Dear The Real Singapore,
I saw this article about local TV host Pornsak’s life…looks like Pornsak has been very well taken care of by Singapore…and since the age of 10 years old, he had studied all the way in Singapore’s public school and made a lucrative career in Singapore. But I understand that he has never even served NS at all even though he was in Singapore from the age of 10…if that is true, is it fair to all Singaporean males?
I had posted the same question in his Facebook, but he just deleted it and banned me from posting on his Facebook page…WHY? What is he trying to hide and why can’t he just come clean and clarify his NS status? He has benefited from Singapore and his life was changed, so why didn’t he see it fit to repay this country by serving NS, just like any male Singaporeans do in their lifetime?
I wonder whether MINDEF has anything to add or clarify this mystifying status of Pornsak’s NS liability, as it is definitely and absolutely unfair that he escaped serving NS and yet thinks Singapore is his home!
http://www.lollipop.sg/content/dont...ig-grin-he-hides-sad-and-hard-past#xtor=CS1-2
His big grin is plastered on television screens, bus stops and billboard advertisements on the MRT.
That same infectious smile, belonging to Thailand-born TV host Pornsak Prajakwit, 32, is present throughout the interview. But he confesses that he can get emotional and is prone to crying during filming.
Once, while filming for an inspirational TV series, the crew – including Pornsak – had to take a break because they could not stop sobbing after being moved by the story of a teen trapped in a toddler’s body due to her medical condition.
The teen, who reminded her father to buy food for his wife on her birthday, reminded Pornsak of his own mother.
His father, now 90, married Pornsak’s mother when he was in his 50s. She was his second wife.
They lived in a five-storey house in Sathorn, Bangkok. When he was five years old, she died. His dad was hit hard by her death. The traditional Teochew businessman did not know how to cook or how to do the housework at all, recalls Pornsak.
“I remember going to bed the night after mum died. Usually, she would bring supper to me, but that night I heard my dad rummaging about in the kitchen.
“He came into my room, crying. In his hands was a bowl of instant noodles that he had made for me. He said ‘no matter what happens, I won’t let you go hungry’.”
Raymond Lee Kin Boon
http://therealsingapore.com/content...please-clarify-if-you-have-serve-ns-singapore
