I had a Singap**ean friend who went through that. Showed us pictures of him touting an M16 and looking all tough along with his comrades. It was a little strange since he was an art student.

I felt like he was more mature than the rest of us, and he didn't seem to regret the time he spent in the army too much, although I'm sure he groaned about it. I don't know, I didn't know him too well, maybe he really did hate it.