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Saturday, March 24, 2007
Most of the time you dun miss something till its gone. Thats exactly why the government send you on reservist trips every now and then to make you appreciate the small things in life. Take away the tough physic requirements of the training, alot of things in camp just aint that great. For example, no leisure activities at night even though you may have finished all trainings in the day. So whats left (thank goodness the previous unit left behind a pack of cards), is just 6 of us rotating to play cards. Or 1 person play PSP and 3 of us watch. Its more like old folks home where one do and the rest watch. Sometimes we are so bored we sit around the table and just talk. Worse, we stare into air blankly. At times like this, the most boring TV programme or newspapers can light up your life. I grab whatever time I can to watch channel news asia during meal time, all of us grab a newspaper expired 3 days ago. The toilet still sucks. Life is almost to the brink and what a stupid "holidae resort" package have we signed ourselves into.
Good thing is after training you are so tired, you sleep whenever you have the chance to, for waking up at 5 or 6 isnt my cup of tea anymore. Even for work I wake up at 645. Good thing there again is I have my meals on time, and I have ample time while waiting to think about what I want in life and my job. In army you rush to wait, wait to rush. Programs never start on time, yet you alway have to rush to reach there first, and then you wait, and wait, and wait....
Another thing is at least I knock off there earlier then at work, and virtually I did not use my brains during the 5 days. Alway follow instruction no matter how stupid it seems in army, for thinking and realise that the instruction was stupid will make you want to vomit blood. In army, ignorance is bliss, a famous line I used to quote, which I forgot in the later part of my life. Then again, alway act blur and take cover, never be a volunteer.
For 1 and a half year in Citi, process inprovement has become a part of me. In this one week, I see so many things that I can improve in army. All the process we do can be less tiring and more efficient, but I know that its pointless to voice out. Army is army, things never change unless you have crabs on your shoulders. sO life goes on, and it will probably remain the same next in camp this Oct. Till then, my lifes goes on....
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