I couldn’t believe my eyes when I opened the mailbox this afternoon.  

I misplaced my SAF11B (National Service Identity Card) during one of my cadet training days. After a year or so touring in Singapore heartlands, it finally returned back to its rightful owner. Strangely, it arrived in a ITE West College envelope which I initially thought was from the World Skills Committee.

It turned out to be my 11B. To think I spent $50 for its replacement when I discovered its disappearance. Speaking of which, replacement of official documents are never an easy feat in the military, at least at that time. Things are always slow and it took months before my replacement card finally arrived – I had to use my driver’s license to scan my daily meals and carry the A4-sized police report in a sealed bag whenever I head out of camp for exercises.

Don’t lose any of your cards, never.