Comments on: Enlistment into National Service

By: don777

don777 — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:17:28 +0000

mumumu… It’s fully 4 months to initiate.
I think that it’s CHUTO-HANPA（中途半端, halfway）period.

As an outsider, It’s my suggestion to dos.

1) concentration on studying Japanese.
2) working holiday (ex. in Australia) to earn some
amount of money, and finding yourself.

I hope you enjoy upcoming 4 months

P.S.
The healine picture is nothng to do with your article!

By: TP

TP — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:17:52 +0000

From someone who’s serving in the only organization that doesn’t deal with firearms currently:

Be glad you are in the army. The situation is 100x much better than here. Trust me, you will never get screwed in the army, apart from the gruelling 3 months in BMTC.

Depending on your current PES status, if it’s B(Pending), good luck. Upgrade it as soon as possible (or downgrade it, if you refused to be allocated into “high-energy” vocations) by passing your NAPFA. Also, start training early: it helps to keep you prepared for the 3 months.

Oh, final kicker: enjoy your time. Whatever rocks your boat. I’m still searching for like-minded otaku-enlistees within my intake/unit.

Also, I chose Right.

By: windbell

windbell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:47 +0000

@dice: Advice noted ^^;

@The Sojourner: Shall name her ‘Rin’ ^^

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:07:41 +0000

It is not really a big deal unless you plan to get out of the SAF as soon as possible. But hey… at least you get an extra 2 months of allowance as compared to those who passed the test.

Holy Jam! My paternal instincts are kicking in upon hearing about your enlistment. Let me stop right here…. uh oh and P.S have you decided on the name of your rifle/waifu?

@ dice

lol Green bean soup? Putting milo or lemon tea in your water bottle is a bad move as well. =p

By: dice

dice — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:14:30 +0000

I think its really not that bad now. The pay is higher though still pathetic, the food is better and I think they have doors for the shower room now. I stayed in one before and they had to hang ground sheets to substitute as doors for us girls (don’t ask wats a girl doing in an army camp). . .And despite all the horror and ghastly ghost stories I’m sure you’re gonna have a rockin time. Oh by the way, NEVER leave green bean soup (your food ration) in the water bottle when you camp outfield. It’s so gonna stink the next day until the day you ORD!

By: windbell

windbell — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:40:58 +0000

@tj_han: LOL

@Adun: Give me money and I can join you in August. But it’s summer there during August!

@gordon: Will check out the links. Thanks!

@Tiny Red Man: Let’s hope you get yours soon.

@The Sojourner: I failed the IPPT test. I don’t mind actually as it’s only a month earlier that you get to ORD.

@Hirito: Thanks for the advice :)

By: Hirito

Hirito — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:59:37 +0000

4 months to go…that’s quite some time. It’ll be good that if you do have time to spare, there’s part-time jobs out there which will take pre-NS people, maybe doing stuff like data-entry etc. Earn abit here and there to save up for another trip ^^.

As for NS life, not much I can say, besides that it’s full of s$%&. Be prepared to see others going “POP/ORD LOR” all around you while you still have the huge bulk of the 2 years left in your NS. It’s good to have pass NAFA/IPPT before going in as you’ll save 2 months of your precious life, NS just ain’t worth it.

If you’re not the chiongster type and hate physical stuff, pray you don’t get into OCS or SISPEC. Hope for a 8-5 admin job or something that lets you stay out. Thank goodness I’m in Air Force ^^. But I’ll say clerks have the “best” times. I see them playing DOTA (that’s what my friend does with about 5 other clerks over the intranet) or surfing the iNET computers most of the time.

4 words for you: Good Luck, Have Fun. ^^

By: Rokku

Rokku — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:31:09 +0000

Well, i still have around 4 more years to play round till been Enlisted.
But prepare to be shoot at – From a NCC Guy

hope you get into Scdf

Good luck anyway

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:00:31 +0000

Have you taken the IPPT test prior to enlisting? If you pass it, you will be able to enlist a month later than expected and ORD a month earlier as well. That means, 22 months instead of 24 months of National Service. Adun is sort of right about training prior to enlistment, it makes your recruit days much easier to handle.

Suffice to say! You are going to suffer and enjoy your days as a ’smelly’ soldier in the Army.

By: Tiny Red Man

Tiny Red Man — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:50:21 +0000

i have yet to get my…..who knows, I’m not wanted =D

btw..one of my classmates got 13 sept too..