1 Year Soldier

Finally, 1 Year mark of my reluctant career in SAF. A yr ago, on this every day, i'm anticipating enlistment, unaware of the impending doom. The mini hoohah of losing my duffel bag on the 1st day (which was subsequently retrieved)...

The 1st time having to sleep with a room of strangers..

The 1st time I have zero privacy..

The 1st time I'm treated like dogs and the low life of society..

The 1st time I have almost zero contact with the world at large (only irregular newspaper supply)

and load of other 1st crap..

but over this 1 yr period in army, i have grown mentally stronger, afterall, how can i not after all the mental & personal abuse .. kekez 1 yr down, 1 yr to go.

Hang on tgt bros, esp so for those who newly enlist and on the same batch as me... hang on, we will see the light of the day next year's today.

and deepest condolences to the 2 soldiers who died last week. Nobody expect their kids to enlist in SAF to died, esp so after 5 days. The guy who died in BMTC stuck a chord especially, since he was actually a freshmen in my orientation 3 yrs back. Never interact with him, but saw the grp pic in the friendster makes me abit shaken. Afterall, a fellow soldier, a fellow NYPian, a fellow SIT student. RIP fellas.