Some Interesting Facts of NS/ Army/ SAF
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I know about the name tags in fact the S3 once ask me why I didnt put on a rainbow colored tag>Originally posted by FireAndHell:I did my NS in the early 70s. During this period, there were as many Chinese educated "A" level students as there were English educated NCOs.
And Yes, we do have Cantonese speaking platoon/company in BMT. IIRC, Cantonese-Purple coloured name tags. Hokkien-Red, English-Green, Tamil-Yellow. Can't remember Malay tag though..hmm....
Those Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil speaking soldiers usually have low education, like Pri6 and below. So they can't converse Mandarin or English at all. These ppl, btw, came with tatoos all over their bodies.......noe wat these stand for?? Dun play play with this group.....if u wanna live out your NS days...hehehe.
If one can speak several languages or dialact, one's name tag, which was Green, symbolising English language, will have small coloured strips stuck at one corner of the Green name tag. So, the more color strips indicated this person can speak several languages or dialacts.
Once the person passed out from BMT, he will wear this name tag until his ROD [last time called ROD......now ORD].
that was when he boasted he could speak Thai and French but the color of the tag actually depended on what medium of language you were educated in and I think Malay was purple,as for the color strips you also cannot suka suka put the color there unless you have a certificate to prove your proficiency.Those tattoed NCOs that you talked about were gangsters who joined the Army to hide from the law.Many of them were useless and they ddint last long but there were others who made it to CSMs and even RSMs.I had my tattoes done just before enlisting and when my stupid hokkien peng platoon Sgt asked me ," Chee Bye recruit you play wat number", I said to him " I forgot to see the numbers from the catalogue book when I chose the tattoes" and he went beserk with my answer. -
Originally posted by Gordonator:
I was still eating food from army cooks in 1998.
[b]1984 Army cookhouse considers private caterers
In Mar 84, civilian caterers were considered to replace the cooks due to the declining number of youths entering national service.
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During my dad's time still got Hokkien platoon, all gangsters one.
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u oldies sia. my dad's time also like that. he still has his nametag. gotta search and see i can post here anot.Originally posted by FireAndHell:I did my NS in the early 70s. During this period, there were as many Chinese educated "A" level students as there were English educated NCOs.
And Yes, we do have Cantonese speaking platoon/company in BMT. IIRC, Cantonese-Purple coloured name tags. Hokkien-Red, English-Green, Tamil-Yellow. Can't remember Malay tag though..hmm....
Those Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil speaking soldiers usually have low education, like Pri6 and below. So they can't converse Mandarin or English at all. These ppl, btw, came with tatoos all over their bodies.......noe wat these stand for?? Dun play play with this group.....if u wanna live out your NS days...hehehe.
If one can speak several languages or dialact, one's name tag, which was Green, symbolising English language, will have small coloured strips stuck at one corner of the Green name tag. So, the more color strips indicated this person can speak several languages or dialacts.
Once the person passed out from BMT, he will wear this name tag until his ROD [last time called ROD......now ORD]. -
According to the Samurai code of conduct.Illiteracy is normal for warriors in times of war and unrest (which explains why the hokkien pengs were so lie lat) but in peace time there is no excuse (which explains why there is no such thing as an uneducated commander in a 3-G Army)
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The samurais were nobles. Are you sure it was possible for any of them to be illiterate?Originally posted by Short Ninja:According to the Samurai code of conduct.Illiteracy is normal for warriors in times of war and unrest (which explains why the hokkien pengs were so lie lat) but in peace time there is no excuse (which explains why there is no such thing as an uneducated commander in a 3-G Army) -
Yes, a number of them as their immediate need was to concentrate on Military arts.A samurai learn the art of war from 12 years old and so by 15 he is ready to go off to battle.In peace time they had time for formal education as wellOriginally posted by crosshairs:The samurais were nobles. Are you sure it was possible for any of them to be illiterate? -
Wow, then i wonder if i was amongst the first batch of NSFs to enjoy food cooked by professional caterers.. I enlisted back in 2000.Originally posted by Xcert:I was still eating food from army cooks in 1998.
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I ate food from NSman cooks in Brunei in year 2005.
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I still eating from army cooks this august before I ORD...
and yeah.. serious.. no bluffing...!
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When I ORDed, SFi just took over the cook house. Initially the food is pretty good but after a few months, standard slightly better than the food from my camp cooks only lei.
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You know why? Because there's no love. No devotion. No pride. Only business.Originally posted by tarutaru:When I ORDed, SFi just took over the cook house. Initially the food is pretty good but after a few months, standard slightly better than the food from my camp cooks only lei.
My time, every morning, steamed bread. Yum. -
I dont think so...I had the caterers in 1999...ORDed end 1999...so...U shouldnt be among the first....but early enough liao...Originally posted by cornyfish2000:Wow, then i wonder if i was amongst the first batch of NSFs to enjoy food cooked by professional caterers.. I enlisted back in 2000. -
steamed bread? why would they steam the bread?Originally posted by crosshairs:My time, every morning, steamed bread. Yum. -
It makes the bread softer, not that bad i would say, ate it before somewhere to replace toasted bread to go with the half boiled eggs for breakfast somewhere i forgot.Originally posted by Gordonator:steamed bread? why would they steam the bread? -
You have not lived until you have steamed your bread. Do it.Originally posted by Gordonator:steamed bread? why would they steam the bread?