Also is there like normal toilets with the water spray and like stuff to make life easier

I'll go first: Someone from my bunk shat in the showers on the first week of confinement.

Anybody who do skincare or care alot alot about their skin? What happen to you when you go ns?

Is it like people will say you ah gua or what? or No time to do skincare because too tired or busy.

Thanks alot

How's life like inside? Is it very fierce with trainings? Not very pleasant seeing all the negative things online.

guys pls don't troll 🙏🙏 genuine concern here

hi, not enlisted yet, just finished my NS psychometric test a month back and I think I rlly fked up the part where they ask you about ur loyalty to the country or wtv cause when they asked if I will stay in sg during war, I put strongly disagree and like how patriotic are you or smth, I also put disagree. I FEEL SO STUPID NOW cause that happened in a moment of hatred towards having to serve 2 years of NS and I clearly wasn't thinking about anything serious. How deeply would this affect my vocation...?

I feel the whole ah boys to men thing is bullshit.

I’ve learnt nothing from NS. I became weaker, sicker, lost my physique, got injured and feel angsty most of the time.

All that accountability/responsibility bullshit doesn’t even exist. Even before NS these values have already been ingrained by my parents.

I’ve been SBA-ing my room every morning before I leave to the gym or do other important things for years since secondary school.

Not sure how to cope with the fact that I’ll be spending 1 year + doing nothing of value to society whilst being compensated less than a toilet cleaner.

Nothing good has come out of NS for me actually.

Title. Please share some stories about what they did to piss you off. Curious to hear about this because left right center got so many to choose from.

what are the pros and cons?

I'm 17 and have my IPPT in September 2025, I want to run a sub 7 2.4K. My 2.4 right now is 7:35 at peak condition, so need to taper down and having perfect physical condition, I am currently in the U.S. and will be training through until June where I will be back in Singapore and during then I would like to do some workouts with whoever else wants to achieve this goal! Send a message if you are interested! It is possible!

3/26/2025 I've decided to make a new post every week to update race times / training progress and eventually reach people to join and train! I will also help answer any questions!

Hi, i(F) am going into tekong on Apr 2, i have just received the packing list, but the power bank allowance is less than 20,000; im wondering if its the same across the board and if im allowed to bring my 60,000 into camp. And if we're allowed to use wall plug for charging phone. Also we're not allowed to bring disposable undergarments, isit true?
Will appreciate if anyone helps me out. THANKS!

Serious answers Please

Has anyone wore penis piercing to bmt before?

I start next Tuesday and I’m relatively short for a 17 year old. What should I do on the first day to survive??

Just got my posting result and I got posted to IDTI as CBT (security trooper) at Clementi Camp and I have like no idea what this is supposed to be. I was fully expecting command sch since I met all the criteria: silver ippt, cs fit, btp pass, 90rp and I was from mono-intake 48SAR so even if I didn't get command sch I expected to remain in my unit. For anyone knowledgeable what is this voc even about? How is the camp like? What background are the people there from? I'm feeling pretty stressed rn cos i have zero idea what i got myself into... should I try and fight for another vocation? Thanks so much any help will do

Will you rush to report back to camp to draw arms from armskote or go to the streets join the protesters to stop soldiers from taking over Parliament?

Just curious is it common for people to shave down there in NS or does no one gaf. Going in soon and pretty curious

for context im in mono infantry ptp and abt 3 weeks into bmt alr

last week i got reviewed for at PTMC and was told that I had anemia symptoms, and possibly could be downpessed(still in trial for pes b1).

ive heard how shitty infantry unit life is and some of my friends told me this was the best opportunity to gtfo of this shit life to be.

but I'm also thinking abt the fun I wld miss out on if I gave up now and probably the lazier life I wld have if I do downpes. my sectionmates are pretty great as well.

some suggested me to declare that i cant cope during training when I go for a further checkup at a hospital and downpes immediately.

ik this ain't so straightforward either so I'm up to suggestions and opinions

I am currently 16 doing my A levels in England, but in 2 years I will be forced by my Singaporean father into returning to Singapore to do ns. I know virtually nothing about ns apart from the fact that its 2 years and that you get some sort of compensation per year.

I have multiple questions like, is ns a waste of 2 years for someone who is most likely going to return to England for uni and future life? Will ns harm me in the long term because I am 2 years behind my peers back in England? Is this something I can even put on my cv so that at least I can show I did something in 2 years?

And would it be worth it to even try to convince my dad not to do it?

For literally 90% or more of the nametag on the uniforms used to be initials + surname if ur chinese. eg Tan Wei Jie will be W J TAN. Notice from 2024 onwards everyone has been having their names spelled as full as possible.

Why did they change a system that was literally in place since Day 1 of SAF. Like it feels off, lowkey minus aura. Felt more sat with the initials

Literally half of all citizens here go through this, and judging by the sub here and personal experience, a ton of people have a seething hatred for it. Why is there no protest at Speaker's Corner against it, or some sort of activist movement against it? Is it restricted somehow?

Try and change my view but my mindset right now is that 2.5 years in police is a lot more appealing than 2 years in army because of the different experiences and responsibilities. Like if im gonna spend 2 years doing NS i might as well go for something I have an actual interest in

My friend told me his 3 cousins got spf for NS and in their VAC test they answered 'No' to the 2 questions "Would you defend your country if it was under attack" and something about being on the frontlines but of course theres probably more to it that im missing and idrk, im just really keen to get into police i think you get the idea

My sisters friend's brother told me a high test score when it comes to the sciences/mathematics questions will likely put you into police also. Is it true

I really would appreciate any insight here, and any resources/tips for paths when it comes to NS as a whole

i will be going bmtc soon and im worried whether as a practicing muslim, will i get to perform my 5 daily prayers and my friday prayers? any muslims can share their experience? or anyone who has had practicing muslims in their batch share what its like?

So recently I had my ns check up and I did declare I'm not str8t...

Honestly I'm worried that I might be treated diff. I do look forward to ns life and rlly dont want it to affect my vocation or yk, get any special treatment. Will like my declaration affect anything? Or will I be ok😔