bo sim zho si boh?
Direct translation from hokkien would be... 没有心做是吗?
No heart to do izzit? Or more correctly, uninterested to perform or to do.
This is a "famous" phrase i heard in army.
It came from my OC, Officer in Command, the guy in charge of my company. The guy who ruled us with an iron fist. Most of us feared him, as he was really strict in our discipline and he was also rather 'siao-onz'. His looks gave me the scare when i first entered the company. He looked paley ghost like, but had the height and the stern look to chill us down the spine. We even gave him the nick of the Devil, 魔鬼.
Standby...
A phase in army where the unit or company has to be in the ops mood ie be ready for operation at anytime. All the vehicles had to be ready for action, all the big guns mounted and ready to roll at any instance. For the troopers, all their equipment has to be in tip-top condition, fully packed and standardised. All our uniform, barang barang like toiletries, mess-tins, all the essentials for an actual battle have to be orderly packed.
In order to check on our standard and readiness for op, we had to go through an inspection phase. All our packed equipment have to be waterproofed with zip-lock bags and to be lay out in standard order with all our full gears with us. Inspection was a pain in the ass as we had to prepare days in advance. Not only our personal equipment but also the big guns and our big vehicles. Everyone was stressed up, even the OCs and the other regulars.
My OC, the devil was really strict in our standby preparations. Guess he wanted us to be the best company in the unit. Coy 'A', A for number 1, A for good, A for the best? A for Ichiban? Crap logic aniwae.
I still remembered that night when my OC blew his top during our inspection for standby. It was a night where we never forget.
All our barang were laid out for inpection. Inspection on our packing standards and if we had the proper equipment in our bags. My platoon inspection kinda went well, but not for the tankee (guys who pilot the tanks) guys. Tankees were like brothers to my platoon, guess both our platoon were the more 'pia kia', the more 'no government' so to speak, as compared to the other platoons. Staying close to each other also made us more 'brudder' than the rest.
OC was really not impressed by the tankee's preparations. OC torn open those badly prepared packs and smashed them onto the ground. Days of preparation gone down the drain at an instant. I still remembered seeing squashed toothpaste spattered all over the ground due to the impact of the smash. One of the specialists whose mess-tin which was not cleaned properly was thrown on the floor and had a sledge hammer whacked out of shaped.
"Bo Sim Zho Si Bo?" OC thundered the tankees.
Signifying their poor standard of preparations. He even caught one of the specialist by the collar and drew him close to his face and scolded him of the poor standard in preparations.
It was an forgettable night. OC broke his temper infront of the entire company.
"Bo sim zho si boh" became a catch phrase for the tankees. We would always tease the tankees when things get though and standards have to be made through our life in army. Guess it later also paid the same for the other platoons in the company even after we had a change of our OC. Maybe thats why these tankees from my company were the best in my unit, and maybe our company was the best among the rest too.
Guess discipline is a way to reach the objectives we set for ourselves. Discipline in this case could being fear, but at least it got things done. Discipline may not always bring fear, but more often a trade off of freedom, or power needs. Humans could ready be that 贱 sometimes, 不见棺材不掉泪, unless we are faced with harsh conditions we may never change or never put in our best efforts. Just like if kids never fall sick when young, they may never be able to develope their own immune system and to defend themselves against the same illness in years to come.
Falling in to harsh situations may never always be that bad.
No heart to do izzit? Or more correctly, uninterested to perform or to do.
This is a "famous" phrase i heard in army.
It came from my OC, Officer in Command, the guy in charge of my company. The guy who ruled us with an iron fist. Most of us feared him, as he was really strict in our discipline and he was also rather 'siao-onz'. His looks gave me the scare when i first entered the company. He looked paley ghost like, but had the height and the stern look to chill us down the spine. We even gave him the nick of the Devil, 魔鬼.
Standby...
A phase in army where the unit or company has to be in the ops mood ie be ready for operation at anytime. All the vehicles had to be ready for action, all the big guns mounted and ready to roll at any instance. For the troopers, all their equipment has to be in tip-top condition, fully packed and standardised. All our uniform, barang barang like toiletries, mess-tins, all the essentials for an actual battle have to be orderly packed.
In order to check on our standard and readiness for op, we had to go through an inspection phase. All our packed equipment have to be waterproofed with zip-lock bags and to be lay out in standard order with all our full gears with us. Inspection was a pain in the ass as we had to prepare days in advance. Not only our personal equipment but also the big guns and our big vehicles. Everyone was stressed up, even the OCs and the other regulars.
My OC, the devil was really strict in our standby preparations. Guess he wanted us to be the best company in the unit. Coy 'A', A for number 1, A for good, A for the best? A for Ichiban? Crap logic aniwae.
I still remembered that night when my OC blew his top during our inspection for standby. It was a night where we never forget.
All our barang were laid out for inpection. Inspection on our packing standards and if we had the proper equipment in our bags. My platoon inspection kinda went well, but not for the tankee (guys who pilot the tanks) guys. Tankees were like brothers to my platoon, guess both our platoon were the more 'pia kia', the more 'no government' so to speak, as compared to the other platoons. Staying close to each other also made us more 'brudder' than the rest.
OC was really not impressed by the tankee's preparations. OC torn open those badly prepared packs and smashed them onto the ground. Days of preparation gone down the drain at an instant. I still remembered seeing squashed toothpaste spattered all over the ground due to the impact of the smash. One of the specialists whose mess-tin which was not cleaned properly was thrown on the floor and had a sledge hammer whacked out of shaped.
"Bo Sim Zho Si Bo?" OC thundered the tankees.
Signifying their poor standard of preparations. He even caught one of the specialist by the collar and drew him close to his face and scolded him of the poor standard in preparations.
It was an forgettable night. OC broke his temper infront of the entire company.
"Bo sim zho si boh" became a catch phrase for the tankees. We would always tease the tankees when things get though and standards have to be made through our life in army. Guess it later also paid the same for the other platoons in the company even after we had a change of our OC. Maybe thats why these tankees from my company were the best in my unit, and maybe our company was the best among the rest too.
Guess discipline is a way to reach the objectives we set for ourselves. Discipline in this case could being fear, but at least it got things done. Discipline may not always bring fear, but more often a trade off of freedom, or power needs. Humans could ready be that 贱 sometimes, 不见棺材不掉泪, unless we are faced with harsh conditions we may never change or never put in our best efforts. Just like if kids never fall sick when young, they may never be able to develope their own immune system and to defend themselves against the same illness in years to come.
Falling in to harsh situations may never always be that bad.
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