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During National Service (NS) in Singapore, not all boys become men at the end of the day. It is an undeniable fact that possibly all of us in the army will follow the 9th core value of the SAF: “Do but don’t get caught” Here’s a list of bad habits we soldiers have while serving our nation!
1. Wearing Inner Shirt (Depending on Company/Unit’s Stand)
2. Lying on bed before showering
3. Walking around half-naked (bottom or top half)
4. Walking around in your underwear
5. Stockpiling snacks in your cupboard
6. Bringing multiple portable chargers to camp
7. Singing badly in the shower
8. Never bathe
9. Never bathe with soap
10. Still not gonna bathe after outfield because you are too lazy
11. Smoking secretly
12. Blindly follow orders
13. Asking why to every single order
14. Using swear words every single sentence
15. Talking while patrolling during guard duty
16. Maintaining distance while patrolling during guard duty
17. Swapping your guard duty at the last-minute
18. Commanders slinging field chair over the shoulders
19. Very picky at Cookhouse
20. Not scanning your 11B
21. Asking your friend to help you scan for your meals
22. Secretly skipping breakfast
23. Never caps/beret off upon entering cookhouse
24. Going to the Muslim side for food (or non-halal side depending on your dietary preferences)
25. Anyhow swinging arms while marching
26. Claiming that your arms are too big to maintain 90 45
27. Repeating “echo after xxx” because you are too shy to lead the song while marching
28. Stirring shit about other people
29. Claiming that you were not the one who stirred shit
30. Boot-lick someone and then gossip about him behind his back
31. Punish men because of bad mood
32. Punish men like it is something fun to do
33. Avoiding Arrows
34. Anyhow Shoot Arrows
35. Deflecting Arrows
36. Taking all the Arrows
37. Take one Arrow and boast to everyone
38. Chao Keng
39. Bringing comfort items to outfield
40. Waking everyone up early because you set 20 alarms and didn’t hear any of them
41. Always doing girl push-ups when punished just because you are lazy
42. Picking up the soap bar
43. Calling your girlfriend every night without fail
44. Worrying about losing your girlfriend
45. Always talking about your girlfriend and irritate the shit out of your friends
46. Using tinder with a big group of friends surrounding you
47. Sleep late and complain about you didn’t get “7 hours of uninterrupted rest”
48. Persuading your friends to help you put on your bed sheets
49. Letting your family wash your army clothes after bookout
50. Claiming you are too tired from the army and refuse to help out at home with chores etc.
That’s all for now. Let’s us know more bad habits you guys have during NS (MINDEF watching tho) in the comments section! Seriously, give us a page like if you enjoyed it!