I was waiting for a bus on my way home from work and my nose experienced the smells that reminded me of my 2.5 years of full-time national service as a conscript in the Lion City.The wafting of the fresh yet fetid smell of jungle vegetation that...

Those of you who read my blog will know that many of my posts tend to be negative reflections of my own national service experience. My NS experience comprised 2.5 years of full-time military service in combat units plus 10 years of annual reservist...

The Government has recognised that integration of new citizens really requires these newly minted citizens from countries such as India, China and the region to step out of their comfort zone and connect with their fellow born and bred Singaporean...

Reservist sucks. But most Singaporean men suck it up and take it in their stride with bouts of rants in the blogosphere and between fellow brethen who have served their 2-2.5 years of national service and 10 years of annual in-camp training (ICT)...

The more the ministers talk about social cohesion and integrating foreigners into the warm embrace of Singapore Inc, the more I find their statements contradicting because their words do not match the implementation by Singapore (Govt) Inc.Recently,...