its been 6months since the day i was enlisted for national service. enlistment, something tt i was never once looking forward to. reluctance to serve. but tt day still came inevitably.

tt dreadful day when i had to lug my baggage to pulau tekong. time jus seem to pass so fast tt morning, the cramped up Trans Island Bus (TIBS) shuttle services, the long queues at the ferry terminal and even the bumpy ferry ride there, time just slipped by me. was it the pure reluctance to serve or was it because i knew i was a step closer to losing my pink i/c and needless to say, my freedom. either ways, it dint work out for me.

but i knew it was no-way-out.

basic military training or better known as BMT, the army conversion course. i guess the hardest part of getting used to army life wasnt the physical training or the same old stale cookhouse food, but more of the regimental way everything has to be done. the system was rigid, uncompromising and unforgiving, anything done otherwise would be severely punished.

people always say every singaporean boy has got to go thru army to be a man. they say. but is it really true? u decide. but it did taught me some important life lessons though. cherish my freedom(or the lack of it), love my family & appreciating my friends. in short, dun jus take simple things for granted. for it's those simple gestures tt make life so much more beautiful.

but at the end of the day, u know its all for a good cause.