Stifled...

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Am I Really That Easily Recognized...?

Just had my shower. Got out of the bathroom and wanted to grab a chilled drink. Pulled a can of cola outta the fridge, only to find the contents totally frozen. Damn. I wanted it to be chilled, but not that chilled. Now I have to waste time to wait for the frozen cola to melt.

Anyway, I watched Seoul Raiders today. Not bad. The action wasn't that bad and it's reasonably funny. The gals are fine, and I find one of them hot. However, I feel that Tokyo Raiders was better. I don't know why. The gals in Tokyo Raiders were hotter than those of Seoul Raiders, but that wasn't the deciding factor. I just don't know how to describe the difference.

Not bad. Catch it if you can.

The lucky bastard with his assistants.

So what has a can of frozen cola and Seoul Raiders got to do with the topic you are gonna talk about?

Well... Actually, there are no links. Ok. To the point. I hopped onto a cab yesterday as I was going home from Jen's house. I was wearing a cap to disguise my ridiculously short hair. The cab driver took a look at me and asked, "Serving NS?"

"Yeah..."

"On Tekong? BMT?"

" Yeah..."

Damn. How the hell did he know? It was so dark and I had a cap on. Why? Why did he have to remind me that I'm an NS man even when I'm out as a civilian? Not every male who looks 20 and have a cap on is recognized as a recruit, so how did he know? Do I have something in/on me that makes me so easily recognized as a recruit?

Pissed, I tried to keep quiet for the whole ride, but that cab driver kept talking about NS. I felt like jumping off the cab, but I remembered something from a book about tarot cards that I have been reading (Yes, I'm studying tarot). The book said something about looking things as a big picture, so I began to think of why the fuck was I recognized by the cab driver and had to end up listening to him crap about NS? That led me to a question. Why the fuck do they have to shave our heads when we enter NS?

As a metrosexual, I care a lot about my hair. Many people thought that a bad-ass like me will go dye my hair some radical colour, but my hair has been black all this while. Why? Because I don't wanna spoil my hair. I need to bleach my hair before I can dye it, but bleaching will spoil my hair. I always hear people (Especially Jen) complain about their hair being dry or brittle. I don't want my hair to become like that, so I refuse to dye my hair even till this day. Maybe I will if my bad-ass side overwhelms my metrosexual side, but definitely not in the near future. So can you see how agonised I was when they shaved my head the first day I was enlisted?

They sure look equal. Equally bald.

So why? Why must they shave the recruits' head? I heard that it's got something to do with equality. By shaving everyone's head, everyone will look the same and therefore be seen equally. I say that's MOTHERFUCKING CRAP!!! Are they trying to say that some racists sergeant will start to love the race he discriminates just because the people of that race shaved their heads? There's no point in doing so. The only reason I can think of is they shave our heads to prevent us from getting heatstroke. If so, then why must recruits shave their heads when people in other units can have hair? Are you saying that people in units won't get heat stroke? A little hair won't cause people to get heat stroke. So why? Is it because recruits are the lowest in the rank system? Is it because recruits are the only people without stripes on their arms and shoulders? Now who's discriminating who?

The people of high ranks will never understand the pain and agony a teenager will have to go through when their hair is all shaved. Sure the previous generations of recruits shaved their heads too, but times have changed. If they can revise the BMT scheme, make field packs bigger, shorten NS to 2 years, why can't they scrap the hair shaving crap? Shaving the hair of the recruits can have adverse effects on them mentally. Some recruits go mad by carrying balls and running around.

Recruits going mad...

Some recruits even went to the extent of assaulting ministers, bringing disasters to themselves. Like this particular soldier who tried to make the minister go through the same agony he went through by pulling off the minister's hair when he wasn't looking. He paid the price.

Joe tried to pull off his hair while he was busy smiling at the cameras...

And paid a high price for his disrespectful and insane act...

So you see, shaving the hair of recruits can affect them greatly. They'll lose their minds and act according to their instincts. They'll lose humanity. Is that the kind of soldiers the country aims to produce? I know it's not, so I sincerely hope someone high ranking will seriously consider scraping the head shaving act. Maybe allow short, black hair?

End...

Hanged @ 11:51 PM