Sunday, May 23, 2010

epic field camp

just got back (ok it was 2 days ago) from field camp, feeling more shagged out as compared to the BMT 5-day field camp for some reason.
maybe this field camp in SISPEC was much tougher than BMT one? to think back, I have definitely less sleep, more tiring exercises and complete with a route march not before but after! rawr. to top it up, our feet were practically soaked in water for >24 hrs, and to quote gordon: our feet looks like "a brain".

but then again, thinking back it has been quite a fun time in there. as what I have previously mused about, this is something I will never get to do in the future - as long as I do not join the army. furthermore, getting right down and dirty and with nature is something only kids will do without any hesitation

Army has mostly been deemed as a time-waster, brain-rotting experience, where you mainly follow orders rather than think. I beg to differ. In army, you have to think to make your own life better in the army. Be it trying to smuggle in food to feed your hungry stomach (oops) or learning how to filter some instructions, you need to rack your own brains. Of course, you might think I am trying to chao keng (slack), but well this indeed makes my army life more fun and illustrious :) furthermore, you get to meet really different people, people not from your own schools but from everywhere else. you get to know of other perspectives/personalities in lives - the highly pragmatic, the obedient and the gung-ho (hero), and you learn to appreciate them. this also makes you more aware of which personality you belong to.

of course, you would have been 2 years later than your peers, but what is 2 yrs compared to your lifetime. If you truly know what you want to do in life, I am sure this is not a setback, but rather an opportunity to develop yourself, spend time to refine your ideas, know your personality, get some contacts and grow physically.

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