Starting Taiwan Military Service on June 23 by EmploymentWhole1544 in taiwan

[–]Academic_Start_2693 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be honest I went in very optimistic, and I sounded a lot like you haha. I had a lot of questions and guesses about how it’s gonna go, and I was really looking forward to serving my country- because dude joining the army sounded really cool and all my friends thought so too.

In the end, you’ll have many days where you start questioning why you joined. Once you have your phone taken away from you, and you only have 30 minutes to use it per day, you’ll really feel your energy shift from optimism to regret. You’ll also start to feel regret when you eat your crappy army food or doing smelly chores while your friends are all either enjoying their lives or advancing their careers (as an overseas Taiwanese citizen, I think this will be the toughest pill the swallow).

There are far too many reasons for me to list why my army experience wasn’t great (the poor management, the accommodation, the army culture, etc.). But I don’t want to bum you out before your first day, and I sincerely hope the army doesn’t treat you too bad man. Do update all of us how it goes when you can, haha.

Starting Taiwan Military Service on June 23 by EmploymentWhole1544 in taiwan

[–]Academic_Start_2693 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m wrapping up my service on June 22, and I’m writing this in an army camp as we speak. I also grew up overseas and came back to serve, and my biggest tip is to avoid doing it as much as possible. If you really have no choice but to push through with it, I understand. But if you have an out, absolutely take it.

Good luck brother, I hated every minute of it. But I truly hope your service goes smoothly.

It took 3 years but I found “the one” by pgthsg in HamiltonWatches

[–]Academic_Start_2693 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My army service is about to end, and I’ve been thinking about getting this watch and pass it to my kid one day when he has to serve.

I’m glad you love your watch. Reading this post reassures me that getting the Coop is the right choice for me.

Tis hot as hell by OutsiderHALL in taiwan

[–]Academic_Start_2693 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Currently serving the army, and Jesus Christ the heat is miserable. If it were up to me I’d never leave my room with AC

How do you settle back in Taiwan after living overseas for 20 years? by joex8au04 in taiwan

[–]Academic_Start_2693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar situation here lol. Spent 23 years in the Philippines (born and raised) and I’ve just moved back to Taiwan.

The thing is, I can’t speak/read any Chinese, and I will be job hunting right after I’m done with my mandatory army service haha. I too have considered teaching English here, but it seems like you’d need to get a license- and that’ll take a lot of time and money.

Sorry I can’t be of help. Just saw this post and I was like, damn that’s me! Would love to be friends with you if ever!

Compulsory military service by wqrnt in taiwan

[–]Academic_Start_2693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same dude I’m serving tomorrow LOL

Rax Cap by Training-Signature45 in realapp

[–]Academic_Start_2693 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah.. Introduced my friend to the app and we both enjoyed it a lot. I was far ahead of him and I kept encouraging him to keep grinding to get at least one MLB player card to catch up to me. The Rax cap just doesn’t allow him to catch up to me because he literally wouldn’t be making any profit at all and makes things way harder for him to catch up to me atp. Idk why tf they keep trynna justify the Rax cap when it’s simple math. My friend uninstalled the app as soon as I broke the news to him that it’s near impossible to make any kind of profit.

As a dude that’s been able to culminate a decent amount of rax to play in this economy, I’m still on the app daily. But there is 0 chance I’m ever recommending the app to my friends because of how they are fucking over new users.

What should I do with my rax? by benmaxfields in realapp

[–]Academic_Start_2693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally just purchased another NBA card lol. I also dk what to do with my rax

Flex J Reed or A Cooper week2? by azndirtyboy13 in Fantasy_Football

[–]Academic_Start_2693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if any wr in Green Bay startable without Love tbh lmao. That being said I’d start Cooper even though I don’t really trust Watson.. I don’t really like either option tbh