DEGREE, DEGREE
(Sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)

Degree, degree, oh degree
I know what your power is!
You can help me to stand high
With you my career can fly
Degree, degree, oh degree
I know what your power is!

When I get my bachelor’s
People will hire me first
With this I will never loose
Many things for me to choose
I will then retire rich
And can eat meat, can eat fish

BRING MY SCHOLARSHIP TO ME
(Sung to the tune of “Bring back my Bonnie to Me”)

My future lies over the ocean
My degree lies over the sea
My money lies just ahead of me
Oh give my scholarship to me!

Give me, oh, give me,
Please, PSC, give me my scholarship
Grant me, oh, grant me,
That marvellous feel of prestige

STAND BY BED
(Sung to the tune of "Stand by Me")

You will not expect
An event like that
Something hectic and nerve-wrecking
To kill you
Of course you’ll be afraid
You do not even know if you’re suay
Let me tell you
This event’s called
Stand by bed

CHORUS
Oh clean it clean it quick
And clean… oh I mean, very clean
Or you’ll get it
You’ll be dead
Stand by bed

When the sergeant comes to check
You can see our shirts wet
Watch the dripping of the sweat
Down our backs
He will make you knock it down
For some dust on the ground
He’ll check thoroughly
Making sure that it’s dust-free

CHORUS


Some vernacular lingo
Stand by bed: room inspection
Knock it down: to do pumping, usually in the sense of punishment

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
--- The BMT version ---

Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)

My NS life may suck
Well then, too bad that’s tough luck
Maybe my platoon chiong and chiong like hell
Mine’s not welfare company
Like some other companies
Where they enjoy and don't get shoved around… but…

Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)

I hate to wake so early
Everyday at five-thirty
I miss the life where I used to be free
I don’t have time to eat
And I don’t have time to shit
Fungus start to sprout around my feet… but…

Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)

The number four I wear
Is enough to make me swear
“Oh bloody hell I’ve worn this thing for days
All the sweat makes it so sticky
Not to mention that it’s stinky
I scatter crowds when on the MRT… oh…

Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)

Oh yes, it’s bookout day
I can finally shout “Yay!”
Which I haven’t said all throughout the week
But then suay suay never greet
The lieutenant that I meet
And then I kena weekend guard duty… but…

Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)


Some vernacular lingo:

BMT (English): Basic Military Training, which all enlistees have to go through before being posted to their respective army units for the rest of their obligatory service
Chiong (Hokkien): rush; in the army we use 'chiong suah' to describe act of going on outfield exercises

Suay (Hokkien): unfortunate
Kena (Malay): receive (usually in a bad way)