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I hate my life. I hate my job (the Navy), I hate where I live (Japan), I hate the dumb NFBSKing bastards who didn't get my bags onto the airplane in Atlanta, I hate the dumb NFBSKing woman at the counter at Narita who couldn't understand the fact that I had to work on the Christmas and couldn't be home all morning to wait for my bags to get here. I hate this entire cold, rainy, stinking island and every damn rainy season it goes through. I'm not too kean on the other ones either. I hate having to train and be in a constant state of readiness just so we can never do a damn thing. Just so we can NFBSKing sit here and wait just in case North Korea invades South Korea or China invades Taiwan, or Indonesia just sinks into the ocean inexplicably. I hate all those little bastards in the states who spend one year out of every two dicking around in port in a piss poor state of training and then after a few months of training get to go out and actually do something. I hate each and everyone NFBSKing sailor that we've ever tried to keep from pissing his life away and has gone and done it anyway. I hate that the last year and a half have been a total burn. I hate that the next year is going to be a total burn, and then the year after that, and the year after that. I hate the dumb NFBSKing bastard who thought it would be a good idea not to train Junior Officers and thought that 4 months of classroom training ashore could be replaced by a buggy computer CD to be completed on ships that don't even have enough computers available for the people who need to do REAL work, who thought he could send officers into the fleet with less training than a deck seaman. I hate my first stupid Captain who didn't think we deserved to be officers and who didn't feel the need to actually train us himself. I hate that all the ambition and desire that I had two years ago has been pissed away. I hate the fact that I'm going to leave here for good in 4 months and that I'm not proud of a single damn thing I've done out here.
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As a former member of that club (two years in Taiwan), thanks from me too!
-------------------- Another lifetime I'd have fallen in love with you Swept away by my feelings, ashamed and confused But just now it's enough to be walking with you Let the mystery play as it will! -Lui Collins Posts: 2669 | From: Jouy en Josas, France | Registered: May 2005
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I'm not in Asia, but I appreciate your service. I hope things get better for you when you're out of there.
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ASL, my fiance would appreciate a Skyline GTR as well!
I'm sorry things seem to be going so crappily for you. ((((Dry Hugs)))) from Minnesota headed your way!
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ASL, please check the "Real world" thread - I have a message for you there. I hope it can help. At least, it's the best I can come up with...
Posts: 246 | From: Toronto, ON / Kyiv, Ukraine | Registered: Jul 2005
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Well, you clearly are making a sacrifice, and those things you hate are not something you have any control over. What you are giving to the rest of us is not diminished by these things - and from the stories I hear of the service, what you describe is kinda SOP anyway.
I thank you and hope that in time your life will be more under your own control and the way you want it to be.
-------------------- "Wolves, dragons and vampires, man. Draw the nut-bars like big ol' nut-bar magnets." ~evilrabbit
(snurched because one of my nutbar family members is all about wolves and another one is all about dragons...)(with apologies to surfcitydogdad) Posts: 2397 | From: Texarkana, TX | Registered: Mar 2006
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I don't know why you're complaining about Japan's seasons. Japan has FOUR distinct seasons. You may be having a hard time with this because where you are from doesn't have four seasons. Japan is the only place that has four distinct seasons.
Posts: 8 | From: Fukushima, Japan | Registered: Oct 2006
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quote:Originally posted by 8Asahi8: I don't know why you're complaining about Japan's seasons. Japan has FOUR distinct seasons. You may be having a hard time with this because where you are from doesn't have four seasons. Japan is the only place that has four distinct seasons.
quote:Originally posted by ASL: I hate my life. I hate my job (the Navy), I hate where I live (Japan), I hate the dumb NFBSKing bastards who didn't get my bags onto the airplane in Atlanta, I hate the dumb NFBSKing woman at the counter at Narita who couldn't understand the fact that I had to work on the Christmas and couldn't be home all morning to wait for my bags to get here. I hate this entire cold, rainy, stinking island and every damn rainy season it goes through. I'm not too kean on the other ones either. I hate having to train and be in a constant state of readiness just so we can never do a damn thing. Just so we can NFBSKing sit here and wait just in case North Korea invades South Korea or China invades Taiwan, or Indonesia just sinks into the ocean inexplicably. I hate all those little bastards in the states who spend one year out of every two dicking around in port in a piss poor state of training and then after a few months of training get to go out and actually do something. I hate each and everyone NFBSKing sailor that we've ever tried to keep from pissing his life away and has gone and done it anyway. I hate that the last year and a half have been a total burn. I hate that the next year is going to be a total burn, and then the year after that, and the year after that. I hate the dumb NFBSKing bastard who thought it would be a good idea not to train Junior Officers and thought that 4 months of classroom training ashore could be replaced by a buggy computer CD to be completed on ships that don't even have enough computers available for the people who need to do REAL work, who thought he could send officers into the fleet with less training than a deck seaman. I hate my first stupid Captain who didn't think we deserved to be officers and who didn't feel the need to actually train us himself. I hate that all the ambition and desire that I had two years ago has been pissed away. I hate the fact that I'm going to leave here for good in 4 months and that I'm not proud of a single damn thing I've done out here.
Yeah, but apart from that, ASL, how's it going?
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quote:Originally posted by 8Asahi8: I don't know why you're complaining about Japan's seasons. Japan has FOUR distinct seasons. You may be having a hard time with this because where you are from doesn't have four seasons. Japan is the only place that has four distinct seasons.
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