Yay, I have returned home again, although it is rather late once again. But I am getting a little more used to it. I figured out that you can never expect too much from the army. They tend to cut things here and there. And it gets very upsetting when you realize that your book out timing is in the evening when you keep expecting it to be before noon.
Army is a waste of time, most people serve the army because they are forced to. I always try to learn something when I am forced to wait. I learn to observe.
There are many ways of observing things. I doubt that I ever observe the surrounding. If a terrorist who boarded the train is sitting right beside me, I just won’t remember how that fellow looks like.
I spend my free time observing human interaction and reaction. I have found this very interesting. I picked targets to observe.
My targets to observe are people who are disliked by the platoon. I observe them when they are happy and try to understand what causes these people to be happy. Ironically, in many cases, most of these disliked people are made happy by the very people who dislike them.
I don’t understand why. Do they not know that they are being disliked upon. And why do the people who dislike them try to make them happy. And of course, I want to know what is the quality that caused these poor folks to be disliked.
During times when I am stuck there waiting, I start to think. I have been caught “dreaming” in foot drills because I found it too boring and think about such things. And at the end of the day, I try to consolidate what I have thought and work out what is the quality that people like and dislike.
Through this thoughts, I hope to understand people better. Also, I hope to be a better person.
Tags: boredom, national service
Damned this sounds very much like me. are we siblings?
I had this “think about everything and be sunken in thoughts at times” first appearing in 1998. but I had to learn thinking too much is also not good, can make unhappy, so be careful!
by Nafcom (Jul 16, 2005 at 10 PM)Nafcom: Of course too much isn’t too good. I know the side effects. I can tell you truthfully that I don’t mind being punished by sergeants. Because each time they are angry, I start to sense uncertainty in their decisions to punish us. Some seemed to be pretending to be angry. Some are angry but are overly cautious over the punishment deliver would cause negative impact. I watched this sergeants punished while being punished. It actually came to a point that I look forward to a punishment which is just lots of vulgarities followed by 20 push ups. It’s funny sometimes you know. I better not explain what I found amusing in detail, hahaa… It’s disrespectful to a person.
by Mr. Dew (Jul 16, 2005 at 10 PM)Mr Dew: You could always tell me in private
(icq or email 
)
(in your email account already).
by Nafcom (Jul 16, 2005 at 10 PM)there is one waiting for you anyway
Nafcom: I’ll be checking soon. I haven’t checked email the whole week! (no chance to)
by Mr. Dew (Jul 16, 2005 at 11 PM)Mr Dew: I knew that
by Nafcom (Jul 16, 2005 at 11 PM)take you time and enjoy your weekend