Yes i have served NS and i have felt what its like. And yes i
will move off one fine day.
Thanks for all your contributions and insults. But there is no
way a girl will ever know the true nature of being mentally and
physically pushed like what we did. Call me spineless or coward,
but i will not stand for a country who doesn't stand up for its own
people.
But no matter what i must admit one thing, Home is where the
heart will always be and i will miss this place very much all the
bad and good all together.
Not that i wish to leave but circumstances is as such, i dont
want a job on a silver platter all i want is to have some fairness
among these FT's and SG's. I mean the word CITIZEN should have some
weight in the working world.
Just imagine how its like for me, i finished NS searched for a
job for a year and a half, non came through. Decided to work AT A
FACTORY with my Computer Technologies cert as a production line
worker.
Then later on left saved some money and applied for a diploma.
Now finishing had a job offer recently, they said "Do not worry
we'll wait for you to complete it." Then call them recently "Oh
sorry la your job taken by phillipino" As i'm just about to finish
school during these recession time.
Looks like its going to be jobless or work as cleaner for a year
or so.......
Not wanting sympathy just telling you whats my vision of the
future for me.
Let tell you the truth of a girl feeling toward NS in
Singapore, when i see a guy in army uniform, i feel so secure, so
proud, and envied the uniform (me not fetish about uniform guy
hor), just that i/we never said it out does not mean that we girls
do not understand or appreciate NS. We will prefer to marry a man
who serve NS and help to build a family for him, love him and
support him whenever he go for his reservist (but i heard most
bluffed their gfs or wifeys and instead gone thailand or indonesia
to hv a good time or be with their mistress).
Do you know that when a guy enlisted in NS, the most painful
feeling is not the guy, but the mother, a woman. She is so worry,
so love, so heart pain to see her baby boy growth up and given away
to serve the country. But on the hindsight, she is proud to said
that MY SON IS IN NS to her relatives, frens and all. The feeling
of camp visit after a fortnight or so, is so tense and happy.
You should NS as a hinder for the progress of our career,
instead you should apply your discipline, endurance,
tolerance and passion learned during NS into daily life. Guys at 18
to 22yo are easily to mix with the bad, NS provide the parents
security that they are in good hands, and that you yourself begin
to mature better and stronger both mentally and physically. If you
look at our neighbour countries, at 18 to 25yo, most are strayed to
become gangster, addict, weak with no plan for the future, the like
of malaysians, indonesian, thais, philipinos, etc etc have never
really nutured their youth guys to great potential and be social
responsible.
Be graduate with a recession is better than taking the recession
later, Universities and whatever education insitution teaches only
knowledges and perhap well being, but they never teach you on how
to deal with recession. Recession is a cycle, sooner or later, in
our lifetime we will meet it, i heard before i am born, 1975, oil
crisis recession, 1985, another recession, and after I am
born, 1998 asian financial recession, 2000, 911 recession, 2002/3
Sars recession and now, so we are looking at so many recession in a
lifetime. You experienced it now and learn from it, when graduate
from recession course, you will be ready for the next one rather
those who still hv to struggle to coup with it.
Most singapore businessmen gone thru NS, recession and
difficulties in life before becoming successful, look at creative
CEO, a poly drop out, JackNeo only sec 4, Bengawan solo ah soh,
polar cakes business aunty, Breadtalk bosses, street 77th aunty,
jeanyip saloon poly graduate boss, old chang kee ah pek boss, etc
etc...7 out of 10 business boss peoples in singapore are not
even graduates, but they never look down and said life is difficult
and that it, subject to fate and faith, we are history.
And if a gal like me at 20yo can speak to you while handling a
business down here in joo chiat pub cum motel, you better wake up
your bloody idea and get your butt moving. When there is a
downturn, there will be a upturn, God is fair, there are hell and
heaven, it up to you to choose. Look for opportunity in the
recession, new millionaires used to pop up after the recession,
because they bear the recession, take the opportunity and surface
where all are still sleeping, complaining and insulting.
