'For all that I might have complained about being in the SAF, I’m grateful to the institution and the people there who made me.' — Tang Li, OPINION
"For all that I might have complained about being in the SAF, I’m grateful to the institution and the people there who made me." — Tang Li, OPINION
Having said what I’ve just said about SAF Day, I’ve become a fervent believer in the SAF or at least the institution of National Service. I’ll never tire of saying it, the most “educational” part of my life was in the two and half years of national service. I was effectively an outcast, but simultaneously, I found the guys who would become my brothers from different mothers. The army was, I believe, the first time in my life that I achieved things that were not bought for me or things that I was guided into. My father would probably vomit if he read this, but the first time I got my chin up the bar, it felt more like an achievement than getting my degree.
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