1) Lock and key (not digital lock pls) for your cupboard
2) 5 X clothing hangers (just need a 2 for your No. 3 and the
others for hanging dirty stuff if need arises)
3) Air Freshener (not REALLY needed, but some cupboards can stink
to the high heavens)
4) Toiletries (what you normally use is enough, i know some who
don't even bring shampoo!!)
5) Enough underwear to last you 5 days (don't think you want to
bother washing any for such a short stay)
6) Some $1 coins for the vending machine
7) A spare handphone battery, the NO CHARGERS in bunks rule applies
to you guys as well (or don't use your handphone! its only 5
days!)
Food if you so wish, stored in an airtight
container. And only dry food, don't bring your mother's chicken
curry and hope for a microwave to heat it up... speaking of which,
the no pork rule should apply as well.
9) Book/Magazine to entertain yourself with (book.. not BOOKS...
you still have a duffel bag to carry home and i don't think you
want to weigh yourself down with an Encyclopaedia)
10) any medications which you might possibly need due to any
pre-existing conditions (and if you need any refrigerated such as
insulin, tell your PS/PC on arrival and not bring a fridge or a 10
kilo block of ice)
11) Slippers for going to the bathroom in
12) A set of shorts and shirt to sleep in if you want. Some use
their PT kit, some sleep naked. Whatever rocks your boat.
13) Discman/MD player if you want, portable radios are good as long
as your bunkmates don't mind.
14) Perm marker, you may want to label some of your things in case
it gets lost or your "friendly" bunkmates decides to pinch
them.
That's all i can think of at the moment, if i can think of more i
will add on (sorry not listed in order!!). You will
NOT be doing any phyiscal activity whatsoever, not
even pushups or any running/swimming. (everyone is too afraid of a
BOI in case some idiot slips and hurts his/her fingernail)
Everything else will and should be provided and they will generally
give you more items than you need in your NS life.
In general, you will be issued with 3 sets of No. 3 and 2 sets of
PT kit. You will bring everything home on the last day and report
to your parent unit on the following monday (you will be informed
on this before you leave of course). Now, check with the
Orientation Officer (OO) on the last day to see if your parent unit
is a stay in camp or not. If it is stay in (yes, that sometimes can
happen even for Pes E personnel), then bring your duffel bag along
with you on the following monday. The sight of some goondus lugging
their duffel bags up the hill in Mindef is quite entertaining! (for
ppl watching, not so for you of course.)
Hope the info helps, when you going to enlist again?
P.S. oh yar... almost forgot this section
Prohibited items
camera phone
chargers of any sorts.. hp, battery etc (previously
mentioned)
porn
pirated cds/vcds
camera
these rules obviously still apply to you.
