Ep 2: Where I Stand (Every Singaporean Son)

[My97Destiny]

@cyberpioneertv What if I don't get to do well on most stations?

[cyberpioneertv]

@My97Destiny The BMT Instructors will help to train you progressively, so that you will improve. It may not be easy, but if you keep exercising regularly, you will see improvements.

[My97Destiny]

@cyberpioneertv Okay thanks. I will excerse until I get 18 - 19. Now I'm 12.

[Blindstealthless]

HAHAHAH the songs always crank me up

[hatter7262]

So... IPPT still okay, when does the fun begin

[joneessy]

@laubeatz "SAF seems achievable for everyone." What's your point? Fitness can be trained with time. Who cares how many situps you can dish out? Conscription is part of our culture - for Singaporean males. We serve. Our sons serve. Their sons serve. You are an Australian and never a Singaporean. You never served in the Singaporean Military. You never lived in Singapore. So what's your point?

[laubeatz]

36 situps gold standard? for australian army 70 for pass, i did 100.. 2.4k pass was 11:18.. SAF seems achievable for everyone

[alex3848]

@laubeatz Dude, 30 sit up in a minute, 36 for gold in a minute. 

[laubeatz]

@alex3848 so 1 situp per 2 seconds? lol

[munkeemoo]

@laubeatz, it says at defencejobs[dot]gov[dot]au/fit­ness that the physical fitness assessment for army entry is 45 sit-ups. Are you sure it's 70 for pass for the australian army? Is there a time limit? Anyway, these are just recruits. Not special forces.

[rockportpd]

@laubeatz 100 situps huh? Right, and what use can that piece of information be? To make known that you're stronger than these recruits because you can do 100 situps? Want a medal for that? Yeah that's my 2 cents for you. How 'bout you take it and go buy some humbleness because you sure as hell don't have it.

[psycowolfz]

ahahha i just realised that all of them are wearing the same shoe for PT :D nice ones too :D

[MrFacebuster]

i could do 20 pullups:)

[Pokonoinoi]

is the song at the beginning for the army or just for the show?

[vicsnoopy]

@Pokonoinoi it was from the army ^_^

[TheDirekChew]

RJ!

[keeyk118b]

what is the point of running 2.4km test, ?in war no one will be running around in pt kit. i suggest they have a longer soc run. say run 1.5km then clear obstacles then run another 800m.

[weiming1991]

@keeyk118b we need to pass ippt every week?or once pass no need take alr?

[keeyk118b]

@weiming1991 in my unit 4sab brc, we take ippt and soc test 2 x per year. my coy has 5 km to 7k runs twice a week if we are not having any field exercise.

[AuditionGuy258]

wow... this is the same as ncc but more tougher

[rykal100]

RoAdAsHeR ....you bapok is it???

[rolovnariel]

@rykal100 LOl

[RoAdAsHeR]

NS is a waste of time

[zqrobertlee]

7 hours of rest is a luxury man

[Kiziqguy]

What are their facebooks???I die die 3 weeks finding their facebook

[keeyk118b]

national service was painful but worthwhile. you get toughened up mentally and learn to focus and be disciplined. you make life long friends too.

[samudnote]

In Thai there was army reservation training almost 1 day per week 3 year while we were in highschool But you have to past physical test UnlessIf you don't pass that you have to sign for conscipt when 21  thinking about escape there was a jail waiting for u But about the conscipct you can easily got you self killed by the terrorist

ps perhapThese guy had better in this case that not serious at all

[slackerboi55]

wth my primary schools sit up for gold was at 39

[marcuscyj]

the weaker ones must train them up

so the stronger oes they train them down

:D

[inflexjunkie]

wah ippt standard drop so much?? < 2 yrs ago still 12pullups for gold..

[wyattearp88]

haha... i miss my army life...jus joking... it's jus memory now...

[ashryasrinick]

The one inside BMTC very lucky. Except Ninja Coy. But too bad I mono intake. 6 SIR.

[Jayzer313]

lol going in a few days time, better see what i'm going to face.

[icecreamfarts]

Hate the Cambria

[nicholasderoose]

this is bullshit. gold during my time is 12 pull ups. wtf the standards have dropped.

[cheekyolive]

all trying to act macho...lol...silly boys

[theranmafan]

I still can't do pullups. T_T And last time I really tried I dislocated my shoulder. Permanently pain now... T_T Sianzzzzzzz.

[shatrian1]

where got time ordo

[ManyNinja]

All of them act garang only...behind the film they will start to kpkb saying tat is a waste of time and damn freaking boring...btw seagent where got so polite one?

[kinkan81]

The guy gey kiang la. Injured still say "i want to try". Booo

[Gen3si4]

NS is still an experience of a lifetime, you'll learn stuffs you will not outside, although i do feel that during my days of NS, some trainings of combat aint that dependable, it is still always not what NS is made of but who the men you are with that makes NS!

[kit33389]

to all those who say this video is fake, OF COURSE it is fake, you are in front of a camera, c'mon, who doesn't fake in front of camera. but other than that, most of the content is accurate.

BMTC 1 F coy Mar 2008.

[mundz86]

cat test only ... i recruit (2005) they have the eliss system .. but damned shitty for 2.4 need to run at the tekong running track .. end up i failed my 2.4

[simpleman7474]

@nutterhouse thanks for the info. but i use the eliss system when i was a recruit in tekong. didnt expect them to move back the old system.

[Cptjonmiller]

lol look at all the watches at the ready at the 2.4 run

[xxxuanxx]

"Ai yo ai yo ai ai yo ah, ai yo ai yo ai ai yo...." Will sing along whenever I watch this.

[simpleman7474]

super propaganda.. now is using the elist system, where got manual.. Example: no more picking up blocks from shuttle run.

[nutterhouse]

@simpleman7474 eliss system is not used in tekong...... onli in other camps..... further more not all camps uses it too...

[aloy120]

6:20 , so what happens to those who did well ?

[Robinhokage]

just remember to put the marathon and lightweight pro perk on during 2.4 run and you will pass.

[vironix]

@Robinhokage hell yeah!

[tttz]

lol whatever their showing here is mostly not the truthful thing that is happening in there.. its just showing in a good light to the public.

[Fierulxoxo]

@tttz

ya i totally agree. i think its 2x more worse. they trying to show the good parts only -.-

[sakadafreak]

does all of them wear the same type of shoe? it look like it haha

[yuuming59]

@sakadafreak

Yes, same type of shoe. It will issue to recruits during enlistment.

[Vous0Tube0Sucks]

3:36 arm pain pretend one!!!!!!!!!!

[junweijunwei]

sbj-243, sit up-42 shuttle run-10,chinup-12, 2.4-9.14(stress) how?

[max4881]

The standing board jump should be abolished because I don't see any practical value in it. I mean, does anybody jump across a ditch in that stupid-looking manner? The US Marine Corps is famous for its grueling physical training yet it has only THREE items in its fitness test: pull-ups, crunches or sit-ups, and a 3-mile run (double 2.4km).

[Fc2222B]

hope this encourages you pre-enlistees... on my first IPPT cat test.. i ran 14mins plus and was the 2nd last guy in the entire test... but on the next IPPT test about a week or 2 later.. I ran 10mins plus.. so... don't worry..

[yuuming59]

New Balance shoes reminds me of NSF days. =)

[s10024980]

i think this company might have some white horses. LOL

To people out there ,just dont believe 100% in the things they filmed in this video.

pls reveal the dark side.

[wangyi46]

haha.. exactly! is this a misrepresentation or thing s have changed ? lol

[kamelp]

SERGEANT WHERE GOT SO POLITE ONE!

[BOOOOMUSIC]

ZHILIANG!

[Xenon2k]

So cute that only that one guy has subtitles. Poor guy.

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

As a reply to so what if I think someone's weak, I'm saying that would just corroborate with the thinking that the younger generations cannot take pain or difficulty, and I don't want anyone else to help ascertain that belief.

But as to you having AS, that would explain the fact you can't thrive in Singlish. I assume that your motor skills and dexterity should have developed properly by now, so not much excuse there. But dude, shouldn't you be exempted from NS then?

[xBlueWinter]

@xBlueWinter

And if you worry about how you're gonna fare socially in NS, it would be about how you're faring socially in school now.

Anyway, you aren't the only person with any form of autistic spectrum disorders who have to serve NS. The rest are fine. Think about that.

[seoulhangungmal]

@xBlueWinter You know I freaked out when I saw my NS registration letter last week. I don't know my chances of exemptions, but I really hope my AS won't be ignored. As for my social life in school now, it's not painting a good picture, and so yeah it's adding to the fear. I've come across a few cases of AS people being classified as PES A/B...they look fine on the outside, but (shaking my head now) you have no idea how much they went through, and that is what I'm SO worried about all along.

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

Alright. Your only hope is to scream "I HAVE AS" to your commanders when they try to make you do something and chances are 90% of them will have no idea what that is and freak out and let you sit by the side.

Or your parents can appeal for you, saying that you get suicidal when you're forced to do stuff or suffer too much pressure. That reason alone has helped many ASD sufferers get leeway, I believe. But it's gonna get you seriously alienated from your platoon mates.

[seoulhangungmal]

@xBlueWinter No, more like I hope I don't even enter any platoon. Because, you've said it, by declaring that I have AS will only make me end up being cast aside and that's why I don't want to make myself a fool by joining 1 in the 1st place. But I can't imagine myself trying to pull through whatever everybody else is experiencing. I dunno but I'll see what happens when the time comes. Meanwhile I'll just stick to being honest with the message that I'll bring across to the medical assessment.

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

Guess so. Better stop spamming up this vid's comment box. Best of luck.

[Kazuki88]

I miss the 2.4Km run in Tekong. All the nice scenery...

[hychlovenoel]

hmm... after watching this 2 eps, my fear for NS boil even more!!! i am not ready mentally! despite only watch 2 eps i am sure i will not continue watch on!! i am scared i am nervious, i dun want to serve NS!!!!

[seoulhangungmal]

@hychlovenoel I seriously can totally understand that feeling.

[seoulhangungmal]

From the opening song in the video, you can already detect that NS is one really horrible breeding ground for the crudest Singlish you'll ever hear, and even though you'd think brotherhood would be formed from there, I think that's where I'd be the most outcasted instead. But obviously Singlish isn't the only concern I have...still, every concern I have still boils down to respect for differences, and before I show mine, MINDEF should ask themselves by forcing me into NS, have they shown theirs?

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

Getting over your differences and away from your comfort zone is part of NS, silly. If you respected differences then you wouldn't mind Singlish.

Seriously, we're one at heart, get over whatever damn prejudice or difference you have and serve the nation like every other male. Basically your last line is just saying "I am special, therefore I don't want, and don't have to serve NS", is that it?

[seoulhangungmal]

@xBlueWinter Well I hope what you said is true that deep down inside all of us we're 'one at heart', hope to see that kind of thing when I enlist so that I'd be more willing to return(contribute) my part. I grow up hearing Singlish, so some Singlish is fine, but not to the point where everyone is so proud of this creole unique to NS that they 'forcefully' immerse it onto you. Yes immersion is normal but not until they make you forget who you are, you get what I mean? See, respect comes in here.

[seoulhangungmal]

@xBlueWinter You'd also tell me 'this is NS, your uniqueness no longer matters when it comes to joining the rest to serve the nation'. I'm not self-centered; I'd support any cause that is for a better good. But if sacrificing my sanity to what I consider as torture in NS is gonna make the authorities the self-centered ones, then how are you gonna expect me to do my best to embrace the differences we have, especially when they don't? All I hope for both sides is some humanity, in mind & heart.

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

They immerse it onto you? In what way?

And it's not about changing who you are. I'm sure your whole being won't be changed just by Singlish. Look at the people who come out, they remain true to themselves.

And well, nowadays NS isn't torture compared to the past. Do you know the special packet food you get on jungle treks are expensive, enriched and made by the Health Sciences Authority? That's one classic example of being pampered. You get milo too.

[xBlueWinter]

@seoulhangungmal

Also, if you were to ask any Singapore above 40 years old, they will tell you how you guys are lucky and pampered. If this is torture to you, then having generations surviving way worse torture and still preserving their sanity, doesn't that reflect badly on your resilience and strength?

[seoulhangungmal]

@xBlueWinter Look, there's gotta be all kinds of people around the world. That includes what each person defines as the amount of strength/resilience he/she has (and so what if you think he/she's weak?). What I've been through in my life (or what I WILL go through in NS) is nothing to you, but it's a lot to take for someone like me with Asperger's Syndrome (NOT excuses). I may be born with a different perspective of the world as a result, but I'm not stupid when it comes to knowing my own limits

[MrWadthehell]

its the previous batch of orion, enhanced batch. im in this platoon!! first platoon, always first! orion!! =DD 01/10!!

[crazylilmonkey]

12 is 5 points(max)...gold doesn't have to be full 5 points.. @up2wind

[up2wind]

For pull up station, i though above 12 = gold? When is it 9? Standard drop?

[brianbenitez]

i really admire qing wei for trying his best for the pull up station.

[TerrisOngJianLong]

Fit for life.

[killerhydralisk]

when was this filmed? cos as of now, there is still an active orion company in tekong but they are a PTP batch. is this the one or an earlier one?

[shengky00]

so cool sia all orion commanders

[PokemonMaster747]

Wonder if there is an Alpha Coy in Tekong? Coz I was in Alpha Coy @Bedok Camp, 3 Guards. Lolz..Always Ready, Ready to Strike!!!!!!

[mrfinalfantasy]

@PokemonMaster747 SP COY! woooh!

[PokemonMaster747]

@mrfinalfantasy oH? wHAT cOY?

[naziely]

This is not the NINJA company i remember it to be. LOL.

[yapple26]

@naziely Its Orion, not Ninja (my batch of course i would know)

[naziely]

@yapple26 aaah ic ic. you're right. its Orion.

[sticky911]

subtitles LOL

[hahahalolx89]

Does PTP intake get graded once they enter BMT as well? And does the Grade A B C thing applies to PTP intake?

[emptyangel]

How embarrassing for the guy who had to have subtitles when he spoke.

[rampager89]

@emptyangel Too soft LOL, that's why. Sound guy didn't do his job well ><

[sadocean]

when is the next episode ?

[ruhle]

@sadocean next tuesday lol