Why most A level students are not fit for the armyMy sergeant came from a poor background, started working at age 14 and didnt go further than O levels but he is very street smart. He could not understand why we(A level grads) just cannot do things fast with a sense of urgency or get things into our head despite being told very nicely upteen times, amongst other things.
He gathered and talked to us, it left me very demoralised but it opened my eyes and realise the core and make up of most of us:
We only like to hear what we want to hear.
We try to avoid doing things that are tough, taking the easy way out.
Take advantage of other people when we can(not everytime), seek for personal gain or glory when we do a task.
We try to shift the blame when things go wrong and are very selfish.
Who cares if the person next to me is not doing his work properly?
As long as it doesn't affect me, why should i waste my time helping him?
I have done my part. Let him be. Think about it for a while...This is what i have came to realise in the army. It brings out the worst in a person, our darkest side exposed. Yet in this darkness there is a light, this is what the army seeks to eliminate and among us i am fortunate enough to meet those few who are unblemished despite being surrounded by such moral evils.
"Then again isn't this how you survive in the cold and brutal world outside?" Some will ask.
But if we do not seek to address this we will forever stay this way and the world will never make a change for the better. We will be stuck with this system for eternity or until a miracle happens and the moral fabric of our society is changed.
Do not ever subscribe to such moral evil. Being self-centered will lead us to no where.
Perhaps we are not able to do so because we have been hurt before.
"Understand,forgive and forget" I have always believed in this. I seek reconcillitation with all i have offended or when people have offended me through understanding the other person. This way one will be happier because he is not chained by the need to seek revenge to release the inner hurt that was inflicted on them.
Render assistance to anyone in need because one day you might be the one who needs help.
Will the world ever change or am i living in my own utopian world?
-Mark-
4/23/2006 07:29:00 am
This week was the most tiring of all. Training in SISPEC has finally begun..Monday was my navigation at lower mandai, not only did we not find
any checkpoints, me and my team 'hollanded' (got lost) at night and ended up on the PIE. haha! Thank goodness we found the PIE if not then i really do not know what we would do.
Tuesday was the same navigation and we still could not find any checkpoints.. sian.. Friday was our navi test and if we fail we would have to retake it on a saturday! A few lessons learnt:
1. Always bring gloves to navigation to prevent yourself from getting thorns embedded in your hand
2. Keep cool when checkpoint is not found or risk your group breaking up
3. Reconsider wearing your Gortex Jacket when is it raining. I got heat rash the next day after i wore them
Friday was our navi test and we found all except one checkpt. haha. Improvement by infinity -_-'' I wonder what was going through the golfers' mind at SICC when they saw us with our uniform and guns. .
The one thing that made my week was my babee coming down to boon lay to meet me. =D Ate lunch and happened to see dong fang bi li. I dont know him but apparently he is quite famous.
-Mark-
4/23/2006 06:50:00 am
Quotes
"What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?" - Robert Browning
"What profits the man who gains the world but loses his soul?"
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” ~Benjamin Franklin
Life can be tough, misery is optional.
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ~ Harry Potter
"Some people feel the rain, others just get wet" ~Bob Dylan
"Sex relieves tension - love causes it" ~Woody Allen
Soul meets soul on lovers lips
Be without a doubt
Love of my life
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Credits and note from the designer
Designer Eric Sim
Brushes Hybrid Genesis and
Eric Sim
Features an abstract- floral digital artwork drawn by me in photoshop. This layout is appropriate for all genders. The grandiose design is laid freely on a simple canvas and they complement each other pretty well. The sudden gradient change is applied to create one contrasting element. I created a 3D effect on the vines and they seem to jut out of the yellow canvas.
Why the name? The design, as you can see, is abstract and it gives a double-vision feel, therefore, Esophoria, a tendency to squint your eyes inward to create a double vision.
