This is going to be a very long lesson, but nonetheless, very important as it affects our life as a whole. Life is not always as perfect as it seems, and not always what we think it is… so.. before you make any assumption, it is always ideal to get your facts right before dropping the bomb on any decisions…
You see, as humans, we are naturally surrounded by this wall we built around ourselves.. its call, pre-assumption. In simple terms, it is to say, we want to see it that way.. and any other things are being filtered out.
This is bad.. but everyone suffers from it… but what you can learn from.. is that by understanding and recognizing these faults at play, you can make better and wiser decisions in life.
Well.. I’ll bring my life story here.. since its my.. blog lol…
I FXXXing HATE the army – period.
With this statement, there will rise alot of anger or debate and patriotism that I don’t love my country and I don’t deserve to be a singaporean and so on and so forth…
And for old timers… those officers and warrants might say I am a loser… and see me in a different light…
So.. the pre-assumption here is:
- Whoever hates the army don’t deserve to be a Singaporean
- Whoever hates the army is a loser
- Whoever hates the army is not a patriot
So.. this wall is built around them and any other things does not matter…
Unknown to them.. I was an ex regular.. and trust me.. I did everything I can for the organisation.. and if there is any ISD or government sector reading this, you can check out my records… you probably see the very best a regular can be… and I am even proud to say… You want me in your team or organization… because I am just so damn good…
So what happened ?
Before I signed the contract, I was promised to a DIS scheme, called the diploma induction scheme, a lump sum of $15,000. Come contract signing day, the officer told us that the organization has relocate the funds and no longer giving this out… so.. we won’t be getting this $15,000. The trade off however, is that our bond was reduced to 5 years instead of the usual 6 because the $15,000 was taken out.
Come 5 years later.. I wanted to move on and decided to resign from the organization.. and instead… I was told that I had to pay them about $14,000 because my bond was 6 years… No matter what I say… its useless… everything was on the dotted line…. and I have myself to blame for not reading and understanding the contract properly…
The guys with JPSDS got the $15,000 and the back payment and their bond was 6 years..
Me.. I got the back payment but without the $15,000.. and my bond was also 6 years…
The more frustrating thing is… the batch after me got the $15,000 re-instated… but they were not informed in the first place… until they signed the papers…
Is this fair to me ?
I quit the organization… because I can’t stand what they had did to me… and paid them that $14,000…
So… you can say that the army owes me a total of $29,000 of unpaid money… and if someone owes you $29,000… do you think you have every right to hate them… I believe anyone would.. unless you were born to print money..
So.. that’s my story of why I hate the army… from a top soldier to one who despise the organization..
But still.. in my heart… I would protect my country when duty calls.. not because of the army or anything associated with it.. but because my family is here.
Ok.. its a long story… one maybe not supposed to be said… but then… it gives a very strong illustration of how pre-assumption can affect our thoughts and judgement.
So… when you first heard about me saying I hate the army… you may be angry and even decide to take me to court… but when you hear the real reasons behind.. maybe.. it would change that opinion of yours…
And despite knowing how walls can affect my thoughts and judgment, I choose not to let go of this… because.. incidentally… the month after I left… the army gave all regulars an extra 1 month worth of bonus… so… ya… the army has something against me..
What you can take away from this post is.. pre-assumption is dangerous when it comes to decision making… and it affects one from going forward… I’ll just give another example for takeaways..
All arabs are terrorist (Not True and Totally Absurd)… a very controversial but yet very dangerous pre-assumption thoughts… – This is just for illustration purpose only..
So… when you have that wall built around you, anything else doesn’t matter… relate this to one story below..
An Arab guy came running to you and shouting in a language you don’t know…
and because you had this pre-assumption built in, you start to have your guard up and shouted back at him…
because of the language barrier and you not responding, he grabs you by the collar and shouted even louder… and.. at this point of time… you, out of anger and fear, hit him and beat him up…
Unknown to you, he is actually telling you that his wife is about to give birth and is in labor pain just a street away… and he is seeking for help…
Unknown to you, he is actually an oil tycoon, with over 5 billion in net worth…
and… you beat him up…
Pretty sad… but… you just lost 5 million dollars worth of thank you gifts…




We bought a 2 day pass to enter the Angkor site. Angkor Wat, the most famous temple of them all, is only one of many temples we see around the site. That is to say, with the day pass, you can visit unlimited amount of temples within the Angkor site and these will include The Bayon Temple, Terrance of the Elephants and the Ta Prohm, a temple made famous by the movie tomb raider.