I remember distinctively that I equate National Service to the stoppage of an individual’s time, where he cease to live his own life but let the country seize his. Only during weekend book outs do time flow again and the word freedom comes into mind again.
In a few hours I’ll be reporting in at Jurong Camp, as a Plant Engineer for 30th SCE, the siong-est SCE around.
The black puma cap which Si Hui bought for me which I wear around all the time will be replaced by an ugly free gift from SAF.
I’ll have to do as much pumping as the amount of potato chips and twisties I ate as a civilian.
Computer will soon be a rarity.
I’ll miss playing around with my new Nikon P5000.
My vocation is FD ENGR PNR - PLANT, which I hope means Plant Engineer, which is a relatively slacker vocation compared to those with just FD ENGR PNR. From my research Plant Engineers operate heavy machines or drive those heavy vehicles, like cranes, trucks, bulldozers, etc. If I am really a plant engineer, and if I can’t find a job in the infocomn industry next time, maybe I’ll just and drive the bulldozer in a construction site, or operate the crane. I heard it pays relatively well.
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In the past 2 days I was very touched by 3 of my loved ones: my dad, mum and gf.
My girlfriend came to my house and accompanied me for a whole day both yesterday and today. We shared tears together.
My mum paid for and gave me the Nikon P5000 camera (at first she say I’ll have to pay her interest at $50 per month, but in the end she say she is giving it to me just like that). $540 is alot in my household, and I am touched that she was willingly to give that amount to me to acquire a camera. Regardless, I’ll try my best to save up and pay her back, although with the meager NS allowance it will take a long time. Donations are still welcome btw 
My dad offered to take half day off tml, and use his $20 coupon to allow him to drive his red number plate car to fetch me to the camp.
In an environment filled with love, my affair with suicidal thoughts has become nothing but a dreamy one night stand.
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Emotions - that’s what makes us human. Those feelings you have, they contribute to our lives: make memories memorable and colourful.
Is it little wonder that the most memorable times are the ones where you went through hardship?
No matter what the SAF throws at you, remember: For 40 over years, successive generations of Singaporeans have gone through, and finished their National Service, for all the stuff the organisation threw at them. You can do it too.
For 40 over years, the SAF is still trying to win the hearts of all those who serves it.
Again you can choose to take on the Dark Side and beat the SAF system. Making sure the SAF spend lots of money on you by throwing them all your expensive illness and eating up all the nice food in cook house, and get as low returns from you as possible by not producing any effective work in the two years as you slack away.
This is revenge. Muahahaha. Rules, norms, practises, believes are formed by human, who says they must be correct? Who says you have to follow? You can always goto the Dark Side to turn things around and rewrite all the previous nonsense.