Let's see.
I started this alternative army service thing since 05/9/22. 1 month of training at the Cheng-Gong military base. 1 month of training at Tian Mu training center. Now I'm working in the Ministry of Foreign Affair (MoFA) of Taiwanese government. So much has been going on.
Boot camp was a total waste of time doing nothing but to "get disiplined" by brainless military personnels. Afterall, I guess I made a few friends to at least got something out of this.
Then, an unexpected chance came around. MoFA's NGO (Non Government Org) division called ICDF decided to fill in a few more slots to send oversea for diplomatic work. So I got in the drawing and jumped on board.
In order to switch from an English teaching duty in the deep mountains of Taiwan, I decided to go aboard, which confronted with great opposition from my parents, mainly my mom. She said I've been in the US for almost a decade and I should stay in Taiwan for a while. I had a couple of angry moments at home with my parents and at the end my dad signed the silly release form which allowed me to go aboard.
You would think things are settled after that. Well, it didn't.
After I began my training at Tian Mu in Taipei, we had a drawing which decided where we would be assigned to. I got the best pick in Africa, called Swaziland, located inside of South Africa. But then, here came the problem. Africa.
My mother got all worked up with me going to African country, albeit it was quite a developed country. She got connection in the Conscription Agency in the government and insisted in pulling me out of ICDF just so I wouldn't be near people with AIDS.
I had a big fight with my parents. Till this day I'm still mad at them. A great opportunity for me to travel aboard, especially to Africa, I mean when on earth would you be going to Africa in your whole life. I'm also missing out serving this civil duty with maximum pay you can get, I would be 300k NT richer if I've gone. Now I'm stuck in the domestic department of MoFA and do the most trivial things every day, with pay that is not even enough for my expenses on food.
*sigh
All right, enough grumbling for one day. Back to photoopying and paper shredding T.T
I started this alternative army service thing since 05/9/22. 1 month of training at the Cheng-Gong military base. 1 month of training at Tian Mu training center. Now I'm working in the Ministry of Foreign Affair (MoFA) of Taiwanese government. So much has been going on.
Boot camp was a total waste of time doing nothing but to "get disiplined" by brainless military personnels. Afterall, I guess I made a few friends to at least got something out of this.
Then, an unexpected chance came around. MoFA's NGO (Non Government Org) division called ICDF decided to fill in a few more slots to send oversea for diplomatic work. So I got in the drawing and jumped on board.
In order to switch from an English teaching duty in the deep mountains of Taiwan, I decided to go aboard, which confronted with great opposition from my parents, mainly my mom. She said I've been in the US for almost a decade and I should stay in Taiwan for a while. I had a couple of angry moments at home with my parents and at the end my dad signed the silly release form which allowed me to go aboard.
You would think things are settled after that. Well, it didn't.
After I began my training at Tian Mu in Taipei, we had a drawing which decided where we would be assigned to. I got the best pick in Africa, called Swaziland, located inside of South Africa. But then, here came the problem. Africa.
My mother got all worked up with me going to African country, albeit it was quite a developed country. She got connection in the Conscription Agency in the government and insisted in pulling me out of ICDF just so I wouldn't be near people with AIDS.
I had a big fight with my parents. Till this day I'm still mad at them. A great opportunity for me to travel aboard, especially to Africa, I mean when on earth would you be going to Africa in your whole life. I'm also missing out serving this civil duty with maximum pay you can get, I would be 300k NT richer if I've gone. Now I'm stuck in the domestic department of MoFA and do the most trivial things every day, with pay that is not even enough for my expenses on food.
*sigh
All right, enough grumbling for one day. Back to photoopying and paper shredding T.T
