U only left 3 mths.
Okay...
You have contracted a terminal disease that is incurable and you will die... (CHOY!)
Would you prefer to know when you will die OR be left with a lingering doubt on ur future?
Well, for me, I will definitely wana know when I will die. Least I can plan what to do for the remaining days of my life prior to my death date. Pay respects to my elders, parents, siblings, go out with my closest friends, do things I won't usually do, and enjoy my life to the fullest with my loved ones. What will you do?
Okay, or maybe some of us are too afraid to know when we will die. But would it be any better than to know when you will die from the terminal disease? Seriously, I don't think so. Becoz you simply can't plan or even simply maximize your time left to spend while you are still alive.
Haha, don't press the panick button yet my friends, I'm perfectly fine at this moment, not that I have contracted some terminal disease or whatever. So don't need flood me with messages and coffin purchase contracts. LOL.
This disease that I mentioned above, is just a metaphor for me to describe the National Service which we, Singaporean BOYS, are required to go through. People seem to make a big fuss about it, somehow making sound like some sort of disease which make you seem 'dead' on enlistment date, and 'released' on weekends. And when your 'sentence' (Why sentence? Coz some friends make it sound like going to jail. LOL) is over, it's kinda like 'rebirth', isn't it? Haha...
My current situation happens to fall in the latter category mentioned in my first paragraph. I got my revised Pes status. From pending to B. Why cant the personnels at CMPB do a better job by immediately informing me of my situation, than to allow it to drag until my 1st further reporting order. And they then tell me I am required to check my body again, notably my heart, 3 mths later. If they could have told me on the day of my medical checkup (Becoz they diagnose and inform immediately to others), I would have saved 1 extra mth of waiting time.
Thinking that me having got my Pes status, I should have an enlistment date tagged to me. So I called up and enquired, only to fall into a deep disappointment. The customer service personnel informed me it would usually take abt 6 to 9 mths after my last medical checkup. With a little simple calculation, May + 6 Mths = November. So by right, I will be entering that batch.
Then again, my colleague told me that polytechnic intakes belongs to June, July, September and October. Which could possibly mean that I MAY be enlisted in October, because I passed my NAPFA test.
And with my unconfirmed date, I am not able to convince potential employers as they all feel I may be called up anytime. Which is simply no ideal to them due to the time spent in training me for the tasks.
Friends whom knows me well knows that I love planning my schedules ahead. Given my case now, it's quite bad for me as I cant really see the light at the end of the tunnel.
CMPB says they will let enlistees know 2 mths in advance before their enlistment. Seems NOT. I have a friend, whom if I have not mistaken, have to call up CMPB to enquire his own enlistment date. To his pleasant, or maybe unpleasant surprise, he will be enlisted coming July. Bearly a month left to plan what he is gonna do.
So what's worse than death is not knowing when you will die. So if you are lamenting over your 'death day', think again, you can at least plan your time nicely before you 'die'. While me? I needa take things a step at a time. Totally not my style! Arghz!
You have contracted a terminal disease that is incurable and you will die... (CHOY!)
Would you prefer to know when you will die OR be left with a lingering doubt on ur future?
Well, for me, I will definitely wana know when I will die. Least I can plan what to do for the remaining days of my life prior to my death date. Pay respects to my elders, parents, siblings, go out with my closest friends, do things I won't usually do, and enjoy my life to the fullest with my loved ones. What will you do?
Okay, or maybe some of us are too afraid to know when we will die. But would it be any better than to know when you will die from the terminal disease? Seriously, I don't think so. Becoz you simply can't plan or even simply maximize your time left to spend while you are still alive.
Haha, don't press the panick button yet my friends, I'm perfectly fine at this moment, not that I have contracted some terminal disease or whatever. So don't need flood me with messages and coffin purchase contracts. LOL.
This disease that I mentioned above, is just a metaphor for me to describe the National Service which we, Singaporean BOYS, are required to go through. People seem to make a big fuss about it, somehow making sound like some sort of disease which make you seem 'dead' on enlistment date, and 'released' on weekends. And when your 'sentence' (Why sentence? Coz some friends make it sound like going to jail. LOL) is over, it's kinda like 'rebirth', isn't it? Haha...
My current situation happens to fall in the latter category mentioned in my first paragraph. I got my revised Pes status. From pending to B. Why cant the personnels at CMPB do a better job by immediately informing me of my situation, than to allow it to drag until my 1st further reporting order. And they then tell me I am required to check my body again, notably my heart, 3 mths later. If they could have told me on the day of my medical checkup (Becoz they diagnose and inform immediately to others), I would have saved 1 extra mth of waiting time.
Thinking that me having got my Pes status, I should have an enlistment date tagged to me. So I called up and enquired, only to fall into a deep disappointment. The customer service personnel informed me it would usually take abt 6 to 9 mths after my last medical checkup. With a little simple calculation, May + 6 Mths = November. So by right, I will be entering that batch.
Then again, my colleague told me that polytechnic intakes belongs to June, July, September and October. Which could possibly mean that I MAY be enlisted in October, because I passed my NAPFA test.
And with my unconfirmed date, I am not able to convince potential employers as they all feel I may be called up anytime. Which is simply no ideal to them due to the time spent in training me for the tasks.
Friends whom knows me well knows that I love planning my schedules ahead. Given my case now, it's quite bad for me as I cant really see the light at the end of the tunnel.
CMPB says they will let enlistees know 2 mths in advance before their enlistment. Seems NOT. I have a friend, whom if I have not mistaken, have to call up CMPB to enquire his own enlistment date. To his pleasant, or maybe unpleasant surprise, he will be enlisted coming July. Bearly a month left to plan what he is gonna do.
So what's worse than death is not knowing when you will die. So if you are lamenting over your 'death day', think again, you can at least plan your time nicely before you 'die'. While me? I needa take things a step at a time. Totally not my style! Arghz!

