallor of the sky, the shades of darkness on the urban sprawl, hazy orange lights on empty streets, people huddling together-- one could almost start writing a beautiful poem already.
Why do people talk and write about the army as if they want to belong in it? Is it so easy to accept a 2nd life? Why do these people take so much interest in what they do in it? I could have written about my class3/4/5 driving experiences, I can now write about repairing 10-ton vehicles, but why devote that amount of attention to something you claim to dislike? Which is why I get irritated when people, close friends or otherwise, ask me about the things I had done and am doing now in the army--as if friends cant talk about more worthy stuff.
I dont give a damn alright. I dont give two hoots about what Im doing. I take no pride in having drove a 27 ton vehicle before, I take no interest in my job at all, I refuse to talk about this job or that job we accomplished--or couldnt accomplish-- in the workshop, I have never ever cleaned my rifle or polished-shine my boots before, I have no pride in being a soldier. At the first opportunity I am going to tear up my military driving license and never refer to it again.
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I hate to say this, but sometimes I think you yourself are responsible for your unhappiness. If you can't get out of something anyway, then I say, make the best out of it. Sometimes life is all about perceptions, and sometimes, it is not what you are stucked in that matters, it is your attitude towards it that makes all the difference.
Apart from 1 point, I have never disagreed with anything you just said.
If you would read the entry more closely though, I urge you, and any others, to revise your conviction that I am spiritually malnutritioned.
I have never believed in this "if you can't get out of it make the best of things" idea because I have always believed you can get out of it. You do that by first unsubscribing to that naive idea and second by subscribing to some literature and music.
...both are right and wrong.....more importantly, you need to balance and dont go to the extreme.....life is not right or wrong, agree or disagree.....it is a journey for you to explore and learn, to adjust and adapt......and move on......live with an open-mind to accept or change things physically and not NATO......
Nice one, SirWhale.
Relax lah. Different people have different ways of coping with their lives, be it military or non-military. There's no need to be harsh towards others about your/their current life even if your life is currently harsh.
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learning is always an active process; even mere listening is not a passive process. when we are learning, this also always means that we are perceiving, taking in, processing, retaining something, remembering and evaluating something: learning is a cognitive act.
Unlearning is a cognitive act too.
I just get very irritated when people give advice such as "make the best of it". Please dont, even if you have my interests at heart.
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