SINGAPORE: YouTuber Ms KK is a former beauty queen, model, businesswoman, and writer. She’s travelled to 181 countries, and while she spent many years in the United States and finished her studies there, she’s also been a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) for some time now.
In the latest—and major—life update she posted on YouTube and Instagram, she wrote, “I joined Singapore army as a soldier: Singapore armed forces volunteer corp.”
Ms KK said in her video, which she posted on her The Krazy Koala YouTube channel, she’s never disclosed to the public what she’s been up to, “but I think it’s time to update you guys on this. I’ve joined Singapore Armed Forces volunteer corps, so I’m officially a soldier in the army.”
Ms KK explained that the whole process has taken a couple of years from the time she applied to the actual training, and then added, “I’m very happy that I’ve graduated from it.”
To those who wonder why she would join the Singapore army as a volunteer soldier, she reminded viewers that she’s talked a lot about how much she loves Singapore and how it’s the best place to live.
“I can use my actions to show that I do love Singapore,” she added.
Ms KK went on to list the advantages she’s received from being in Singapore, from the safe environment to the efficiency of the country’s facilities. She added that she believes that being a soldier and part of the army, she can contribute back to the safety of the country she’s been living in.
Not that this part of her life journey has been easy. She talked about how hard it was to carry 20 to 30 kg weights during training, have such an early schedule and long days, and have very simple living conditions.
However, “You’ve got to have a mission or a purpose in your mind while you’re doing what you’re doing,” Ms KK said. Despite all the difficulties that she went through, she added that she’s very proud and that she never regretted what she was doing.
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Ms KK added that she also believes that understanding a country is impossible without understanding its government and military. Therefore, having undergone her SAF training, she feels that her understanding of Singapore’s social economics, culture, and mechanics has deepened.
“I feel really honoured to be able to contribute a small part,” she said, adding that she now understands what every single Singaporean man has gone through in their life when they went through National Service.
Ms KK then took viewers on a bit of a food tour around Singapore, saying that while she had lost a couple of kilos during her SAF training, she gained it all back because of all the delicious food she’s surrounded with in the country. /TISG
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