Centaur
As to what you mentioned in unit specific mudane task of manual
labour, let me ask you a question. If the unit don't get the men to
do it? Who is going to do it? If every soldier starts questioning
orders, then in times of war, do you think they will obey an order
and charge at a MG position without regards of their own safety?
You might look at the tasks as a waste of time but if looking from
another perspective, it is a great way to build up espirt de corps.
You are not the only one who has gone through this shit, your
platoon mates are experiencing the same thing. One of the
consolation I can draw from such manual duties during my NSF days
was that if my mates and I worked together, we can get it done and
rest earlier. Likewise, if nobody does these chores, who are you
going to delegate the tasks to? Outsiders? It would be a laughing
stock that outsiders civilians have to shift your bed just because
the soldiers refuse to do it as they think of it as irrelevant to
their NS training. So in this case, where is the discipline demand
by the superior of his subordinates? And will the taxpayers be
willing to pay for the "external" helpers? Ok, disregarding the
"external" helpers, will you then continue live there if all these
tasks are not done. At the end of the day, you will have leaking
bunks, drains clogged up with leaves and result in mosquitoes etc.
So do you want that? All these tasks are in a way necessary to
promote a better living environment, don't you agree. Besides, in a
number of camps, some area cleaning tasks have been tendered out
over the last few years. And that in a sense do leave extra time
for training. A note on that, during my time, area cleaning and
cookhouse fatigue was the norm.
As for the remark on the maturity, I will let it pass. But when a
push becomes a shove, don't expect me just to sit there.
Affordable installments, you just answered your own questions.
Based on your job and income, you worked out how long it takes to
repay any loans.
I do agree that a person with 2.5 years as a headstart does have
certain advantage. But why are you comparing yourself with someone
who has more experience than you? The logical comparison will be to
compare with someone who is a fresh grad and have no experience. It
is like comparing an egg and a stone. What you major in uni will no
doubt influence the way you go for you first job. Surely you don't
expect an engineer to look for a job that only a medical doctor can
do, don't you? With a biz ad degree, your best bet will be dealing
with biz related field such as marketing in pharmaceutical company.
When an employer invests in training a new staff, naturally he
expects the staff to be able to contribute in the growth of the
company. And hiring of staff will depend solely on the interviews
which he conducted. It is at these interviews, that the employer
will be able to gauge if the candidate is worth hiring and that's
where the risk is. No one besides the prospective employee will
know if he will job hop.
It is not a matter of how long you joined this forum. Rather it is
how you want to see it. If your mind is set in thinking 2.5 years
of NS is too long, there is no way I can force you to change. My OC
once said to my coy "Do or die, you lan lan also have to serve. So
instead of making your life miserable in these 2.5 years, why not
make the full use of it and learn and enjoy the sweet and bitter of
NS life." It was his saying that, I can now said that my 2.5 years
in NS was the best time I had. I make a lot of friends from the
suffering and joy and learned a lot of things.
