Xiaoville: Call me Private Nicholas!

Pop loh! Finally i've graduated, having my block leave now. While everyone else are eagerly waiting for their posting, i'm someone that already know where i'm going. For those of you who don't know, i've sign on with the army as a signal specialist. Being a specialist is of course not my first choice, i had applied to be a regular officer but they offered me this specialist contract instead. Good thing about signing on as a specialist is that i get to enjoy a huge lump sum and can sign on for a longer term. An officer will be offered a 3 years contract and their performance will be assessed after it ends. So there's a no guarantee that army will still want u after 3 years. For specialist, i'm being offered a 10 years contract with a 4 years bond. That means that after 6 years from now i can leave the army without having to pay back any money.

Signing on as a specialist means that i'll be going to sispec school at Pulau Tekong again. While there i'll aim to cross over to OCS and hopefully get the officer contract coz there's what i really want to be. Being an officer also means i can apply for the Local Study Award (LSA) where SAF pays for my degree. That's my plan initially..now i have to work doubly hard to cross over.

Let's talk about my POP day now. Everyone can only bring 2 family members but guess how many i brought? 6! Haha. Didn't take part in the first march in because i was on status the week before and didn't join in the rehearsals. But i got to throw my cap and dance around of course. On the last day, my platoon mates took my sergeant for a powder + water bath..he looked so dirty, wet, helpless and white after that haha. Here are some photos!