Enlistment Day
Yesterday was Fab's enlistment day.
The BTMC looked really nice, from afar we were wondering if that was a resort. When we reached there the enlistees went for their briefing while the family members go for a tour around the school. Living conditions there is not bad, they even have a mess room? Something like a receational room filled with billiard table, soccer table, TV, DVD player etc. Wah life for them looks quite relaxing..
We were brought to a shed where the officer? not sure who he is, showed us the items that the NS men will get and their rationing when they are out training. By the looks of the meals, I really wonder if they will ever get full but maybe not as those are only for display.
We went to the Auditorium where they show us a video and someone did a presentation. A very interesting sight to see when the enlistees were giving their pledge.
They were all shouting:
I (name), NIRC number (_______)..........
........
It's a funny sight when they say "I" so loud and together but when they say their name, you could only hear loud mumberings, same goes to their NRIC number. Lolx.. They even sang the national anthem, really loudly that they sang too fast.. I think they couldn't hear that they were faster than the tape.
Dinner was provided, but they only allow the enlistees to leave the auditorium row by row, after that followed by the family and friends, same thing row by row too.. Which took a really long time as we are at the back rows.. When we came out of the auditorium, we found out that the enlistees where standing single file on both sides of the path waiting for their family. There were very little enlistees by the time we got out, so Fab must be standing there for quite some time.
By the time we get to the food house, we were the last few who got the food. We need to queue up for food like some catering. The portions are really big, luckily I manage to tell the person to give me lesser rice. We had butter rice with fried fish, hot dog, whip potato, bun, soup and dessert. The food is not bad. This whole thing looked like the enlistees are going for a summer camp in a resort. However we wouldn't know for sure.
Fab called me at night, he sounded sick and not himself. I'm worried for him.
Deep down, I still feel that NS is good for the guys, though it wastes 2 years of the guys time. It allows them to grow up and be a stronger and better person in terms of physical and emotional.
It's really a period where boy transform into man. Looking forward to Fab's first booking on the 23rd June. Wonder how he'll look like, slimmer and bald? Haha..
The BTMC looked really nice, from afar we were wondering if that was a resort. When we reached there the enlistees went for their briefing while the family members go for a tour around the school. Living conditions there is not bad, they even have a mess room? Something like a receational room filled with billiard table, soccer table, TV, DVD player etc. Wah life for them looks quite relaxing..
We were brought to a shed where the officer? not sure who he is, showed us the items that the NS men will get and their rationing when they are out training. By the looks of the meals, I really wonder if they will ever get full but maybe not as those are only for display.
We went to the Auditorium where they show us a video and someone did a presentation. A very interesting sight to see when the enlistees were giving their pledge.
They were all shouting:
I (name), NIRC number (_______)..........
........
It's a funny sight when they say "I" so loud and together but when they say their name, you could only hear loud mumberings, same goes to their NRIC number. Lolx.. They even sang the national anthem, really loudly that they sang too fast.. I think they couldn't hear that they were faster than the tape.
Dinner was provided, but they only allow the enlistees to leave the auditorium row by row, after that followed by the family and friends, same thing row by row too.. Which took a really long time as we are at the back rows.. When we came out of the auditorium, we found out that the enlistees where standing single file on both sides of the path waiting for their family. There were very little enlistees by the time we got out, so Fab must be standing there for quite some time.
By the time we get to the food house, we were the last few who got the food. We need to queue up for food like some catering. The portions are really big, luckily I manage to tell the person to give me lesser rice. We had butter rice with fried fish, hot dog, whip potato, bun, soup and dessert. The food is not bad. This whole thing looked like the enlistees are going for a summer camp in a resort. However we wouldn't know for sure.
Fab called me at night, he sounded sick and not himself. I'm worried for him.
Deep down, I still feel that NS is good for the guys, though it wastes 2 years of the guys time. It allows them to grow up and be a stronger and better person in terms of physical and emotional.
It's really a period where boy transform into man. Looking forward to Fab's first booking on the 23rd June. Wonder how he'll look like, slimmer and bald? Haha..
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