story of sour grapes.
Before I get to my main ranting (again), I would like to write about my experience at the NCC Senior Specialists' Course that happened for the past 3 days.
So.. It's the my first NCC course as an instructor, and I have to say, I was all nervous and shit.
Like what if I screw up my drills and all that..
A section of 11 people will be under my care, do I have what it takes to handle it?
It was really awkward for me at the start.. But slowly I got the hang of it, it was like being the assistant part sergeant of the secondary 2s back in secondary school.
I had a pretty hard time interacting with them though (I'm pretty quiet to strangers)..
They looked up to me as an instructor, despite knowing it was my first time as one..
Listened to my "motivational" talks..
And at the graduation parade, I don't know why, I felt this "sense of achievement".
And at the same time, I felt this little sting of sadness.
Maybe because I won't get to see them again?
But the time spent was well worth it. I'm sure this experience will be useful for me (one way or another) in the future..
Haven't felt this sense of satisfaction in a while :)
Okay main story.
Was at work today.
And as usual, there were families everywhere..
So I was replenishing the strawberry stock.. And one mother was asking her child if she wanted strawberries.
Which really got me thinking. Kids these days are REALLY fortunate.
I've grown up almost NEVER getting the stuff I want.
And about the fruits... I've grown up thinking that...
- Sour grapes is a normal thing.
- Skin damage on fruits ain't much of a problem, it's still edible.
- Plums will ALWAYS be sour.
- I will never get to taste a gold kiwi until I grow up.
Perhaps it is the comfortable environment of the current generation that get kids all cocky these days.
They grow up thinking that they can get anything they want, and that the world revolves around them.
And parents making a police report because a teacher cuts their child's hair... What the fuck?
If MY hair gets cut, my mom will probably be saying something like "you deserve it".
My mom lost her mom at a young age, and has little idea of how to become a good mother.
But I can be sure that she is a better parent than 80% of the idiots out there.
Globalisation? Is it a good thing?
So.. It's the my first NCC course as an instructor, and I have to say, I was all nervous and shit.
Like what if I screw up my drills and all that..
A section of 11 people will be under my care, do I have what it takes to handle it?
It was really awkward for me at the start.. But slowly I got the hang of it, it was like being the assistant part sergeant of the secondary 2s back in secondary school.
I had a pretty hard time interacting with them though (I'm pretty quiet to strangers)..
They looked up to me as an instructor, despite knowing it was my first time as one..
Listened to my "motivational" talks..
And at the graduation parade, I don't know why, I felt this "sense of achievement".
And at the same time, I felt this little sting of sadness.
Maybe because I won't get to see them again?
But the time spent was well worth it. I'm sure this experience will be useful for me (one way or another) in the future..
Haven't felt this sense of satisfaction in a while :)
Okay main story.
Was at work today.
And as usual, there were families everywhere..
So I was replenishing the strawberry stock.. And one mother was asking her child if she wanted strawberries.
Which really got me thinking. Kids these days are REALLY fortunate.
I've grown up almost NEVER getting the stuff I want.
And about the fruits... I've grown up thinking that...
- Sour grapes is a normal thing.
- Skin damage on fruits ain't much of a problem, it's still edible.
- Plums will ALWAYS be sour.
- I will never get to taste a gold kiwi until I grow up.
Perhaps it is the comfortable environment of the current generation that get kids all cocky these days.
They grow up thinking that they can get anything they want, and that the world revolves around them.
And parents making a police report because a teacher cuts their child's hair... What the fuck?
If MY hair gets cut, my mom will probably be saying something like "you deserve it".
My mom lost her mom at a young age, and has little idea of how to become a good mother.
But I can be sure that she is a better parent than 80% of the idiots out there.
Globalisation? Is it a good thing?
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