Actually not for me lah, I nearly going to complete NS le
(3 more months) but I read about the old topic of this and was
thinking it could be something really useful for people who want to
Down Pes or see no point in working hard for the army. Most of all,
it's for people who know they cannot afford to go through the army
without loosing all they care for.
I'm not endorsing people to 'chao keng' with this topic,
I just want to let people know what lets them downgrade Pes and
identify it within themselves -because I know that CMPB doesn't do
a through job and some problems that you ignore will catch up with
you later in NS. So it's good if you can identify and tell them the
problem during your checkup, they won't know anything unless you
tell them.
I'll start:
First thing you need to know, what they do during medical
checkup. They will take blood test 2-3 vials worth, so if you are
squeamish: be prepared.
Then a pee test where you have to go into a cubicle and
pee a sample for them, don't worry privacy is allowed here.
Then a ECG heart test, this is where they failed
for a friend of mine though, he has heart problems but when they
tested him, they said he was fine. Despite his outright declaration
that he had heart issues, they said he was fine solely based on his
specialist appointment being after his enlistment date. He went in
BMT, three days later he collapsed from heart attack and was sent
to Alexandra hospital; downgrade to Pes E. So, beware.
Later they will take your photo, measure your size blah blah
blah then all done.
Secondly,
The following is a true story on how an NSF got
downgraded to Pes E. I'll call him Mr. X because I don't feel like
betraying him. Mr X was Pes B (or A, I can't remember but he was in
Tekong Leadership batch) when he was enlisted but halfway through
his BMT, barely even a week, he had a breakdown in the middle of
the night where he went up to his PC and declared depression.
He spoke about anxiety, not being able to sleep at all during
the past week, fascinations with killing himself to end it all,
financial problems, family issues ...basically everything leading
to one BIG FAT DEPRESSION. He was sent to IMH whereby they
evaluated him, basically make him stay in a room seperated from the
officially crazy people but he told me he felt even less stressed
with the crazy people than he was in tekong.
So after a day, they called his parents down. Talk to them, talk
to him. Then met up with another session with him at SAF Ward, he
just described what he told his PC over and over again. Which is
tekong's culture shock, the people yelling profanities at him all
the time without him retaliating back and the absolute lack of
civility in there was too much for him.
After about a month of dilly dallying or so, they gave him
permernant Pes E. I don't think he chao keng one, smart guy but
overanalyzes things (seriously, talk to him is like talking to an
encyclopedia sometimes) ...maybe that's why depression? Moral of
the story is, if you can't stand the army, don't ge kiang and go
through it.
Take this chance to share the problems people might face that
might downpes them. For those "garang" people or just want to talk
big only ah, stay off this topic. I don't welcome you. This is
supposed to be a helpful topic to those who know they can't go
through NS like everyone else and to prevent more deaths in NS
(prevention is better than cure), once again I don't endorse chao
keng so I don't encourage people to use these as methods to bluff
till you Pes E.
P.S Bluff till Pes E also no use one, Pes A you go through
physical hardship. You will hate army but you will like a few
friends you have, seriously you will be so close to them + the fact
that you won't see a female officer (unless you heng heng like me)
will make you wonder about proper conduct.
Pes E you go through social hardship, you won't like the people
you are working with and you will hate the army for it. But you
might like the job you have there, clerical work counts for
experience after you ROD. Expect office politics. Lots of it.
Both also suffer, unless you become Pes F then I nothing to say.
:X
