The Pros And Cons Of Serving National Service
While Singaporean men often complain about having to spend two mandatory years serving in the army, the truth is many soldiers take valuable lessons away from the experience. Here are the pros and cons of men serving national service:
Pros:
Earn the right to use “when I was in the army I had to” speech
Luxury of going on numerous camping trips in the jungle
Opportunity to show off how many push-ups you can do every time you hear “knock it down”
Have access to fashionable SAF singlets
Privilege of sampling SAF’s delicious military cuisine
Take short vacations from work every time you go for a reservist cycle
Learn which part of enemy soldier’s body to shoot to kill in the event of a war
Get to experience first-hand some of your taxpayer’s money being put to good use
More girls to date since their boyfriends are busy serving NS
Cons:
Girlfriend almost dumped you for that asshole who already finished his service
Previously held steadfast belief that Singapore is a democracy start to get a little shaky after two years of mandatory conscription
Need to start making use of brain again after two whole years of dormancy
Still recovering from shock after what went down that time you dropped the soap in the shower
Not allowed to shoot rifles at live human targets because of annoying ethical reasons
Unable to recover that drop in few points of IQ after two years
Weekly nightmares of getting activated for reservist
