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Hi guys. I'm entering the military in my country on 9th January 2009(this Friday). I'm in high anticipation mode as well as a little level of anxiety.
My knee problem has been rectified and its not really serious.. just some tight muscles and positioning of my footing that's causing knee cap irritation.
Just some additional information about this whole thing.
Over here, we call it National Service(NS) for the compulsory conscription of all male Singaporeans and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18.
This act was passed on 14 March 1967 as we had a pretty small defence force of around 1000 soldiers. The British army(yes we were under colonial rule) had also decided to withdraw from our country and our government thought that it was important to build up a military force.
With that, I'm going to pack my bag for camp now. WOOO!!
EDIT: Got most of this information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Service_in_Singapore
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Canada7170 Posts
I had a friend who dodged the Singaporean drafts. He's not allowed in anymore =[
So glhf!
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Katowice25012 Posts
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On January 06 2009 10:19 Nitrogen wrote:
gl hf dd
ka
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On January 06 2009 10:18 mikeymoo wrote:
I had a friend who dodged the Singaporean drafts. He's not allowed in anymore =[
So glhf!
Man that sucks. If he returns now, he may have to serve a jail sentence or smth lol.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
If Singapore and the U.S. get in a war, and I get drafted and I'm about to shoot you, yell "I LOVE LEE JAE DONG!" at me and I'll stand down. Since you don't know what I look like, you should yell this at every GI who points a gun at you. If he blows your head off at least he'll have a weird war story to tell when he gets back home.
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Good luck! Hope your knee problem doesn't effect you too much
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On January 06 2009 10:26 motbob wrote:
If Singapore and the U.S. get in a war, and I get drafted and I'm about to shoot you, yell "I LOVE LEE JAE DONG!" at me and I'll stand down. Since you don't know what I look like, you should yell this at every GI who points a gun at you. If he blows your head off at least he'll have a weird war story to tell when he gets back home.
LOL!
And thanks alot guys.  )
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good luck! how long is it? 1 year?
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thedeadhaji
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On January 06 2009 10:22 Grobyc wrote:ka
sb
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On January 06 2009 10:35 shavingcream66 wrote:
good luck! how long is it? 1 year?
I WISH IT WAS!! Its 2 years. But it used to be 2.5 years when they first started this thing.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
seriously, gl. If it were up to me every country would have mandatory military service.
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Yeah.. I think about the conflict in Gaza and I think it is needed.
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On January 06 2009 11:05 paper wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2009 10:22 Grobyc wrote:On January 06 2009 10:19 Nitrogen wrote:
gl hf dd ka sb
wtf is sb -_-
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Good luck with this JMave~
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Your most likely enemy would be Malaysia when they cut off Singapore's water supply. Go go go!
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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best of luck! hopefully no wars in the next 2 years!
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On January 06 2009 11:54 lilsusie wrote:
best of luck! hopefully no wars in the next 2 years!
I HOPE SO TOO!
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Hehe good luck dude! Keep in touch!
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Good luck dude. I really enjoyed your blogs (about food). I will miss them greatly.
Hope to see you in two years! :D
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Good luck man I'm dodging my NS lol, although it means I can't ever return to singapore again, but oh well.
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Good luck dude. Just remember one thing about the military:
There are no heroes.
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Good luck bra I hope you like military food 
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Singapore in no way needs military service for military reasons. The only practical use is for controlling a large part of the population.
Good luck man, just got out of basic myself (PES E, so only a short time).
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Good luck, serve your country well ~
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On January 06 2009 16:43 Tekin wrote:Good luck bra I hope you like military food
To correct a popular but wrong fact, the food here in our military is actually pretty damn good for a military. My friend said that they had turkey on Christmas eve.
And congrats on your basic done man. What did you have that made them get you to PES E?
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Wish the best of luck to you!
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On January 06 2009 18:28 JMave wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2009 16:43 Tekin wrote:Good luck bra I hope you like military food To correct a popular but wrong fact, the food here in our military is actually pretty damn good for a military. My friend said that they had turkey on Christmas eve. And congrats on your basic done man. What did you have that made them get you to PES E? Got some lung trouble, makes it dangerous for me to do too much physical exertion. With the recent training deaths they take it seriously, Es can't run or do much of anything.
Personally I didn't like the food, but tastes differ :p
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Oh.. is it like permanent lung trouble? I'm actually quite excited to go NS sia lol.
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Yeah, so perm pes e. Anyways I guess enjoying it makes it a better experience, I find it just a waste of time. You're not going to be sitting around 10 hours a day as a clerk though.
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On January 06 2009 19:51 Dfgj wrote:
Yeah, so perm pes e. Anyways I guess enjoying it makes it a better experience, I find it just a waste of time. You're not going to be sitting around 10 hours a day as a clerk though.
Yea... because of my knee, I was so afraid that I would have to be a clerk. Anyway what do you do as a clerk?
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United States11637 Posts
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On January 06 2009 11:43 Nitrogen wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2009 11:05 paper wrote:On January 06 2009 10:22 Grobyc wrote:On January 06 2009 10:19 Nitrogen wrote:
gl hf dd ka sb wtf is sb -_-
skip brief~!
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On January 06 2009 20:14 JMave wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2009 19:51 Dfgj wrote:
Yeah, so perm pes e. Anyways I guess enjoying it makes it a better experience, I find it just a waste of time. You're not going to be sitting around 10 hours a day as a clerk though. Yea... because of my knee, I was so afraid that I would have to be a clerk. Anyway what do you do as a clerk? Mainly just handle records and schedules.
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i thought sb was sa bi :o
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On January 06 2009 20:41 paper wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2009 11:43 Nitrogen wrote:On January 06 2009 11:05 paper wrote:On January 06 2009 10:22 Grobyc wrote:On January 06 2009 10:19 Nitrogen wrote:
gl hf dd ka sb wtf is sb -_- skip brief~!
i wouldn't use it though, apparently it's not very common. havent seen it once in my 3 years of SC
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Oh boy its just tomorrow and I've shaved my head and all packed up. I won't be able to go home for the first 2 weeks of training so no WoW and SC x(
Once this basic military training(BMT) is over, I'll have 2 weeks break woot.
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That reminds me... i didnt go to my draft. =S
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goodluckyo~
the military isn't as bad as it's made out to be, i've been in for ~5 months and I've already made a million friends
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On January 08 2009 13:24 Cloud wrote:
That reminds me... i didnt go to my draft. =S
Now your gonna be drafted for twice as long!
Better get going!
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Hey good luck mate! Do share what its like there!
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