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by sundaymorningstaple » Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:33 pm
Did your parents perform the proper exit procedures for you prior to your 11th birthday? Have they posted a bond or surety with the Singapore Gahmen? If you are still in high school, I believe, if all other procedures have been followed to a 'T' then you should be able to defer until you graduate from High School. After that you have to report to NS. (And it's not a real problem - my son is currently in the Singapore Navy doing his NS) Girls? meet 'em anywhere just like home. ABC? No big deal, lot's of ABCs, BBCs & CBCs already here. And with MTV, most youth here that are English educated speak like Americans unless talking to their own and then they speak that atrocious sub-language called singlish. Actually, NS here is a skate in the park. Much more so than the US military services. In fact, after BMT, you will be able to go home every night except when on maneuvers or overseas training stints. In fact, I call NS here a joke comparing to what I went through during the VN war years and basic training in the US Army.
Be careful about joining the Coast Guard in the US. One of my best friends in High school did that, in order to not be shipped to VN. Guess what. He ended up in one damned dangerous job doing river patrols on the Mekong. Marines? Glutton for punishment.
Do a search on threads in the Strictly Speaking subforum under the General forum for posts by Kraikk & Mad Scientist for a blow by blow on NS and the pitfalls for overseas S'poreans. Good luck.
sms
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers