Serving the nation

Singaporean males typically have a few stages in their life. the commonly known primary sch, then secondary, ite/tetiary/jc then NS followed by working or further study.
serving the nation has its pros and cons... we shall take a look.....

pros - u go out less often and save a lot more money, either for studies or for future use.. u make more friends. u have no choice.. u have to see them everyday in the office. u may learn more office skills and human relations - esp when dealing with your superiors.

cons - by going out less often, u become less sociable. daily routine is to go to camp, back home, camp and back home. u spend lesser time with ur closer friends. u become less updated about them. everything seems to change so much, but i guess time will dilute all these. it can get quite depressing at times. maybe that's why, so many pple are getting depressed.

being in the NS, getting sick is often seen as wat we called 'chaokeng' or 'CK' for short. pple care less for each other, cos they think you are jus trying to run away from camp by conveniently going to the polyclinic and ask for MC because it's being paid for by the govt. you shld try not to get excused for everything or pple will aim you, cos that means more work for the others.

i nvr felt like this b4...............
am i getting depressed or am i just thinking too much?
it's such an unusual emotional situation for me now..
the distance between you and ur close frens seem further.
stress hormone pouring into the circulation
do not have the time/technique how to relax or slow down the pace.

i seriously hope this is transient and all will disappear soon..
i really do... :)