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Wednesday, August 04, 2004 + The Struggle Against Stupidity + I feel it... it draws ever closer with each passing day... the end... the end of the war against stupidity... in layman terms, my ORD. Seriously, some people view our national duty as merely a physical tribulation, or at most a day to day body vs mind saga. I've been here long enough to safely say, as Kun Liang's personal mantra goes, " its All in the mind". What?! Stupidity exists within the ranks of the protectors of our holy ground?! Hell yeah... it'll eat you alive... from the very start, they hammer into you that unthinking obedience is to be admired. My friend had a nervous breakdown after 4 hours of trench digging. When we were ordered to fill up the trenches we laboured on the whole day, he finished within 10mins, then promptly snapped. After he was taken by the medics, Sgt. Bastard commented, "he's a good soldier, i like men like him". Note Sgt. Bastard was at one point in time an ordinary person like you and me. I should know, I saw him in an old JC year book, he looked like a geek. He merely succumbed to the "Army Mentality". Look for me personally for the juicer details. I'll try to dedicate at least 1 encounter with the "Army Mentality" a week, I'll call it the "Dumbass Army Stories Series", shouldn't be too difficult, i get weird brainless shit on almost a daily basis. cheers! raises glass of SAF standard issue Tiger Beer, then waters the grass with it ian wong beats around the bush@ 1:16 PM Comments: Post a Comment

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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

+ The Struggle Against Stupidity +

I feel it... it draws ever closer with each passing day... the end... the end of the war against stupidity... in layman terms, my ORD. Seriously, some people view our national duty as merely a physical tribulation, or at most a day to day body vs mind saga. I've been here long enough to safely say, as Kun Liang's personal mantra goes, " its All in the mind".

What?! Stupidity exists within the ranks of the protectors of our holy ground?! Hell yeah... it'll eat you alive... from the very start, they hammer into you that unthinking obedience is to be admired. My friend had a nervous breakdown after 4 hours of trench digging. When we were ordered to fill up the trenches we laboured on the whole day, he finished within 10mins, then promptly snapped. After he was taken by the medics, Sgt. Bastard commented, "he's a good soldier, i like men like him".

Note Sgt. Bastard was at one point in time an ordinary person like you and me. I should know, I saw him in an old JC year book, he looked like a geek. He merely succumbed to the "Army Mentality". Look for me personally for the juicer details. I'll try to dedicate at least 1 encounter with the "Army Mentality" a week, I'll call it the "Dumbass Army Stories Series", shouldn't be too difficult, i get weird brainless shit on almost a daily basis.

cheers! *raises glass of SAF standard issue Tiger Beer, then waters the grass with it*

ian wong beats around the bush@ 1:16 PM

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