When i joined the military i had a car and a something like a 'heavy bike', when i passed-out my parents wanted to give me a new 4-wheeler, i refused. As a 2/Lt i had been going to my unit on a bicycle. i had to take a loan from bank to get my first 'own' motor bike. Why? because i wanted to differ from those douchebags who would think of themselves as some lords on the basis of someone else's money or authority. i was happy for what i had. i was proud that i was standing on my feet, though my family could have sustained me for another decade or so, atleast. BTW, i gifted my first bicycle to one of my ex-batman, aisi laat kisi nay na mari hoge hatim tai ki kabar per, i bet.
When i was a YO, i was once posted at one of the hottest places this country has. We had 3 x air conditioners back at home then. Those who belonged to Karachi would know that people there would run ACs both in winters and summers, as the weather there isnt normally extreme. i too had been enjoying it. But when i got posted at that hot station life became miserable. Single storey BOQs, and subha sham ragra. i remember that when i used to go back home from there i would make sure that i slept in that little room which was away from the cool breeze of our ACs, why? Because i didnt want to get too used to the 'luxury' as i knew that after enjoying life for these 10 days of leave i have to go back to the same place where the MES pakha awaits me. i couldnt afford an AC then, though my parents could, but i always turned down their offer with the excuse that, ok you would get me an AC but who will afford the electric bill? People (friend and relatives) would call me an idiot back then, i know some here would still do the same, but then who cares? i remember we used to stay up late at nights and would exert during games so that we are sleepy and tired enough that once we took that last bath before getting into bed, we should be asleep well before our wet bodies and the water that we had poured on our beds had dried up because of the heat!! Or else if you couldnt sleep before this, the heat would not let you sleep, and you would again have to stand under the shower and repeat the process once more. We had mastered this to an extent that by the time we would wake up in the morning for PT, our bedsheets would be soaked wet by our sweat but we still managed to stay asleep. BTW, what's the max number of times you have taken a bath in one day? Mine is 10-14
So, you still think i'll be spending money on huge houses and cars? Yes i would do it, only if it's my own money.
And oh yes, not that the military screws us only, i own a sedan now a days
