Postings outside SAF
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Other than Police and SCDF...
where else can one go if posted out of SAF?
Cisco?
ISD?
LTA?
Sembwaste?
it would be funny if your posting order after BMT is.
You are hereby required to report to
CISCO HQ
Your vocation is : Traffic Warden. -
i will be happy
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You just want to arrest AR RAHMAN right?Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:i will be happy 
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Posted? haha...my only wish when I was younger was that I was posted out of the country permanently then no need to serve NS...waste of time
Now that I can post myself out, no need to serve reservist liao, best of all, lose my citizenship can withdraw my CPF -
actually people like you wasted your own time in not learning something out of your NS liability.Originally posted by Coquitlam:Posted? haha...my only wish when I was younger was that I was posted out of the country permanently then no need to serve NS...waste of time
Now that I can post myself out, no need to serve reservist liao, best of all, lose my citizenship can withdraw my CPF
you can always request to withdraw your citizenship and migrate to some other countries if you deem fit and better by your standards.
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I didn't waste my time, I learnt my own limits, both physically and emotionally...nothing bad about that...paid my dues but now its time to move on....
There's good and bad everywhere you go but I guess some of us choose to find out fortune elsewhere, for obvious reasons of course...just like how our forefathers 'quit' on their own countries, namely China, India etc -
The problem with people who think that we 'quit' for somewhere better is that it is not actually better objectively but its a matter of personal choice
I have always seen it this way....there will always be people who stay and people who come and go...its how the way the world works. Singapore loses people and this is normal. Likewise, Singapore is also responsible for influencing others to 'quit', their own countries, namely China and India. So China and India would label then quitters.
Besides, nothing wrong with losing one's citizenship and choosing another...it's a fact of like...just like there will be those who are loyal and those who are practical. No way everyone can be loyal, period. -
Why is your nick Coquitlam?
And not Burquitlam or PoCo?
Can you help me get somethings from London Drugs at the mall? -
Hehehe, will try my best. What are you looking for anyway. There's a London Drugs about a kilometer in one of the smaller malls
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its a matter of choice.
you chose your path and stick to it. sometimes you may defer and stray from your original intention but that doesn't mean you ain't 'loyal' to your objective...it merely meant that you strayed and managed to get back in focus before things get out of hand.
as for our forefathers, they came with many reasons. some are escaping from realities back home (china, india etc), some being not so fortunate are sold off as slaves, some merchants decided to stay on and built a world out of this foreign land and others for many reasons stayed on and thus became their home.
giving up singapore citizenship...hmm, IMO, which other country offers you better citizenship when you are termed yellow (for chinese), dark/brown/black/chocolate (for malays/indians/afro etc) and others. you are called aliens if you go to western countries only to be looked down upon as 3rd class or no classes at all.
anyway, postings outside SAF ...i don't think so. to PA or SCDF likely... -
BTT18(SA) got a guy posted to an NCC camp.
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Hello...
Like I said there will be racism in Singapore...like how we treat the poor foreign laborers and maids. I pity them sometimes.
Anyway, please travel more to see that there is good and bad in other countries and it also includes Singapore.
There is no better or worse in Western countries(to which I am going of course). Important thing is to stand your ground. Benefits in Western countries, there are many, Sweden, Finland, US, Canada, Norway, Australia...need I say more..
Like I said, there is such a thing called personal choice and there is the drawbacks living in Singapore just like there is staying in Western countries. Not all were born to be loyal to Singapore only. Travel the world more and learn more about other countries' policies, even if you are going to stay in Singapore. -
LifeGuard for SAFRA Sentosa Beach if there's oneOriginally posted by LazerLordz:You just want to arrest AR RAHMAN right?
Everyday sit at watchtower -
i say goodbye to singapore in 116 days time.
no that is not when i ORD.
i might return 10 years down the road, depending on how the market is. -
not everyone is as fortunate as you dude ... for a lot of people to stay in Singapore or to expand their horizons is often not a matter of personal choice ...Originally posted by Coquitlam:Hello...
Like I said there will be racism in Singapore...like how we treat the poor foreign laborers and maids. I pity them sometimes.
Anyway, please travel more to see that there is good and bad in other countries and it also includes Singapore.
There is no better or worse in Western countries(to which I am going of course). Important thing is to stand your ground. Benefits in Western countries, there are many, Sweden, Finland, US, Canada, Norway, Australia...need I say more..
Like I said, there is such a thing called personal choice and there is the drawbacks living in Singapore just like there is staying in Western countries. Not all were born to be loyal to Singapore only. Travel the world more and learn more about other countries' policies, even if you are going to stay in Singapore.
but i do agree with you on the racism bit ... it's everywhere .... since i think you're in BC, take a look at this for example ... sent to me by a (white) Canadian friend of mine (we were talking about immigration and Canada) .... it's pretty enlightening ... and I shall not comment on my personal experiences too ... for of course, you can't make the whole world like you ...
http://www.canadafirst.net/
what's with london drugs btw ? ... I reckon you can get whatever you want at the nearest walmart or the superstore eh ? ... and it's cheaper too ...
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please enlighten me. got junior officers posted to secondary schools as NCC commander?
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NCC commanders are teachers.Originally posted by Gordonator:please enlighten me. got junior officers posted to secondary schools as NCC commander? -
teachers are ltn and cpt. some maj.Originally posted by LazerLordz:NCC commanders are teachers.
and 2lt are poly and jc students (ex-ncc). -
I kind of envy you going overseas.
I am serving now and sometimes I wonder what am I doing with the prime of my youth putting up a show.
Anyway, sometimes we are not even 1st class citizens in our own countries. Isn't the foreign talents the first class citizens here? Valued more than ourselves.
And you may say I am self-centered, but what extra benefits do I get serving my liability. Even, Chinese scholars pay the same school fees as me and are so valued by the Govt and do not even need serve at all... Like our Govt say, we must all be pragmatic and we are simply being pragmatic. Aren't we?
The reason why all those Chinese scholars are flooding here is the same reason why we are flooding overseas.
Anyway, I got a fren posted to E.Timor as signaller. Good pay but away from home so long. -
crap,want-to-say-something-else-but-spacebar-spoilt-.........brb...
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This topic is degenerating into a sad sate..
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ok... i am back..
ya... can you ppl stick ot the topic than talk about immigration and which places are better? -
my batch got 1 sispec fella posted to ncc.Originally posted by Gordonator:please enlighten me. got junior officers posted to secondary schools as NCC commander? -
those NSFs that get posted to NCC work at HQ NCC as storeman, driver, training cadre etc etc. Those at schools are teacher officers, and occasionally there will be an SAF officer thats attached to the school units as an advisor
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Was formerly an NCC cadet and am now a SISPEC trainee so I know a thing or two about this arrangement.Originally posted by Gordonator:please enlighten me. got junior officers posted to secondary schools as NCC commander?
The NCC runs on a kind of dual management track. Half of it is run by the MOE and the other half by MINDEF since each ministry pays for half of the operating expenditure of the Corps.
At the top of the management you have a Commandant who is usually a Regular LTC who's arrived at the final 2-3 years of his career. This final posting allows a senior officer to rub shoulders with big shots from the two ministries without doing anything really strenous.
At the middle level, you have the Teacher Officers, who were seconded to the Corps by the MOE.
After that come the Warrant Officers. These are regulars who are either rotated out after a 2-3 years or are posted there permanently (usually due to medical downgrade).
Last come the NSFs. These are Officers and Specialists who were lucky enough to be combat fit and Infantry-trained but hit the jackpot when they arrived at the most relaxed posting possible for someone with their background. Officers usually number around 5 and specialists about double that number. Characteristics that are usually seen for people posted to NCC are:
1) No tattoos
2) Usually from JC and speak decent English (for officers especially)
3) Performed average in OCS or SISPEC. Not exactly the rotten worst of the lot but never the best either. They don't send crap to NCC since NCC tends to attract a sizeable number of whitehorses e.g. Minister's sons, Senior officer's children...