just read this article from chiaYi's blog... rather meaningful... its like when u first arrived there... u can't wait to leave the place but when the time's coming up and when ur job is about to be done, u will realise that the place is not so bad after all... spending 1 years 10 months with people who will be with you for the longest time in u NS life is not that bad after all....
i won't be suprised that some will even feel reluctant to leave the place... this feeling will be felt as the days go by and the ONE date draws nearer... the ONE date which every Singaporean male will look foward to once they set foot upon the SAF beach resort of P.Tekong....
the momment of truth when their PINK identity card containing their "cute" Pri. 6 photo is exchanged for a card which u can rarely see a smile on the photo (although i have seen people smiling in that photo...) what is taken away from them is not only the Pink card with that cute face on it... together with the pink card is the young kid within... now u have set foot onto the SAF resort by the sea and serve the country for the next 2 yrs... together with it... u can get n number of years where you will be recalled every year or so to finish the unfinished business.. ( where n = figures ranging from 5 to 15 or more and u are not downgraded)
the sea side resort by the beach is not a place for kids and even if u still behave like one, the "well-trained" staff of the island will make sure u dun be one... where else in singapore can u hear hokkien terms sending regards to ur parents every day ? where can u get paid to stay by in the rooms with sea view and having meals and accomodation free-of-charge? where can u play with rifles everyday without the fear of having being charge for illegal possession of arms ? where can u wear the same set of clothes for a week and no one will give u that weird look? where can u slim down drastically without even having the need of popping a Slim10, extrim, or Xando pill ???
As my time draws near.... memories will surface definitely... my last words for those that just set foot on the beautiful island or left with a year or so to go... Time Goes By So Fast That You Wouldn't Even Notice...u can dun believe me... but in fact the time goes so fast that i can still remember wat happened during my first day on that seaside resort.... you might not realise it.. but soon the card of truth shall be handed to u... just like it will be handed to me...