Ambition..

Something that I've wanted to post for a long time.. Is about my ambition.. Yes, the kindergarten version of "What do you want to be next time when you grow up?" Hmm, actually right now, I'm more concerned about my next job, that's the NS..

Well, 'concerned' might not be the word to use, but I'm a bit torn in between two options. Not that you can choose outright what vocation you wanna go to but let me just imagine I have the power to choose, which one should I be in?

The two options are namely, the Police and Army.

Police.. Believe it or not, I had wanted to be a police when I was a kid.. Probably affected by those glamourous police and CIDs in dramas that uphold justice and nab baddies.. Haha.. SLowly, the passion died down.. And it became the latter, Army..

Well, it's quite obvious why the Army. My dad spent half of his life, actually now it's still MORE than half of his life in the Army. The blood runs in me.. When I was a kiddo, he used to bring me to his camp when he works on Saturdays.. There used to be a period when he brought me to work cos there was no one to look after me during the holidays after my granny had passed away some 14 yrs ago. Yeah, and all his first-hand stories of Army life is so real and sometimes exciting.. Seriously, no other job can probably give you those kind of experience.. However, one fact is that Singapore has evolved alot. My dad can tell us stories about him trekking ACROSS Singapore.. Bishan being a mass cemetry, Hougang a swamp and fishing village etc etc. Now, I can only imagine soldiers with their big backpack 'track-ing' across Singapore, in a MRT train. Haha.. And the only jungles in Singapore are probably in Tekong, those off-shore islands and the western gazzetted areas..

And oh, not forgetting the 6 good yrs I spent in NCC..

So now.. Wad's bothering me? Hmm, well.. The thought of being able to enlist in Police is somewhat enticing.. At least, what you learn in the Academy can be put to actual use in dealing with the numerous circumstances when you are on duty. They are real situations.. Not exercises, not simulation. Sidenote: What's more?! WHo else can carry a gun within sight of everyone walking in shopping centre without getting arrested. Haha.. Ok, that's a little besides the point.. But, if I am gonna be in the Police, please let me be a normal CPL/SGT.. And go on patrols. I dun wanna be an Inspector and sit in office kind. Tolong Tolong..

As for Army, it's no less enticing.. If I enlist in Army, will aim to become an officer, and keep a career option open. Yes, I wun mind signing on for the SAF if the circumstances is right.. And of course, that is if I still have interest in a career in the Army when I come to that point..

So... Wad would it be?! I dunno... I just hope that I do something meaningful in NS and not waste my 2 years slacking away. Though some slacking will be nice.. But I hope to gain some solid experience out of it.. *Pray*