I muz admit, I dun usually watch chinese movies in cinemas, will choose a Hollywood blockbuster over it any day, much less a local movie. Since hubs had heard very good reviews on this show, we decided to catch part 1..
It didnt disappoint us though, the show was hilarious and since its about the army, hubs can relate to the show better having serve in commando years back during active.
Part 1 was more about how the kid in the show feels about going for his national service and how he tried means and ways to get out of it, or serve with the least effort. They aso showed how the army was being run in the 1970s.Which is a far cry from the standards now.
Looking at this, hubs was neber angry at the fact that he needs to serve our army for 2yrs2mths, in fact I can still rememeber him being excited of being selected for commando unit. He was looking forward to serving..
Caught part 2 yesterday, in this sequel, they shed more lights on the training of modern days. How the soldiers deal with their training, get along with 1 another,how plp from all walks of life learnt to work as a team...
Looking at the part when 1 guy got dumped by his gf while in army makes me recall our dating days. Hubs was especially sticky to me. From the minute he booked out, right up to the minute he booked in, he wanted to stay close to me. Thus, typically my sat starts with staring into space in either Pasir Ris or Tampines library for hours while waitin for him to book out, make the journey back to his home with him, stayed at his place till sun and then travel to pasir ris with him again when he book in before returning home.
Never once in a wk, I skipped this routine. On wkday nights, he would called me on whatever little time he is allowed to make calls..Sometimes, he would have nothing much to tell me, but still I think its a relieve/assurance to him that I will be at the other end of the line, toking/listening to him..
2yrs n 2 mths passed juz like tat, looking back, it was a tiring period and I can feel how helpless he is about our relationship while in the army as there is only so much time he can spend with me. On the other hand, I can also sense that he is trying hard to get use to army life. Not known to be a sociable person, he now have to get use to stay together with total strangers 5 1/2 days per week. Learn with them, eat with them, shit with them, sleep with them, get scolding with them etc etc.
Its a sressful period for him too, trying to adjust to life inside and especially inside a commando camp no less. I can feel his sense of accomplishment on the day he got presented with his red beret, making him a full trained commando. Months of training, hundreds if not thousands of tots of giving up, he preserved till the end though his physical fitness is 1 of the poorer 1, he is still considered 1 of the weaker links till now..
I can still rememebered his commander's speech during his red beret ceremory, thanking his family members for their support and not forgetting the girlfriends who sticked with them during the training months. How true it is, for hubs had seen cases of breaking up during their training period, and every1 feared when would be their turn, no matter how confident you are in the relationship.To make things worst, their usual punishment during initial training stage is to book out late and book in early so that you will learnt to do your things well if you wan the extra time outside.
Ahh...The memories it brought back while watching the shows..The stories hubs would tell me every wkend if not nitez, the various trainings he would describe, his fear of going to his air borne course, I would had to listen intently to his stories as I am the only listener he has, he dun even share the stories with his brother, let alone, parents..I'm glad that I was part of his story while he was serving our army, glad that I get to see his changes from student to army guy to working adult to husband and hopefully a father.
The NS stories that every Singaporean son has to share is the stories of tears, sweat and an important learning journey for them. I'm proud to say that my hubby had once served the elite forces of the army and made it thru their training :)
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