there’s no pretense.

You get to meet a lot of different people in the army. Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, welcome to the SAF. It’s a whole new world. (:

I thank God that I have relatively good bunk mates. They make life in camp much more fun and bearable. With that said, there are 12 other people sleeping in the same bunk as me. I can’t say I like all 12 of them. (Suddenly, I feel so childish saying this, but I’m too lazy to think of another way to put it across.)

Compromise. That’s what you need to have to get along with people sometimes, and so yes. I compromise. I compromise when I realize some people really just don’t know how to compromise. Weird huh?

So what kind of people do you meet in the army? Wayang, ciaokeng, AP, AA, you name it, you’ll have it. (: Some people’s attitude really suck. Serious. Like the fact that they still just refuse to march properly and move fast when the bulk of most of our “knock it down“s are due to that. Oh and not to forget those who just can’t stop complaining. I’m not talking about casual whining, but rather those who really go on and on about it and you can tell it from their tone. We’re all going to go through these two years whether we like it or not. So stop complaining. Just like what the army says, “SUCK IT UP!”

(:

Today I got pissed. Maybe I was not patient enough. So now I’m going through a websites full of quotes regarding patience.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.
~ Edmund Burke

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~ Saint Augustine

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
~ Stanislaw J. Lec

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
~ Titus Maccius Plautus

But one quote really struck out.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.
~ George Jackson

And I have to say today, that was the case. Effing under-aged morons. Apparently their tiny brains haven’t developed yet. The difference between having an IC and an EZ-link card is the plain fact that you’re under-aged damn it.

I seriously should consider doing this. It’s not every time that something/someone gets me so pissed that I’ll bother blogging about it. This way I can note down when are the times I actually get so pissed throughout my lifetime.

All quotes courtesy of The Quotations Page.

Comfort Cab. Well, today’s ride on one wasn’t really comfortable. As a matter of fact, it was stressful, nerve wrecking, and totally irritating. Utterly pissed me off and scared an otherwise wonderful day.

So it started with me waking up late (why would I otherwise take a cab?). Had to be at Expo at 12.45pm for choir practice but I woke at 11.50am. Oh well, I got ready and went out to get a cab. What day is it today man? There were so many people trying to get cabs. Going in front of one another and cutting the queue. Typical Singaporean…

Then again. There were really NO cabs around. What happened to all the taxis just when you needed one? So many people were just waiting for one empty cab to appear. Well I ended up calling for one. On hindsight, I really think I shouldn’t have.

The cab came, after all the other retarded people all got theirs. So when you think the worst is over, the driver don’t even know how to go to Expo! How retarded is that?! I ended up having to direct him. The nightmare started when we reached the expressway. He missed a turn and.. well.. damn it.

$5 worth of cab fare. He brought me to tour around half of Singapore before taking me Expo. The nearest exit after that missed turn was at Eunos. Great man. I can’t believe it. A taxi driver who doesn’t even know the road, so much so that I had to direct him. I’m not supposed to know the road, at least not yet.

Well at least he didn’t charge me for that extra cab journey, though he added a few cents here and there and I’m quite sure I ended up paying $1 more. I couldn’t be bothered by then. It’s not just the money. I ended up late. Time is money man. Opportunity cost. Economics man.

Oh screw it. I can’t really stop taking cabs altogether for my entire life. I’ll just take it as my bad luck today.

When I’m Dead Pissed,

I’m Easily Irritated. Total Attitude Problem, maximum PMS symptoms. Stay away. Usually, I’ll leave before I blow, which, thank God, was what I did.

When I’m Dead Pissed,

Even strangers seem to become my enemies. They should all just disappear and die or something. Just get out of my sight.

When I’m Dead Pissed,

Apparently, Sudoku becomes so much easier. Add in background music and I seem to breeze through them. Actually I only managed to complete one ‘5 star level’ puzzle. Still, it didn’t seem much to me while doing it yesterday night.

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Yes a bloody innocent moron made me Dead Pissed. Just shut up and play your damn PSP. The world will be a better place.

It’s one thing if you don’t believe what I believe. It’s another if you don’t keep your mouth shut keep talking about it in front of me.

It’s one thing if you don’t want to come back to my church next week. It’s another if you keep saying it the last time we’re going to see you and seem to want everyone to beg you to stay.

I mean. Basic courtesy and respect right? How stupid can one get? I know that the army is a place that you can get easily influenced by the wrong company, but I didn’t know the army can make you stupid. You’re supposed to be more militarily intelligent now. It seems like people are leaning how to create a fight more easily. Stupid.

Well that was yesterday. I’m not that Dead Pissed anymore, though I still feel sour thinking about it. Love your enemies as yourself. Looks like I still got a long way to go. Well, patience has its limits.