Friday, December 08, 2006
Finally after a long and draggy week the weekend has arrived, but it has been quite fun, we've just finished the "Common Officers Training", basically more NE lessons, self-awareness, leadership and safety modules, we visited the Air Force Museum, went for a Golf appreciation course, yes! It's my first time playing golf, now I know what the heck is putting, chipping, the different holes played. We got to play with the clubs, woods, putter and after the brief introduction around the course, we got to try chipping as much as we wanted at the driving range. It is said that as future officers to be, we have to know what Golf is all about, because when foreign ambassadors or military officers comes for a visit, they may enjoy the game of golf and we have to be introduced to it as well. It'll be really embarrassing when a foreign military officer visits, and as an officer yourself you have no idea how the game is played.
Golf is the unofficial sport of the business world. It is often said that board meetings merely confirm decisions that are actually made on the golf course. For this reason, the successful conduct of business golf (which extends beyond merely knowing the game) is considered a useful business skill; various schools, including prestigious universities such as Stanford University, have started both undergraduate and graduate-level courses that teach "business golf".
Oh well, it's true, if you want to have a successful business associates, a lot of unofficial agreements are made on the golf course, and that's what it's all about.
I didn't really enjoy the sport, it's more of a skill and practice, but maybe from my more physical sport interests, the game of golf doesn't appeal to me much. Moreover, it's an expensive hobby that I can't afford to take up. (maybe when I am earning a 5-digit salary in the future), then such a sport could be an alternative hobby. I personally don't enjoy the game of soccer nor golf, but it could be a biased opinionated view, but soccer is when 20 guys on the field chase after an air-filled rubber ball. And golf is worse! It's a full-grown man swatting a hi-tech hybrid polymer rubber ball with a titanium stick across a field into a hole in the ground! But it's still an interesting experience, not my cup of tea though. I'd stick to martial arts.
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