Okay, this isn't exactly a post discussing the benefits of sending the military overseas on peace-keeping operations. Or discussing the role of the civil defence force in keeping the peace in our homeland. What the hell, it's not even really a post about the army.
It's just that i've been reading my previous posts for the past hour or so for no particular reason. And as i started reading up on the
good times i had last year, a thought struck me, something which hadn't occurred to me at all in the past month: my life last year (and the year before) was really
CRAP.
The thought of going for guard duty for a night of sleep deprivation, going for outfield exercises, and sweating in the army uniform for the whole week (and using that same, smelly uniform for the whole week) sends shivers down my spine. And i can hardly imagine being able to go to sleep in my bunk in 3SIB with that all-famous sergeant sleeping in the bed beside me, having (once again) not showered for at least two days at a time.
What the hell, just move back another year, and in 2006 i was running in the forest with four hours or less of sleep (even though we all say that we slept for seven) the previous day, with nothing else keeping my rifle up and my senses sharp except for sheer determination and the sight of all my friends suffering just as much as i was.
These were the times when i didn't have much in the way of liberties, and when i spent my entire weekends at home with my family and with my computer games and my anime. I had no social life to speak of and no real desire to GET a social life. I had bad hair, bad glasses, and all i wanted to do in my free time was sleep, enjoy my visual entertainment and pass my goddamn driving test. Which i never did during my army life.
So, if i've been complaining for the past few months about any form of suffering in particular, i just need to blog about it, read my old posts, remember how things were when i was in the army, and
shut the f*ck up. Because nothing much can be worse than the army experience (sorry MINDEF), and my life now probably seems like heaven in comparison.
And in this way, by thinking back on my
army experiences, i might be able to achieve some
peace of mind. Lol.
