Remember Emil Foley, the pitiless drill sergeant in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’? Well our own National Defence Academy (NDA) is populated with drill sergeants who make dear Emil look like a particularly cuddly teddy bear. These merciless Gorillas (also colloquially called ‘Drill Ustads’), are the ones entrusted with the…
Month: December 2024
Personal Life Story. Who is the Most Important Woman in your Life?
Most dutiful males would indubitably reply – my wife/mother. Not me. I can say without hesitation, and I cant stress this enough, that it is our maid. I used to hear quite often during my years in the Navy that nobody is indispensable. Ha! Obviously, the Navy never had maids….