For ALL those who have went through NS.....fear and thoughts
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those who volunteer for commando should be exempted from 1year NS
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this is a very good view on NSOriginally posted by crimson soldier:mentally? NS is definitely challenging. Gotta find your own motivation and direction and be independent. GOtta tell yourself it is worthwhile serving 2 years of shit while others continue their studies or work in higher paying jobs. gotta tell yourself ure doing it for the country. Gotta force yourself to do more so that your platoon mates can do less( or rather, do more even when your platoon mates decide to slack) -
i seriously cant take this as an motivationOriginally posted by crimson soldier:gotta tell yourself ure doing it for the country. .
esp wen my country is VERY RICH, look at the pathetic pay of NSFs
even banglas earn more than them -
depend where u goin la.... some company cannot go 1.... go will suffer....
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haha im in sec 3 now...but im jus very curious...are there platoon mates who are slackers and give a heck bout everything and pull the whole platoon down?or they eventually change their ahbit?
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I completely agree with Ah_Tee, this is exactly what i would tell anyone who wants to go through NS. The thing is the stupid guard duty thing. If u follow excatly what is written , u should not be doing any guard duty. Like me, i have never done any guard duty on tekong before and this is possible if u know how to stay low. A few more points to add on to the list by ah tee
1. forget about makng bosom buddies in BMT.They are only with u for at most 3 months.after POP, everyone will scatter like sand and communication will be futile. This is when the bastards will appear to try to get OCS. If u wan to survive BMT, look out for ur own safety and fuck everyone else. If u go around like mel gibson in we were soldiers, i tell u, ur name will be the first for sispec and other nonsense. Stay as low as possible.
2. Flunk ur SOC and SIT like mad but borderline pass ur ippt and marksman. If ur SOC is extremely fucked up, do u think they will send u to sispec where they train platoon leaders??at most u go SIR, but it is also quite lobo and not yet BMT. Of course if u go 2 sir then good luck to you.
3. Make use of the SAF hotline and PC interview to let them know of ur present situation. Say things like u miss ur girlfriend and that u wish to be a medic where u can learn life -saving skills and etc..Express ur desire to learn things and life will be better.
4. Be very careful of backstabbers. They can even be ur buddy so if they even try to play punk with you, play them back during the PC interview by saying that he wishes to go sispec or 2 sir. Be a bastard to those who bastard u discreetly and u can laugh when they get posted to sispec while u get posted to medic. the look on their faces was priceless. If u wan to sabo, sabo a few dun sabo the whole platoon
5.The best friends are found in your unit, learn who ur true friends are and u will sail through smoothly.
6. No matter what, still be careful of backstabbers, they are everywhere.
A lot of garang guys here will say that i am kenning here, but honestly if what i am doing does not harm anyone else. why should it matter to you? Survival is imporatant and it is during ur NS where it prepares u for society. NS makes u a man by making u used to shit in society. Take note of what is said and good luck to ur NS! -
1 of the good things about NS is that it serves as a wake up call for most teens.
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LOL... This is very right.Originally posted by jianfish9:Some people also like to pull rank but just tell yourself once you are out of NS, so what if he is a warrant officer or captain or whatever, who cares about their rank.
My major in the army, now retired and start his own business have to call me up for business.
The world does turn around. Good thing is he treat me well during my active time. So I can help whatever I can.
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wah.........army really looks like scary place
pre enlistee here
ugh
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MANY people have gone through NS successfully. if it had been a treacherous venture, how would that have been possible?
it is unfortunate (but not unexpected) that only those with the more negative and vehement opinions of NS voice them out - those who are neutral or have positive experiences tend not to.
NS, is, after all, a short duration in your life; a time when you are supposed to do something that you may or may not want to, with a different groups of strangers, and the things may be tough on both the mind and the body, which, again, may or may not be common stresses for youngsters at the age. with this suite of stressors coming in a package, plus the fact in my second para, it is no wonder that youngsters are anxious about NS.
but as we can distill what NS is all about, one can be assured that with the right attitude and outlook, one will complete it with not much difficulty. and it can even serve to provide some lessons for working with big groups of strangers in challenging tasks too, and others, too.
which is why people say youngsters mature with NS. it can serve as a test of character if taken in positive light. -
u have given up before u even started it, the 1st battle is lost if u think negative. already look at the bright side, negative thoughts gets u nowhere.Originally posted by confusedboi:wah.........army really looks like scary place
pre enlistee here
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eh okiez then
shall not think too much about army
neutral mindset -
Overall, NS had been one of my very satisfying period of my life. Among the good things..Made lots of long term friends, Opened up my horizons and see how are things done. Learned to be independent and gained a lot of self confident.
Had ORDed many years ago, but once in a while, still have bad dreams of booking out, then reach home, open up bag or boot of car, find a M16 inside. dunno what to do with it. Wah... can still feel the stress in the dream, wake up in in cold sweat. Also know a ex regular friend who told me he had such dreams now and then also....
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I agree. BMT frens are good while Bmt lasts. The best frens you meet are in your unit coz you will be with them for the longest time.
Also, there is no stress or competition about going/not going to ocs,sispec or crap. If everyone there auto do their own work, it will be easy for everyone and life will not be bad. The better times are when u go into your unit so juz perserve past the training phase. -
i think the most torturous thing about NS(BMT phase) is probably the sudden lost of freedom... weekends will become damn precious and many people will get depressed on Sundays at the thought of returning to camp(not very unlike working life).
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yeah i know ur feeling. i was very stressed out too.. but i decided to read the bible, and when i just opened it, the words i saw was
"be strong and courageous, do not be discouraged, do not be afraid, for i will be with you, wherever you go" -
Wah..I pity you leh...NS also have to think so much?!?!!? I put most of my brain to sleep you know...Brain only used to think of things like: "Did I kiwi my boots? Did I wash my clothes? etc..."Originally posted by Pullup Addict:I completely agree with Ah_Tee, this is exactly what i would tell anyone who wants to go through NS. The thing is the stupid guard duty thing. If u follow excatly what is written , u should not be doing any guard duty. Like me, i have never done any guard duty on tekong before and this is possible if u know how to stay low. A few more points to add on to the list by ah tee
1. forget about makng bosom buddies in BMT.They are only with u for at most 3 months.after POP, everyone will scatter like sand and communication will be futile. This is when the bastards will appear to try to get OCS. If u wan to survive BMT, look out for ur own safety and fuck everyone else. If u go around like mel gibson in we were soldiers, i tell u, ur name will be the first for sispec and other nonsense. Stay as low as possible.
2. Flunk ur SOC and SIT like mad but borderline pass ur ippt and marksman. If ur SOC is extremely fucked up, do u think they will send u to sispec where they train platoon leaders??at most u go SIR, but it is also quite lobo and not yet BMT. Of course if u go 2 sir then good luck to you.
3. Make use of the SAF hotline and PC interview to let them know of ur present situation. Say things like u miss ur girlfriend and that u wish to be a medic where u can learn life -saving skills and etc..Express ur desire to learn things and life will be better.
4. Be very careful of backstabbers. They can even be ur buddy so if they even try to play punk with you, play them back during the PC interview by saying that he wishes to go sispec or 2 sir. Be a bastard to those who bastard u discreetly and u can laugh when they get posted to sispec while u get posted to medic. the look on their faces was priceless. If u wan to sabo, sabo a few dun sabo the whole platoon
5.The best friends are found in your unit, learn who ur true friends are and u will sail through smoothly.
6. No matter what, still be careful of backstabbers, they are everywhere.
A lot of garang guys here will say that i am kenning here, but honestly if what i am doing does not harm anyone else. why should it matter to you? Survival is imporatant and it is during ur NS where it prepares u for society. NS makes u a man by making u used to shit in society. Take note of what is said and good luck to ur NS!
To the OP:
Just shut up and do and everything will be fine.
Don't have to be the fastest, just don't be the slowest. You will know soon enough who those people are. Just make sure you are not in that group and you will be fine. Otherwise might have alot of confinements and guard duty.
The worst thing about BMT at least for me is that people are always KBKB about something. Buay tahan. -
just as there are many different types of people in society, there will most probably be 1 or 2 idiots who are like that. But somehow, they will know when to buck up, and be cooperative, because if they don't, and they drag the whole platoon down, they will not only kenna confinement, extra duties etc, but the whole platoon will 'blanket party' that guy, or ignore him, making his NS life a living hell.Originally posted by lpx88:haha im in sec 3 now...but im jus very curious...are there platoon mates who are slackers and give a heck bout everything and pull the whole platoon down?or they eventually change their ahbit?
But generally, the tips to surviving BMT are really simple. Listen carefully, and do whatever u are told. NEVER try to talk back, but when possible, call SAF hotline and complain, but that's ONLY if u really cannot take it anymore. Usually, the 3rd sergeants, Platoon Commandeers are Poly/JC students who will go to Universities after ORD, and they will NOT want to do anything STUPID to kenna bad record, so they will treat u all as humanly as possible. But of course lah, they will scold vulgarities at u, but that is to be expected, so don't call SAF hotline just because they scold #$^%&%&% at u. The operator will probably laugh his/her head off, and ask u to f*** off too.
And be careful especially during range shooting, and grenade throwing, u don't want to walk in by urself and be carried out. Other than that, BMT is mostly about making u understand teamwork, cooperation, and racial harmony, and is a breeze. -
but the whole platoon will 'blanket party' that guy
Holyshit...reali got such time happen before?
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For us, we don't blanket one....we guang ming zhen da
whose birthday also hantam the guy -
We apply kiwi, camo protocol!Originally posted by Texcoco II:Holyshit...reali got such time happen before? -
well that time during our BMT, we did blanket party 1 guy. It was not that he was slack or anything, but because he was being an arsehole to everyone, and caused my platoon to have to run around the field at 9pm at night till 10 plus.Originally posted by Texcoco II:Holyshit...reali got such time happen before? -
u can either go in brainless or go in smart.either way will help u tide over.The only difference is in the degree of difficulty u tide over.
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sry but i would like to ask a dumb question b4 i go back and revise for my test, overweight ppl who are attending NS serve the army or the police? Or do they follow the same rule as others?
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1 day before i started to worry about my NS life..
Whether i'll be able to take it...
whether ... i'll live.
But basically i realised... there are two things you can do.
Think positive, and remain positive, or think negative and remain negative..
Since i need to go through NS no matter what.. might as well think positive lor, and try to make friends...
And hence i had quite an enjoyable BMT...
Things were rough alot of times, but that's what bonds us together...
rough times, hard work, slack and enjoy together..
And not to mention alot of new friends~
There are alot of experiences you will not be able to get if you do not enter NS, and many people you will never know (like those bengs.. haha..)
Don't worry too much about it and go through it with an optimistic outlook.. you'll be fine..~