The debate rages on about whether male undergrads who had undergone National Service are immature and whether we are whiny.Seriously, I am not here to defend ourselves because maybe we are because it is obviously oblivion to us that we are behaving that way.I seriously hope though that the girls are just stereotyping becasue of a few guys,and frankly speaking,I think those guys are those that are spoilt brats even before the army,pampered by their mommy and daddy.They probably held posts in the army such as the chip counter at the cookhouse in risshe's camp,the clerk in cmpb who has to ask his mommy to carry his duffel bag for him because it is just too heavy,just to name a few.
Well,the real point of this posting is not to debate whether are we whiners and immature or not,because that might just be the plain unfortunate truth.However,I just hope they do not blame it on NS but the overall upbringing of a person.
No,SAF didnt pay me to write this.I just want people to know that not only did I enjoy my NS experience,it has made me a much much better person and that it would be shocking and saddening if it is the main reason that constitutes to immaturity in male undergrads because it is not,from the way i see it.
Thru NS,i,together with my whole cohort i believe, learnt things not just military but things about life which cant possibly make people immature in any sense.I learnt about politics(office that is),about responsibility and most importantly about people,because u have people from all walks of life in the army.
After spending 18 years of my life with people of the same level of academic platform and more or less people with a good social background,it is a culture shock to find that people from other backgrounds actually existed in Singapore.
3SG winnie oh signed on to earn money for her 7 year old son's education.She is only 25.
CPL raymond the medic is a big time bookie outsideand drives his own honda accord.
2SG larry has his own show company outside army.
LTA desmond fu became a millionaire at age 17.
Some people don't understand or speak basic english and madarin and hokkien is the only language they know.
Messboy gan is going thru divorce proceedings and has a 2 yr old kid.He is 20.
These are just some of the people i met while serving my NS and i would never had met these people in jc and definitely not if i had just went straight to uni without going thru NS.Talking to them and working with them opens up your world so much more and make u treasure what you have so much more.I really thank my NS experience for what it has taught me and it definitely made me more mature than immature and i believe it has done so for my whole cohort as well.
So,please don't say that NS has made us more immature because it didn't and it will not ever.Well,the real point of this posting is not to debate whether are we whiners and immature or not,because that might just be the plain unfortunate truth.However,I just hope they do not blame it on NS but the overall upbringing of a person.
No,SAF didnt pay me to write this.I just want people to know that not only did I enjoy my NS experience,it has made me a much much better person and that it would be shocking and saddening if it is the main reason that constitutes to immaturity in male undergrads because it is not,from the way i see it.
Thru NS,i,together with my whole cohort i believe, learnt things not just military but things about life which cant possibly make people immature in any sense.I learnt about politics(office that is),about responsibility and most importantly about people,because u have people from all walks of life in the army.
After spending 18 years of my life with people of the same level of academic platform and more or less people with a good social background,it is a culture shock to find that people from other backgrounds actually existed in Singapore.
3SG winnie oh signed on to earn money for her 7 year old son's education.She is only 25.
CPL raymond the medic is a big time bookie outsideand drives his own honda accord.
2SG larry has his own show company outside army.
LTA desmond fu became a millionaire at age 17.
Some people don't understand or speak basic english and madarin and hokkien is the only language they know.
Messboy gan is going thru divorce proceedings and has a 2 yr old kid.He is 20.
These are just some of the people i met while serving my NS and i would never had met these people in jc and definitely not if i had just went straight to uni without going thru NS.Talking to them and working with them opens up your world so much more and make u treasure what you have so much more.I really thank my NS experience for what it has taught me and it definitely made me more mature than immature and i believe it has done so for my whole cohort as well.
posted by haoz @ 5/21/2005 06:23:00 PM
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