09
Apr
2nd year anniversary of my ORD
This is the 2nd anniversary of my release from full time National Service! Just thought that I’ll write a bit about it, since I’ve only just noticed the date! The freedom is sweet! I don’t like military life very much, since army life is communal, while I’m a individualistic person.
Sharing a room with many other people may be fun, but there are times when I just want to be alone and stay in bed all day. I’m the sensitive new age guy who needs down-time. Yeah, I even have No-Phone days. In fact, I never pick up the house phone: if it rings while I’m alone in the house, I’ll just unplug the extension 
But that’s a story for another day.
Getting ordered around in uniform is ugly, but it’s a reflection of the real world out there in the mini-ecosystem. While it provides a peek at the world, I don’t think that the real bosses out there in the world would scream at you for the little nits. The working world out there doesn’t care if you have a thread straying from your shirt, neither does it mandate that you have to spend your own money to sew a new rank on the shoulder (local promotion without any allowance increase), only to take them down and sew a new one the next month. (I’m still sore over that one)
Anyway, this post will surely attract all some of those old reservist personnel thinking that I’m a young punk who hasn’t worked a single day in his life.
If you’re the above, let me tell you this: having worked one whole year in a local company, and two and a third years in the army, I prefer working in the real world better. Do what fits you, but in my opinion, the real world is the better choice.
on April 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The army wants you.
on April 14th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Well, I don’t want the army.
on April 15th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
4SIR wants you, as a regular Scout. Sign on now.
on April 16th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
sign on and tekan future scouts at ISPC.
you have the power!