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Army diaries
Saturday, March 28, 2009
250309. wed. 1531. rainy.So basically right now, im looking at 2 machines that cost like 8 million, taken out of your parents' tax and CPFs. But that is not the main point. The thing is that im in the midst of my sergeant specialization phase and things are getting rather stressful. So one thing i learn is that human can be the most adaptive creatures; they can learn in the most grueling environment under any circumstances.
In army, you will learn something call the 1/3 alert. Means that for every 2 men sleeping, 1 man will have to be awake. Theoretically, that is how it is. But to us, 1/3 alert means 1/3 awake. It means to stay awake only 1/3 when there's a chance to. Not that we want to, but this is a very valuable skill you acquire to rejuvenate yourself in order to prepare your body for any upcoming traumas.
The other sort of skill you acquire or adapt to is to de-stress yourself out of anything you can find. i.e tickling your friends, or sipping a cold cup of syrup. All these may seem common civilian context, but somehow, we manage to fully push the entertainment bar of these mundane stuff to the limit.
Overall, i feel that this adaptability which cannot be seen by your civilian friends will somehow aid you when you translate them in future. It will help build your mental stamina and endure through meetings and those reports. Definitely, in future when you meet up with stress of any kind, you are able to get a cup of syrup, sip and think, "come on~!, its just life, Chill man"
:-) struggling soldier P1S1 bed 10.
Don't get so worked up~ Its just me