Tag: National Service

Total recall? Hahahahaha Servicemen from units assigned the following codewords are to report to their mobilisation centres immediately: “FAMOUS PIANIST”… But seriously though, I am sorry Melvyn Tan has had to defer [not my choice of word] his performance at the Esplanade. Technorati Tags: army, nationalservice, melvyntan, singapore

I got to out-Gonzo the “Gonzo” Journal in this week’s column, even though I’d rather not have: Removed postings restored after storm in a teacup over writings on army life THIS week, I received calls from concerned friends and relatives who wondered if I had gotten myself into trouble with the authorities because of —…

Greetings, new readers who are here via my favouritest newspaper in the whole wide world, The Sydney Morning Herald, which said this morning: Singapore has barred servicemen from posting unauthorised accounts and pictures of military life on the internet in a further tightening of restrictions on the growing blogging community here. The new rules, made…

As seen in the Sunday Times: Reservist photo! Oct 2005: Relaxing on the ramp. (Guess which one’s Sgt Foreskin?) How can one not talk about National Service, especially when it’s a very large slice of one’s life? Cannot right? I mean, cannot don’t talk right? Even if you paid $5,000.00 for skipping National Service altogether,…

I am taking down all army-related blog posts and pictures here as well as on Days Were The Those and Flickr, and will be asking for permission to blog and post pictures of my recent Exercise Wallaby trip to Shoalwater Bay, Central Queensland, with my unit, the 433rd Singapore Armoured Regiment. I have also been…